THE RITE OF MARRIAGEPr.: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.People: Amen.

Pr.: The Lord be with you!People: And also with you.Pr.: Let us pray. Father, hear our prayers for N. and N., who today are united in marriage before your altar. Give them your blessing and strengthen their love for each other. Through Christ our Lord.People: Amen.

RITE OF MARRIAGE

Pr.: N. and N., you have come together in this church so that the Lord may seal and strengthen your love in the presence of the Church's minister and this community. Christ our Lord abundantly blesses this love. 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.(To the bridegroom)Pr.: N., I ask you if you freely and without reservation undertake the obbligations of marriage?Bridegroom: I do.

Pr.: Are you ready to love and honour your future wife for the rest of her life?

Bridegroom: I am.

Pr.: Are you ready, to accept children lovingly from God and bring them up according to the law of Christ and his Church?Bridegroom: I am.(To the bride)

Pr.: N., I ask you if you freely and without reservation undertake the obbligations of marriage?Bride: I do.

Pr.: Are you ready to love and honour your future husband for the rest of his life?

Bride: I am.

Pr.: Are you ready, to accept children lovingly from God and bring them up according to the law of Christ and his Church?Bride: I am.Pr.: Since it is your intention to enter into marriage, join your right hands, and declare your consent before God and his Church.Pr.: N., I ask you: is it your intention to enter into marriage with N. here present before God and his Church?Bridegroom: Yes, it is.

Pr.: So repeat: N., / in the presence of God / I take you for my lawful wife.Pr.: N., I ask you: is it your intention: to enter into marriage with N. here present before God and his Church?Bride: Yes, it is.

Pr.: So repeat: N., / in the presence of God / I take you my lawful husband.Pr.: You have declared your consent before the Church. May the Lord in his goodness strengthen your consent and fill you both with his blessings.The spouses answer: Amen.Pr.: I call upon you, and all brothers and sisters here present to witness, this holy bond. "What God has joined together, let no man put asunder." (Mt 19,6)

OATHPr.: It is a Hungarian tradition that the new spouses pay an oath on the cross to confirm the consent they expressed a little while ago. Please speak the words of the oath:

I call upon God Almighty, the Blessed Virgin Mary and all the saints to witness, that I love N. here present, that's why I take her/him to be my lawful wedded wife/husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health,

to love an to cherish,

till death do us part.

BLESSING OF THE RINGSPr.: 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. Through Christ our Lord.People: Amen.Pr.: Kiss the Ring, the sign of fidelity, place on each other's finger and say:

N., take this ring as a sign of my love and fidelity: in the Name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

GENERAL INTERCESSIONSPr.: Now that we have invoked God's blessing on the union of N. and N., let us pray for our parish community and for the Church everywhere, that we may be faithful to the love of Christ.1. For Pope N., and Bishop N., and all ministers of Word and Sacrament, let us

pray.People: Lord, hear our prayer.

2. For the sanctity of Christian marriage, school of perfection and sign of Christ's redeeming love, let us pray.People: Lord, hear our prayer.

3. For all married couples, that God give them comfort and strength in each other and joy in their children, let us pray.People: Lord, hear our prayer.

4. For couples preapring for marriage, that they grow in openness to the grace of the sacrament, let us pray.People: Lord, hear our prayer.

NUPTIAL BLESSINGPr.: 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. 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. 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. Through Christ our Lord.

People: Amen.

LORD'S PRAYERPr.: Dear N. and N., It is for the first time that you pray for each other. Together with your parents and friend let us pray the Lord's Prayer.People: 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 bred, ad forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.