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Eucharistic Celebration

and

Nuptial Rites

of

Neal Eiserman

and

Eleanor Bueza

Tuesday, the eleventh day of August


Two thousand nine
Half past one o’clock in the
afternoon

St. Edward’s Roman Catholic Church


Winfield, British Columbia, Canada
INTRODUCTORY RITES

PRELUDE

[Musicians play “Canon in D” by Pachelbel]

PROCESSION

OFFICIATING PRIEST
Rev. Father Cesar Macariola

BEST MAN
Mr. Craig Bullen

GROOMSMEN
Mr. Jaime Bueza Jr. ~ Mr. Colin Williams

GROOM & PARENTS OF THE GROOM


Mrs. Annellen Eiserman ~ Mr. Neal Eiserman ~ Mr. Russell Eiserman

PRINCIPAL SPONSOR
Ms. Jennifer Pamplona

SECONDARY SPONSORS
Mrs. Stephanie Richards & Mr. Dylan Richards (Veil)
Mrs. Maya Kalynchuk & Mr. Evan Kalynchuk (Cord)

RING & COIN BEARERS


Sahib Kaila ~ Sohan Deo

[Musicians play “Bridal Chorus” by Wagner]

FLOWER GIRLS
Elise Merrick ~ Czarina Pamplona

BRIDESMAIDS
Mrs. Taran Deo ~ Mrs. Ruby Koutsonikas

MATRON OF HONOUR
Mrs. Kam Kaila

BRIDE & PARENTS OF THE BRIDE


Mrs. Cora Bueza ~ Miss. Eleanor Bueza ~
Mr. Jaime Bueza Sr.

[End of Procession]
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RITE OF WELCOME

Priest: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

All: Amen.

[The Priest greets the bride & groom and shows that the Church shares
their joy]

Priest: May the grace and the peace of

the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit
be with you always.

All: And also with you.

PENITENTIAL RITE

[Musicians play “Lord have mercy”]

All: Sing, “Lord, have mercy. Lord, have

Mercy. Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have
mercy.”

Priest: Let us pray.

Almighty God, hear our prayers for Neal & Eleanor who have come here
today to be united in the Sacrament of Marriage. Increase their faith in You
and each other, and through them bless Your Church with Christian
children. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives
and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

All: Amen.

[Everyone sits down and remains seated until after the Second Reading]

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LITURGY OF THE WORD

FIRST READING

Reader: Miss Alexa Ferma

Reader: A reading from the book of Sirach:

Happy the husband of a really good wife: the number of his days will be
doubled.

A perfect wife is the joy of her husband: he will live out the years of his life
in peace.

A good wife is the best of portions, reserved for those who fear the Lord;

Rich or poor, they will be glad of heart, cheerful of face, whatever the
season.

The grace of a wife will charm her husband; her accomplishments will make
him the stronger.

A silent wife is a gift from the Lord; no price can be put on a well-trained
character.

A modest wife is a boon twice over; a chaste character cannot be weighed


on scales.

Like the sun rising over the mountains of the Lord, is the beauty of a good
wife in a well-kept house.

This is the Word of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God.

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RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Psalmist: Ms. Sheryl Vasquez

Psalmist: Let our response be: “I will bless the Lord at all times.”

All: I will bless the Lord at all times.

Psalmist: 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. My soul will glory in the Lord that the poor may hear
and be glad.

All: I will bless the Lord at all times.

Psalmist: Glorify the Lord with me. Let us praise his name. I sought the Lord
and he answered me; from all my terrors he set me free.

All: I will bless the Lord at all times.

Psalmist: Look toward God 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.

Psalmist: 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 takes refuge in Him.

All: I will bless the Lord at all times.

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SECOND READING

Reader: Mr. Eli Merrick

Reader: A reading from the first letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians.

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a
resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and
can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can
move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to
the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain
nothing.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not
proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps
no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the
truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there
are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes,
the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought
like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways
behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see
face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully
known.

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these
is love.

This is the Word of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God.

Reader: Please rise to honour the Holy Gospel.

[Everyone rises for the reading of the Holy Gospel]

Priest: The Lord be with you.

All: And also with you.

Priest: A reading from the Holy Gospel

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according to St. Mark.

[All sign small crosses at the forehead, lips and chest]

All: Glory to you, Lord!

Priest: Jesus said:

“From the beginning of creation God made them male and female.

This is why a man must leave his father and mother, and the two become one
body. They are no longer two, therefore, but one body. So then, what God
has united, man must not divide.”

This is the Gospel of the Lord.

All: Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ!

HOMILY

[Everyone sits down while the Priest delivers his sermon]

CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY

INTRODUCTION, QUESTIONS & CONSENT

[Neal & Eleanor stand while everyone remains seated]

Priest: My dear friends, Neal & Eleanor,

You have come together in this church so that the Lord may seal and
strengthen your love in the presence of the Church. Christ abundantly
blesses this love. He has already consecrated you in baptism and now he
enriches and strengthens you by a special sacrament so that you may assume
the duties of marriage in mutual and lasting fidelity. And so, in the
presence of the Church, I ask you to state your intentions.

Neal & Eleanor, have you come here freely and without reservation to give
yourselves to each other in marriage?

[Neal & Eleanor respond truthfully and independently: “I have.”]

Neal & Eleanor, will you love and honour each other as man and wife for

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the rest of your lives?

[Neal & Eleanor respond truthfully and independently: “I will.”]

Neal & Eleanor, are you willing to accept children lovingly from God and
to raise them as good Christians?

[Neal & Eleanor respond truthfully and independently, “I am.”]

Neal & Eleanor, since it is your intention to enter into marriage, join your
hands and declare your consent before God and His Church.

[Neal & Eleanor join hands]

Neal, do you take Eleanor to be your wife? Do you promise to be true to her
in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, to love her and honour
her all the days of your life?

[Neal responds, “I do.”]

Eleanor, do you take Neal to be your husband? Do you promise to be true to


him in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, to love him and
honour him all the days of your life?

[Eleanor responds, “I do.”]

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, men must not divide.

All: Amen.

BLESSING OF THE COINS AND RINGS

[Coin & Ring Bearers come forward assisted by the Best Man & Matron of
Honour]

Priest: Neal & Eleanor, we shall now bless


your coins and rings.

Let us pray. Bless, O Lord, your servants Neal & Eleanor with sufficiency of
material possessions which these coins symbolise so that they may use them
to attain eternal life through Christ, Our Lord.

All: Amen.

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Priest: Bless, O Lord, these rings,

which we bless in your name, so that they who wear them, keeping faith
with each other in unbroken loyalty, may ever remain at peace with you
according to your will, and may live together always in mutual love
through Christ, Our Lord.

All: Amen.

[Coin and ring bearers return to their seats. The Best Man takes hold of the
rings and takes his place on the groom's side. The Matron of Honour takes
hold of the coins and takes her place on the bride's side. ]

GIVING OF THE WEDDING RINGS AND COINS

[Priest takes the rings from the Best Man and gives them to Neal & Eleanor]

Priest: Now give these rings to one


another and say your vows.

Neal: Eleanor, wear this ring as a sign

of my love and loyalty, in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit.

Eleanor: Neal, wear this ring as a sign of

my love and loyalty, in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit.

[Priest takes the coins from the Matron of Honour and gives them to Neal]

Neal: Eleanor, I give you these coins as a

pledge of my dedication to your welfare, in the name of the Father, and of


the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Eleanor: And I accept them.

Priest: My dear brothers and sisters in


Christ,

I now present to you our newly-wedded couple, Mr. & Mrs. Neal Eiserman, in
our Christian community. Let us welcome them with happy applause.

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[All give a brief applause]

[Everyone stands for general intercessions]

GENERAL INTERCESSIONS

Priest: My sisters and brothers,

Let us turn to God our Lord, and pray for this newly wedded couple and
for the needs of the world.

For Neal & Eleanor, now united in marriage, and for their salvation: let us
pray.

All: Lord, hear our prayer.

Priest: For all married couples present here,

that they may renew their commitment to love and to share with the
world the mystery of God’s friendship: let us pray.

All: Lord, hear our prayer.

Priest: For the Church of God’s holy

people, that through this celebration we all may grow in our desire to
serve and love the world: let us pray.

All: Lord, hear our prayer.

Priest: That the world we live in and are

called to serve may be enlivened by the presence of God shown forth in the
love of men and women: let us pray.

All: Lord, hear our prayer.

Priest: 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.

Priest: Let us commend ourselves to Mary,


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Mother of God.

All: Hail, Mary, full of grace:

The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the
fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God: pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Priest: Lord God our Father,

we ask you to look with favour upon our prayers for Neal & Eleanor and
for all your people. Through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

OFFERTORY

[Musicians play and sing “Ave Maria” by Schubert]

[Everyone sits down. Neal & Eleanor take the bread and wine to the altar.]

[Neal & Eleanor kneel down for the veiling and cording ritual.]

Priest: At this time, I invite the Veil

Sponsors to come forward to drape the cloth over the shoulders of the
groom and over the head of the bride. This is a Filipino tradition and it
symbolises the submission of Eleanor to her husband, Neal. They are now
clothed as one.

[The Veil Sponsors come forward to drape the cloth and return to their
seats.]

Priest: At this time, I invite the Cord

Sponsors to come forward to tie the groom and bride together around the
shoulders. This is also a Filipino tradition and it symbolises the bond of
marriage between Neal & Eleanor forever.

[The Cord Sponsors tie the cord around the veil and return to their seats.]

[Bride & Groom remain kneeling until after Communion.]

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Priest: Blessed are You, Lord, God of all

creation. Through Your goodness we have this bread to offer, which earth
has given and human hands have made. It will become for us the bread of
life.

All: Blessed be God forever!

Priest: Blessed are you, Lord, God of all

creation. Through your goodness we have this wine to offer, fruit of the
vine and work of human hands. It will become our spiritual drink.

All: Blessed be God forever!

Priest: Lord God,

we ask You to receive us and be pleased with the sacrifice we offer You with
humble and contrite hearts. (The priest washes his hands saying “Lord, wash
away my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin”…. Then says:) Pray my bothers
and sisters that our sacrifice may be acceptable to God, the Almighty Father.

All: May the Lord accept this sacrifice

from your hands, for the praise and glory of His name, for our good and
the good of all His Church.

Priest: Heavenly Father,

accept these holy gifts of bread and wine on behalf of our friends who
have today joined in marriage. By your love and providence you brought
them together; now bless them all the days of their married life. We ask this
through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

Priest: The Lord be with you.

All: And also with you.

Priest: Lift up your hearts.

All: We lift them up to the Lord.

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Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord our
God.

All: It is right to give Him thanks and


Praise.

Priest: Father, all powerful and ever living


God,

We do well always and everywhere to give You thanks. By this Sacrament,


your grace unifies man and woman in an unbreakable bond of love and
peace. You have designed the chaste love of husband and wife for the
increase of the human family and of your family born in baptism. You are the
loving Father of the world of nature. You are the loving Father of the new
creation of grace. In Christian marriage You bring together the two
orders of creation, nature’s gift of children enriches the world and Your
grace also enriches the Church. Through Christ, the choir of angels and
all the Saints praise and worship Your glory. May our voices blend with
theirs as we join in their unending hymn.

[Musicians play “Holy, Holy, Holy Lord”]

All: Sing, “Holy, Holy, Holy Lord

God of power and might, Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.”

Priest: Lord, You are Holy indeed, the

fountain of all holiness. Let Your Spirit come upon these gifts to make them
holy so that they may become for us the body and blood of our Lord, Jesus
Christ.

Before he was given up to death, the death He freely accepted, He took the
bread and gave You thanks. He broke the bread, gave it to His disciples and
said: “Take this all of you and eat it. This is my body, which will be given up
for you.”

When supper was ended, he took the cup. Again, He gave You thanks and
praise, gave the cup to His disciples and said: “Take this all of you and drink
from it. This is the cup of my blood. The blood of the new and everlasting

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covenant. It will be shed for you and for all men so that sins may be
forgiven. Do this in memory of me.”

Let us proclaim the Mystery of Faith.

[Musicians play “Christ Has Died”]

All: Sing, “Christ has died, Christ has risen,


Christ will come again.”

Priest: In memory of His death and

resurrection, we offer You, Father, this life-giving bread, this saving cup. We
thank You for counting us worthy to stand in Your presence and serve You.
May all of us who share in the Body and Blood of Christ, be brought
together in unity by the Holy Spirit.

Lord, remember Your Church throughout the world. Make us grow in love,
together with Benedict, our Pope, John, our Bishop, and all the clergy.
Remember our brothers and sisters who have gone to their rest in the hope
of rising again. Bring them and all the departed into the light of Your
presence.

Have mercy on us all. Make us worthy to share eternal life with Mary, the
Mother of God, with the Apostles and with all the Saints who have done
Your will throughout the ages. May we praise You in union with them and
give You glory through Your Son, Jesus Christ.

Through Him, with Him and in Him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory
and Honour is Yours Almighty Father, forever and ever.

[Musicians play “Amen! Alleluia!”]

All: Amen! Alleluia! Forever and ever. Forever. Alleluia. Forever and ever.
Amen.

[All rise.]

Priest: Let us pray with confidence to the Father in the words our Saviour
has given us.

All: Our Father


who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be
done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and
forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and
lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
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Priest: My dear friends,

let us turn to the Lord and pray that he will bless with his grace Eleanor -
now married in Christ to Neal - and that through the sacrament of the
body and blood of Christ, He will unite in love the couple he has joined in
this holy bond.

We ask You this, in Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

PRAYER FOR PEACE

Priest: Lord, Jesus Christ You said to


your Apostles:

“I leave you peace, my peace I give you.” Look not in our sins but on the faith
of Your Church and grant us peace and unity of Your Kingdom where you
live forever and ever.

All: Amen.

Priest: The peace of the Lord be with you


Always.

All: And also with you.

Priest: Let us offer each other a sign of Peace.

[Everyone says to their neighbours: “Peace be with you”]

Priest: May the mingling of the body and


blood of our Lord Jesus Christ
bring eternal life to those who
receive it.

[Musicians play “Lamb of God”]

All: Sing: “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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BREAKING OF THE BREAD

Priest: Lord Jesus Christ,

with faith in your love and mercy, I eat your Body and drink your Blood.
Let it not bring me condemnation but health in mind and body.

This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Happy are
those who are called to His supper.

All: Lord, I am not worthy to receive


You but only say the word and I
shall be healed.

[Everyone kneels down]

Priest: May the Body and Blood of Christ


bring us to everlasting life.

All: Amen.

HOLY COMMUNION

[The priest gives communion to the newlyweds]

[Musicians play and all sing “One Bread, One Body”]

[Present Catholics form a communion procession]

[Non-Catholics may approach the altar for a blessing from the Priest,
during the communion procession. As they approach the Priest, they should
hold their arms folded across the chest, as a sign that what they seek is a
blessing, rather than the Sacrament.]

[While singing finishes, Veil and Cord Sponsors come forward to remove
the Cord and the Veil from the Bride & Groom]

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

Priest: Let us pray.

[Everyone rises for the final prayer and blessing]

Priest: Almighty God, may the sacrifice we

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have offered and the Eucharist we have shared strengthen the love of Neal
& Eleanor and give us your fatherly aid.

All: Amen.

NUPTIAL BLESSING

Priest: My dear friends, let us ask God for his continued blessings upon
Neal & Eleanor.

Holy Father, creator of the universe, maker of man and woman, in your
likeness, source of blessing for married life, we humbly pray to You for this
man and woman who today are united in the sacrament of marriage.

May Your fullest blessing come upon them so that they may together rejoice
in Your gifts 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 in their work and know that You
are with them in their needs. May they pray to You in the community of the
Church, and be Your witness in the world. May they reach old age in the
company of their friends and come at last in the kingdom of heaven. We ask
this through Christ, Our Lord.

All: Amen.

CONCLUDING RITE

SOLEMN BLESSING

Priest: May the Lord Jesus who was a guest at the wedding in Cana bless
you and your families and friends.

All: Amen.

Priest: May Jesus who loved his Church to


the end, always fill your hearts
with His love.

All: Amen.

Priest: May he grant that as you believe in


His resurrection, so you may wait
for Him in joy and hope.

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All: Amen.

Priest: May the Almighty Father bless you


all, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

All: Amen.

ANNOUNCEMENT

Priest: Congratulations, Neal. You may


now kiss your bride.

DISMISSAL

Priest: The mass is ended. Go in peace.

All: Thanks be to God.

FINAL HYMN

[Musicians play and all sing “Sing a New Song”]

SIGNING OF MARRIAGE CONTRACT

[Newlyweds go to the altar to join the priest for the signing of the
marriage contract. After the newlyweds have finished signing, Priest passes
the marriage contract to the Best Man and the Matron of Honour as
witnesses.]

RECESSIONAL

[Musicians play “Jesu, Joy of a Man’s Desiring” by J.S. Bach]

[The Wedding Party leaves the church.]

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ORDER OF PICTURE TAKING OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH

Newlyweds with the Priest


Newlyweds
Newlyweds with Bride’s parents
Newlyweds with Groom’s parents
Newlyweds with both sets of parents
Newlyweds with both sets of parents and siblings

Newlyweds with Principal Sponsor and Secondary Sponsors


Newlyweds with Best Man & Matron of Honour
Newlyweds with Best Man, Matron of Honour, Groomsmen, Bridesmaids,
Bearers and Flower Girls
Newlyweds with Groomsmen and Bridesmaids
Newlyweds with Bearers and Flower Girls

Newlyweds with Bride’s relatives


Newlyweds with Groom’s relatives
Newlyweds with friends

Newlyweds with Readers, Psalmist and Musicians

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Thank you all for joining us on this spe-
cial day. We now begin our new life to-
gether as husband and wife.
Neal & Eleanor

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