Final Solemn Blessing Introduction

Priest: The Lord be with you. Irene: Let your presence be welcomed, your hearts be glad. For
everything there is a season, and a time and purpose for
All: And with your spirit. every matter under heaven. And this is the time and this is
Priest: May God, the all-powerful Father, grant you his joy and bless you the place to celebrate the 50th Wedding anniversary of -
and your children. TEODY- and -CYNTHIA-. We have come to do all these
things, old and new, appropriate to such a joyful occasion,
All: Amen. to pray, to say solemn words, to confirm a covenant. To
recognize in this event the place of the family, relatives and
Priest: May the Only Begotten Son of God stand by you with compassion in
friends; to praise God the Father, and the Son, and the Holy
good times and in bad.
Spirit; to laugh and cry, to sing and feast and dance. Above
All: Amen. all, to rejoice in the love of God, ever ancient, ever new,
which today shines forth in all its golden splendor in the
Priest: And may the Almighty God, bless all of you who are gathered here, persons of -TEODY- and -CYNTHIA-, who have faithfully
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. preserved their love for one another throughout these fifty
wonderful years of their lives. Let us once more give them
All: Amen.
an enthusiastic round of applause. 
Priest: Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life.

All: Thanks be to God.

BRIDAL PROCESSIONAL MARCH
Priest: My dear faithful of God, let us welcome Mr. and Mrs. –TEODY- and
CYNTHIA LOPINGCO-. -GROOM- , you may now kiss your bride.
 Introductory Rites
Greetings
Priest: In the name of the Father, and of the Sun, and of the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.
Priest: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the
communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
All: And with your Spirit.
Priest: God, our Father, bless -TEODY- and -CYNTHIA-. We thank you for
their long and happy marriage, for the children they have brought
into the world and for all the good they have done. As you bless the
love of their youth continue to bless their lives together with gifts of
peace and joy. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ who lives
and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
All: Amen.
COLLECT
Priest: Let us pray.
Be attentive to our prayers, O Lord, and in your kindness pour out
your grace on these your servants -TEODY- and -CYNTHIA-, that
coming together before your altar, they may be confirmed in love
for one another. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives
Nuptial Blessing
Priest: Holy Father, maker of the whole world, who created man and
woman in your image and willed that their union be crowned with
your blessing, we humbly beseech you for these your servants, who
are joined today in the renewal of their Marriage Vows.
May your abundant blessings, Lord, come down upon this bride, -
CYNTHIA-, and upon -TEODY-, her companion for life, and may the
power of the Holy Spirit set their hearts aflame from on high, so
that living out together the gift of matrimony, they may adorn their
family with children and enrich the church. In happiness, may they
praise you, O Lord. In sorrow, may they seek you out; may they have
the joy of your presence to assist them in their toil and know that
you are near to comfort them and their needs. Let them pray to
you  unceasingly and after a happy, old age together with the circle
of friends that surrounds them, may they come to the Kingdom of
Heaven.
We ask this through Christ, our Lord.
All:   Amen
Concluding Rite
CONCLUDING PRAYER
Priest: Lord, as we gather at the table of your Son, bless -TEODY- and –
CYNTHIA- on their Golden Wedding Anniversary. Watch over them
in the coming years and after a long and happy life together bring
them to the feast of eternal life. Grant this through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.
 significance in the history of salvation. Let us therefore call
upon him, saying:
All: Lord, renew in your servants their fidelity to each other. All:
Marco: Father all-holy, you have made marriage the great symbol
of Christ's love for his Church; bestow on these your
servants the fullness of your own love. (For this we pray:)
All: Lord, renew in your servants their fidelity to each other.
Caitlin: A reading from the book of Mal.
Marco: You live in eternity with the Son and the Holy Spirit in
oneness of life and communion of love; grant that these
your servants will be mindful of the covenant of love they
pledged to each other through the sacrament of marriage
and never fail in fidelity. (For this we pray:)
All: Lord, renew in your servants their fidelity to each other.
Marco: In your providence you have ordained that all genuinely All:
human experiences should become ways of leading the
faithful to share in the mystery of Christ; grant to your
servants serenity in good times and bad and the will to stay
close to Christ and to live for him alone. (For this we pray:)
Caitlin:  Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways.
All: Lord, renew in your servants their fidelity to each other. Caitlin:
Marco: It is your will that married life should be a lesson in Christian
living; grant that all husbands and wives may be witnesses All:
to the wonders of your Son's love. (For this we pray:) Caitlin:
All: Lord, renew in your servants their fidelity to each other. All:
Caitlin:
OUR FATHER (to be sung) All:
and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever
and ever. 
Amen.
Liturgy of the Word
First Reading
(MAL 3:19-20a)
Lo, the day is coming, blazing like an oven,
 when all the proud and all evildoers will be stubble,
 and the day that is coming will set them on fire,
 leaving them neither root nor branch,
 says the LORD of hosts.
 But for you who fear my name, there will arise
 the sun of justice with its healing rays.
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm
(PS 128:1-2, 3, 4-5)
Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his
ways! For you shall eat the fruit of your handiwork; blessed
shall you be, and favored.
Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways.
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the recesses of your
home; your children like olive plants around your table.
Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways.
Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears the LORD. The
LORD bless you from Zion: may you see the prosperity of
Jerusalem all the days of your life.
Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways.
Second Reading
 (2 Thes 3:7-12)
Blessing of the Arrhae and Rings
Jacob: A reading from the book of Thes.
Priest: -TEODY- and -CYNTHIA-, we shall now bless your Arrhae and rings.
Brothers and sisters:
Our help is in the name of the Lord.
You know how one must imitate us.
For we did not act in a disorderly way among you, All: Who made heaven and earth.
nor did we eat food received free from anyone.
On the contrary, in toil and drudgery, night and day Priest: Bless, O Lord, your servants -TEODY- and -CYNTHIA-, with
we worked, so as not to burden any of you. sufficiency of material possessions, which these arrhae symbolize so
Not that we do not have the right. that they may use them to attain eternal life, through Christ our
Rather, we wanted to present ourselves as a model for you, Lord.
so that you might imitate us. All: Amen
In fact, when we were with you,
we instructed you that if anyone was unwilling to work, Priest: Bless, O Lord these rings so that your servants, -TEODY –AND-
neither should that one eat. CYNTHIA-, who wear them may ever live in mutual love and in
We hear that some are conducting themselves among you in a unbroken loyalty through Christ our Lord.
disorderly way,
All: Amen:
by not keeping busy but minding the business of others.
Such people we instruct and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work
quietly Pronouncement
and to eat their own food.
Priest: My dear brothers and sisters as a gesture of acceptance of -TEODY-
The Word of the Lord. & -CYNTHIA- as a renewed couple in the Christian Community, let
All: Thanks be to God. us give them a round of applause.

ALLLELUIA ACCLAMATION Irene: Please all stand for the Prayer of the Faithful.

Alleluia, alleluia.

Let the peace of Christ control your hearts;

Prayer of the Faithful
let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.
Priest: In the tender plan of his providence, God our almighty Father has
Alleluia, alleluia. given married love, its faithfulness, (and its fruitfulness,) a special
Priest: Now, please pray together the prayer for God’s blessing.
-TEODY- and -CYNTHIA-: Lord God, whose name is love once you
made our ways meet and called us to find a
home and a family.
We look back with gratitude on the years you have given us
together. Help us to avoid the mistakes of the past and sustain our
love with your love, that, in ever-growing unity of heart and soul,
we may reach together your unending marriage feast in heaven.
Bless this, our wish and task.
Priest: Our help is in the name of the Lord.
All: He made heaven and earth.
Priest: May the Lord God confirm once more the consent which you have
renewed before him and before the Church which I and his
community represent. And may Almighty God bless you now and
continue blessing your union, the Father, the Son, and the Holy
Spirit.
All: Amen.
Gospel
Priest: The Lord be with you.
All: And with your Spirit.
Priest: A reading from the holy Gospel according to Lk 21:5-19.
While some people were speaking about
how the temple was adorned with costly stones and votive
offerings,
Jesus said, "All that you see here--
the days will come when there will not be left
a stone upon another stone that will not be thrown down."
Then they asked him,
"Teacher, when will this happen?
And what sign will there be when all these things are about to
happen?"
He answered,
"See that you not be deceived,
for many will come in my name, saying,
'I am he,' and 'The time has come.'
Do not follow them!
When you hear of wars and insurrections,
do not be terrified; for such things must happen first,
but it will not immediately be the end."
Then he said to them,
"Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
There will be powerful earthquakes, famines, and plagues
from place to place;
and awesome sights and mighty signs will come from the sky.
"Before all this happens, however,
they will seize and persecute you,
they will hand you over to the synagogues and to prisons,
and they will have you led before kings and governors
because of my name.
It will lead to your giving testimony.
Remember, you are not to prepare your defense beforehand,
for I myself shall give you a wisdom in speaking
that all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute.
 You will even be handed over by parents, brothers, relatives, and stand by your side in every need, he entrusted the success
friends, of your married life to you as a task and gift. You thank Him
and they will put some of you to death. now for all these years of shared joy and success of your
You will be hated by all because of my name, married life. You still need him now, that you may continue
but not a hair on your head will be destroyed. the way of love and loyalty which cannot but go on growing.
By your perseverance you will secure your lives." This Christian community rejoices with you and asks the
Lord that he may bless you and keep you in his love. May I
  The Gospel of the Lord. ask you brothers and sisters, to join -TEODY- and -CYNTHIA-
in giving thanks to the Lord for his goodness and in praying
All: Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ.
that they may grow together living in God’s love. Now
Irene: Please be seated for the homily. please join your right hands.

Priest: -TEODY-, do you reaffirm your married love and fidelity to -

BRIDE- before God and this community?
Homily
TEODY-: Yes, I do.
Irene: Please remain seated for the Renewal of Vows Priest: -TEODY-, do you reaffirm your married love and fidelity to -
CYNTHIA- before God and this community?

Renewal of Vows CYNTHIA-: Yes, I do.

RENEWAL OF MARRIAGE VOWS

Priest: Dearly beloved -TEODY- and -CYNTHIA-, you stand here

before the Lord to give him thanks for having shown you His
love in a very special way when He blessed and consecrated
your love on the day of your marriage. Assuring you to