Tuesday, March 15, 2011
The Wedding RELIGIOUS RITUAL
You set the date for the big day? Yes .. not yet ... it is almost ready ... So that's all you need to know!! Obviously you have already taken pre-bed, which takes place in different ways, according to the directives of the bishop, sometimes differently from diocese to diocese. There are general criteria of the parish priests very open to interpretation:
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a course, taught by the pastor, addressed to the engaged
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a course, taught by several priests (for example, neighboring parishes)
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a course, divided into classes, taught by: a lawyer, a gynecologist, of married couples practicing Catholics, just to explain the significance, each in his field of marriage.
In addition, the duration of the course and the number of lessons can be variable, ten, twenty or thirty lessons, or a full year, or even ... even one lesson. You will have done the town hall and church publications (publication, posting on which is an indication of the generality of the couple and the place where they intend to celebrate the marriage, civil marriage is anticipated that the religious one. The publications are posted roll of municipalities of residence of the bride and groom and their respective parishes belonging to two consecutive Sundays. If the couple opt for another church, although the latter will have to make publications. After this period you get the go-ahead for the celebration of marriage. The validity of the clearance is 6 months. However, one must be careful: the publication is deemed void if the marriage is not celebrated within 180 days). With the invitations, which will be shipped 40 days before the guests if they are abroad, and within 30 s in Italy, communicate the date of marriage, the church where it will be celebrated, and the place where the reception will be held. Guests wishing to attend the wedding or not, inevitably will have to answer a few days before. The religious ceremony has almost always begins in the morning, the witnesses will be two or more, but always in even numbers. The car that lead the bride to church is, in principle, decorated with white flowers, but this depends more or less conspicuous, which is intended to give the ceremony. The gathering will be the guest house of the bride. Those who have been invited to attend the church ceremony, you will go directly before the ceremony. After the customary greeting of the guests, there will be a parade. The bride, accompanied by her father, will rise in the car with her godmother and the two bridesmaids or pageboy. (Only in the ceremonies with elegant tone world can do without the pageboy). The wedding ceremony will begin in two ways:
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the priest already dressed for the loan will go to meet the wedding couple at the door of the church and will accompany, precede, to the sanctuary
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The priest await the bride and groom at the altar.
In both the first and second case, the priest hand you the greeting to the spouses. The couple will be accompanied to the altar by their parents (father and mother for the bride to the groom) came close to the sanctuary, are detached from their parents and, together, will go to the altar. Upon entering the bride to church, all will rise and remain standing during the sacred rite. The gifts, the couple will go to the altar the bread and wine for the Mass. This document expresses the thought: "We, as Christian spouses, the table of the Lord as we prepare our table first." After reciting the Lord's Prayer invitation: "each other the sign of peace," the groom goes to the celebrant receive the sign of peace and returned to his seat, attending to the bride. The bride and groom kneel to receive communion, the religious ceremony will conclude with the formula of blessing.
After the ceremony, the celebrant, in the presence of witnesses, read the articles in the Civil Code concerning the rights and duties of the spouses (Art. 143, 144, 147), the spouses and the witnesses will then proceed to the signing of the marriage.
At the end of the ceremony, left the church, the guests applaud and throwing rice. The car of the newlyweds and guests then formed a procession that will lead to the place of receipt. After cutting the wedding cake and after distribution of confetti, the bride will wear one change of clothes and travel.
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