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The Gifts

portialoveschrisportialoveschris
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How many people are you having bring up the Gifts during your ceremony?  Since there is no monetary collection, I'm not sure what else there is to carry up except the bread and the wine.

Thanks!

p.s. our Priest (who totally ROCKS!) said that we (the bride and groom) can become Eucharistic Ministers that day and hold the cup for the Blood of Christ.  It sounds appealing to us.  Is anyone else doing that instead of having other people do it?

Thanks again!

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  • ring_popring_pop member
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    edited December 2011
    We had 2 gift bearer - my godmother and his godmother.

    I was never given the option of being a Eucharistic minister, but they didn't really need any more... we already had 2 priests, a deacon and an altar server.
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  • jlq2005jlq2005 member
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    edited December 2011
    We're having my godparents bring the gifts up. 
    Since FI has not been baptized yet (he just started RCIA), we didn't have godparents for him to ask. 
    My mother told me it was tradition in the Catholic church to ask your godparents. I'm not sure if that's like standard everywhere or just locally, but that's what everyone in my family has done. 

    I think, though, that if you had like a family you wanted to bring up the gifts you could have them all walk up together and just two people carry the Bread and Wine.  
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  • Calypso1977Calypso1977 member
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    edited December 2011
    i believe you can have several people - at Mass on Sundays, its often a family.

    i think its nice to have godparents do it.  not sure if its a catholic tradition, but they are your spiritual parents, and there arent usually many opportunities to honor them in that role throughout life.
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  • clearheavensclearheavens member
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    edited December 2011
    I also agree, two is good to hold the bread and the wine.  I'm considering asking my FSIL and FBIL or my godmother and godfather.
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  • lisa89760lisa89760 member
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    edited December 2011

    We are having our godparents do readings & prayers of the faithful.  We haven't decided on who will bring the gifts up but probably cousins...I was thinking about 2-4 people doing it. 

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  • bibliophile2010bibliophile2010 member
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    edited December 2011
    Two is good for the gifts unless there is a family you want to have walk up in its entirety. 

    Godparents are a lovely sentiment. I wish we could use them, as well, but it won't be possible for us.

    At my parish, it is very common for the Bride and Groom to be the Eucharistic Ministers at their wedding. I have seen it done many times. Generally, I think it is lovely. We will probably use others as our EMs, because my family is not Catholic. I dont' like the idea of serving communion, but not being able to serve them. They are ok with my Catholicism and the mass wedding, but I don't want to emphasize the gap more than I have to.
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] member
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    edited December 2011
    We also had 2 gift bearers. My Godmother and my husband's Grandma.
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  • portialoveschrisportialoveschris
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    edited December 2011
    Hmmm...My sister is my godmother but she's also a BM, so that won't work.  I was going to have her whole family, including my niece and nephew bring up the Gifts, but they are reading the prayers of the faithful, which are said right before the Gifts are brought up, so they can't do it.

    If it's two to four people, then I can have my cousins and my perhaps my FI's sister's boyfriend bring them up.  My priest said the gift bearers did not have to be Catholic, although my cousins are.

    I think the bride and groom becoming Eucharistic ministers for the Blood of Christ is a lovely gesture, and shows how we are servants of God.  I got a lot of pushback from my MOH (little sister) because she thought my dress and wine are a bad combo BEFORE pictures.  But I disagree.  I'm not clumsy, and the wine can be white. 

    My FI is converting so I think it will be even more poignant for him to offer the Eucharist to our loves ones. :)

    Thank you ladies!

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  • bibliophile2010bibliophile2010 member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_catholic-weddings_gifts?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural Wedding BoardsForum:615Discussion:f3a57eac-64f7-4dd9-9f18-e0039b460e1dPost:4ddb9452-eff0-4434-9297-d4f09526ddc9">Re: The Gifts</a>:
    [QUOTE] I got a lot of pushback from my MOH (little sister) because she thought my dress and wine are a bad combo BEFORE pictures.  But I disagree.  I'm not clumsy, and the wine can be white. Posted by portialoveschris[/QUOTE]

    I agree that this is not a good argument against serving as Eucharistic Ministers. I have served the Blood of Christ as an EME countless times and attended mass many more. Only once have I seen so much as a drop of it spilled. I would not be concerned with that aspect of it.

    In my experiences, most parishes use red or blush wine for its appearance.
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  • lnbpenningtonlnbpennington member
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    edited December 2011
    We were either thinking of:

    1.  Our mothers
    2.  Our grandma's (3 of them)
    3.  Our grandparents (5 of them)
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