Jennifer

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Attention

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Our Wedding
Jennifer Jason

• Saturday, 10th June, 900am
• Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour

Celebrated by Rev. Fr Johnson Fernandez
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Bridal Entrance
please stand to welcome the bride
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Entrance Hymn

• Majesty!
• Majesty! Worship his Majesty
• Unto Jesus be all glory, honour and praise
• Majesty! Kingdom, authority
• Flow from His throne
• Unto His own, His anthem raise

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please stand
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Entrance Hymn

• Majesty! (cont)
• So exalt, lift up on high, the name of Jesus
• Magnify, come glorify, Christ Jesus the King
• Majesty! Worship His Majesty
• Jesus who died, now glorified, King of all kings

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Introductory Rites

• Celebrant In the name of the Father, and
  of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
• All Amen.

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Greeting

• Celebrant May the grace of our Lord Jesus
  Christ and the love of God and the
  fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you
  all.
•   All And also with you.

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Opening prayer

• Celebrant
• Let us pray. Almighty God, hear our prayers for
  Jennifer and Jason, who have come here today to
  be united in the sacrament of marriage. Increase
  their faith in you and in each other and through
  them bless your Church. 
• All Amen.

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Liturgy Of the Word
please be seated
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First Reading

• A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the
  Corinthians (1231-138)
• Be ambitious for the higher gifts. And I am
  going to show you a way that is better than any
  of them.
• If I have all the eloquence of men or of angels,
  but speak without love, I am simply a gong
  booming or a cymbal clashing.

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First Reading (cont)

• If I have the gift of prophecy, understanding all
  the faith in all its fullness, to move mountains,
  but without love, then I am nothing at all.
• If I give away all that I posses, piece by piece,
  and if I even let them take my body to burn it,
  but am without love, it will do me no good
  whatever.

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First Reading (cont)

• Love is always patient and kind it is never
  jealous love is never boastful or conceited it
  is never rude or selfish it does not take
  offence and is not resentful.
• Love takes no pleasure in other peoples sins but
  delights in the truth it is always ready to
  excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever
  comes.

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First Reading (cont)

• Love does not come to an end.
• The Word of the Lord.
• All Thanks be to God.

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Responsorial Psalm

• Leader
• I will bless the Lord at all times, his praise
  always on my lips
• In the Lord my soul shall make its boast.
• The humble shall hear and be glad.
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• All I will bless the Lord at all times. 

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Responsorial Psalm (cont)

• Leader
• Glorify the Lord with me. Together let us praise
  his name.
• I sought the Lord and he answered me
• from all my terrors he set me free.
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• All I will bless the Lord at all times. 

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Responsorial Psalm (cont)

• Leader
• Look toward him and be radiant let your faces
  not be abashed.
• This poor man called the Lord heard him and
  rescued him from all his distress.
• All I will bless the Lord at all times. 

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Responsorial Psalm (cont)

• Leader
• The angel of the Lord is encamped around those
  who revere him, to rescue them. Taste and see
  that the Lord is good.
• He is happy who seeks refuge in him.
• All I will bless the Lord at all times. 

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Gospel Acclamation

• Alleluia, Alleluia!
• Anyone who lives in love lives in God
• And God lives in him
•   Alleluia, Alleluia!

please stand
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Gospel

• A reading from the holy gospel according to John
  (159-12)
• Jesus said to his disciples
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• As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you.
  Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments
  you will remain in my love, just as I have kept
  my Fathers commandments and remain in his love.

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Gospel (cont)

• I have told you this so that my own joy may be
  in you and your joy be complete. This is my
  commandment love one another, as I have loved
  you. 
• The Good News of our Lord
• All Praise you Lord, Jesus Christ.

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please be seated
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by Rev.Fr Johnson Fernandez
Homily
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Rite of Marriage
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Statement of Intentions

• Celebrant
• Jennifer and Jason,
• Have you come here freely and without reservation
  to give yourselves to each other in marriage?
• Bride Yes, I have.
• Groom Yes, I have.

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Statement of Intentions (cont)

• Celebrant
• Will you love and honour each other as man and
  wife for the rest of your lives?
• Bride Yes, I will.
• Groom Yes, I will.

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Statement of Intentions (cont)

• Celebrant
• Will you accept children lovingly from God, and
  bring them up according to the law of Christ and
  his Church?
• Bride Yes, I will.
• Groom Yes, I will.

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Declaration of consent

• Bridegroom says
• I, Jason, take you, Jennifer, to be my wife.
• I promise to be true to you in good times and in
  bad, in sickness and health. I will love you and
  honour you all the days of my life.

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Declaration of consent (cont)

• Bride says
• I, Jennifer, take you, Jason, to be my husband.
• I promise to be true to you in good times and in
  bad, in sickness and health. I will love you and
  honour you all the days of my life.

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Declaration of consent (cont)

• Celebrant
• You have declared your consent before the
  Church. May the Lord in his goodness strengthen
  your consent and fill you both with his
  blessings.
• What God has joined, man must not divide.

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Blessing of the Rings

• Celebrant
• Lord, bless these rings, which we bless ? in
  your name.
• Grant that those who wear them may always have a
  deep faith in each other. May they do your will
  and always live together in peace, good will and
  love.
• All Amen.

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Exchange of Rings

• Jason
• Jennifer, wear this ring as a sign of my love
  and fidelity. In the Name of the Father, and of
  the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

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Exchange of Rings (cont)

• Jennifer
• Jason, wear this ring as a sign of my love and
  fidelity. In the Name of the Father, and of the
  Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

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Exchange of Rings (cont)

• Celebrant
• May Almighty God, the Father, and the Holy
  Spirit preserve and keep you. May He fill you
  with all blessings and grace, so that you may
  live together in this life and the world to come.
  
• All Amen

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General Intercessions

• Celebrant
• Let us pray to God the Father who
• has called this couple to a new state
• of life 

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General Intercessions (cont)

• Leader
• For Jennifer and Jason now united in marriage,
  and for their salvation.
• let us pray
• All Lord, hear our prayer.

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General Intercessions (cont)

• Leader
• That God will make Jennifer and Jason rejoice in
  mutual love that is faithful to the end.
• let us pray.
• All Lord, hear our prayer.

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General Intercessions (cont)

• Leader
• That every day of their lives Jennifer and Jason
  may renew their desire to grow in love for each
  other and the gift they make today of their very
  selves.
• let us pray.
• All Lord, hear our prayer.

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General Intercessions (cont)

• Leader
• That Jennifer and Jason may persevere in love,
  maintain their resolve to support each other and
  come together to an ever greater knowledge of
  God.
• let us pray.
• All Lord, hear our prayer.

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General Intercessions (cont)

• Leader
• For all married couples present here, that they
  may renew their commitment to love and to share
  with the world the mystery of Gods friendship.
• let us pray.
• All Lord, hear our prayer.

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General Intercessions (cont)

• Leader
• For our community, for ourselves and for each
  other, that we may accept the challenge placed
  before us today, and make love our way of life.
• let us pray. 
• All Lord, hear our prayer.

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General Intercessions (cont)

• Celebrant
• Let us pray. O God, from whom all love derives,
  to look graciously upon Jennifer and Jason joined
  in Holy Matrimony. Assist them with Your grace to
  grow in love, and to overcome lifes tribulations
  together until they are united in the joy of
  heaven.
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• All Amen.

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Communion Rite

• Celebrant
• Let us pray with confidence to the
• Father in the words our Saviour
• gave us.

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Communion Rite (cont)

• Our Father in heaven, holy be Your name. Your
  kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as in
  heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us
  our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.
  Do not bring us to the test but deliver us from
  evil.

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Nuptial Blessing

• Celebrant
• My dear friends let us ask God for his continued
  blessings upon this bridegroom and his bride.
• Holy Father, creator of the universe, maker of
  man and woman in your own likeness, source of
  blessing for married life, we humbly pray to you
  for this woman who today is united with her
  husband in this sacrament of marriage.

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Nuptial Blessing

• May your fullest blessing come upon her and her
  husband so that they may together rejoice in your
  gift of married love and enrich your Church with
  their children.
• Lord, may they both praise you when they are
  happy and turn to you in their sorrows. May they
  be glad that you help them in their work and know
  that you are with them in their need.

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Nuptial Blessing

• May they pray to you in the community of the
  Church, and be your witnesses in the world. May
  they reach old age in the company of their
  friends, and come at last to the kingdom of
  heaven.
• We ask this through Christ our Lord.
• All Amen.

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Sign of Peace

• Celebrant
• Lord Jesus Christ, You said to Your apostles
• I leave you peace, my peace I give you. Look not
  on our sins but on the faith of Your Church, and
  grant us the peace and unity of Your kingdom
  where You live forever and ever.
• All Amen.

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Sign of Peace (cont)

• Celebrant
• The peace of the Lord be with you always.
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• All And also with you.
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• Celebrant
• Let us offer each other the sign of peace.

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Breaking of the Bread

• Lamb of God, You take away the
• sins of the world, have mercy on us
• Lamb of God, You take away the sins
• of the world, have mercy on us
• Lamb of God, You take away the sins
• of the world, grant us peace.

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Communion

• Celebrant
• This is the Lamb of God who takes
• away the sins of the world. Happy are
• those who are called to His supper.
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• All Lord, I am not worthy to receive You, but
  only say the word and I shall be healed.

please kneel
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Holy Communion
Holy Communion
Please note that only baptized Catholics may
receive Holy Communion
please be seated
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Communion Hymn
Communion HymnOn Eagles Wings
please be seated
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On Eagles Wings

• Verse 1
• You who dwell in the shelter of the Lord
• Who abide in His shadow for life
• Say to the Lord, My refuge,
• My rock in whom I trust!
• Refrain
• And He will raise you up on eagles wings
• Bear you on the breath of dawn
• Make you to shine like the sun
• And hold you in the palm of His hands

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On Eagles Wings

• Verse 2
• The snare of the fowler will never capture you
• And famine will bring you no fear
• Under His wings, your refuge
• His faithfulness, your shield
• Refrain
• And He will raise you up on eagles wings
• Bear you on the breath of dawn
• Make you to shine like the sun
• And hold you in the palm of His hands

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On Eagles Wings

• Verse 3
• You need not fear the terror of the night
• Nor the arrow that flies by day
• Though thousands fall about you
• Near you it shall not come
• Refrain
• And He will raise you up on eagles wings
• Bear you on the breath of dawn
• Make you to shine like the sun
• And hold you in the palm of His hands

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On Eagles Wings

• Verse 4
• For to His angels Hes given a command
• To guard you in all of your ways
• Upon their hands they will bear you up
• Lest you dash your foot against a stone
• Refrain
• And He will raise you up on eagles wings
• Bear you on the breath of dawn
• Make you to shine like the sun
• And hold you in the palm of His hands

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Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving HymnThank you Lord
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Thanksgiving Hymn

• Thank You Lord for the trials that come my way
• In the way I can grow each day as I let You lead
• Yes I thank You Lord,
• for the patience those trials bring
• In the process of growing,
• I can learn to care

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Thanksgiving Hymn

• But it goes against the way I am
• To put my human nature down
• And let the Spirit take control of all I do
• Cause when those trials come
• My human nature shouts the things to do
• And Gods soft prompting can be easily ignored

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Thanksgiving Hymn

• Yes I thank You Lord, for the victory that
  growing brings
• In surrender of everything, life is so worthwhile
• And I thank You Lord, that when everythings put
  in place
• Out in front I can see Your face, and its there
  You belong

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Prayer After Communion

• Celebrant Let us pray. 
• Lord, in your love you have given us this
  Eucharist to unite us with one another and with
  you. As you have made Jennifer and Jason one in
  this sacrament of marriage and in the sharing of
  the one bread and the one cup, so now make them
  one in love for each other.
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• We ask this through Christ our Lord.
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• All Amen.

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Concluding Rite

• Celebrant The Lord be with you.
•  All And also with you.
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• Celebrant May God the eternal Father keep
  you in love with each other, so that the
  peace of Christ may stay with you and be
  always in your home. 
• All Amen.

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Concluding Rite (cont)

• Celebrant
• May your children bless you, your friends
  console you and all men live in peace with
  you. 
• All Amen.

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Concluding Rite (cont)

• Celebrant
• May you always bear witness to the love of
  God in this world so that the afflicted and
  the needy will find in you generous friends,
  and welcome you into the joys of heaven.
•  All Amen.

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Concluding Rite (cont)

• Celebrant And may Almighty God bless you
  all, the Father, and the Son and the Holy
  Spirit.
• All Amen.
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• Celebrant Go in peace to love and serve
  the Lord.
• All Thanks be to God.

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Blessing of the Unity Candle
The Priest blesses the candles
Jennifer Jason lighting of the individual
candles
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Blessing and Lighting of the Matrimonial Candle
Priest Lord, bless this candle, which
represents you, the foundation on which
Jennifer Jason have built and
established their love.   (Priest
addresses the couple) 
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Blessing and Lighting of the Matrimonial Candle
Jennifer and Jason, may this candle remind you
of the divine sanctity of the sacrament of
marriage which both of you freely partake
in. This candle signifies Christ who will be your
pillar of strength and courage for you in times
of trials and needs.
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Blessing and Lighting of the Matrimonial Candle
The flames of your candles, symbols of your own
lives, will no longer burn two separate flames
but as one flame, symbolising your unity and
oneness in each other and with the Lord.
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Blessing and Lighting of the Matrimonial Candle
(The couple light the marriage candle with their
individual candles)   May this flame now burn
strong and bright in your love, in your family
and in your home. May it bring Christian warmth
and hope to all around you. We ask this through
Christ our Lord. All Amen.

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Signing of the Register

• Please be seated
• while the priest invites the married couple and
  witnesses to the altar for the signing of the
  register

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Wedding March
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Thank You
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Photo-taking

• Dear Family Friends,
• Photographs will be taken at the front of the
  Church. We request that the following order be
  observed to minimise confusion.
• The Wedding Couple
• Wedding Couple Father Johnson
• Wedding Couple Immediate family
• Wedding Couple Groomsmen Bridesmaids

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Photo-taking (cont)

• 5) Grooms immediate family
• 6) Grooms extended family
• 7) Brides immediate family
• 8) Brides extended family
• 9) Friends!!

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Reception

• Join us downstairs at the
• Church Parish Hall
• for light refreshments