janinegirly
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We got married without a mass, without the candle lighting ceremony, and without the prayer for the Blessed Mother. We sat on the side of the altar instead of kneeling in front of the altar. We were given choices for all of these parts and others. I opted against most of them to try to make the ceremony simple because my DH is not Catholic, but I always wanted to be married in the church. Total ceremony time was about 30 minutes. Many of my family and guests commented about how much they loved the ceremony...that it was the perfect length, not too long, not too short!Date: 2/28/2007 10:15:23 PM
Author: dmamsquared
Ruffle a few feathers. Push the envelope. Stay a litltle longer. LOL Your photog will want to take pix, no doubt. It will take longer than an hour, trust me. Make your needs known. If you go sans Mass, you still have candle lighting ceremony. Mine wouldn''t go out. I wondered if that was some kind of omen.... I digress. There''s a prayer for the Blessed MOther. She has to make money too. Besides that, the Ave Maria is a real tear jerker! A rose to each mother. Yadda, yadda, yadda. And the bride should always be fashionably late. The guests need to see the groom reacts under pressure. ! Where the h... is she????
labbielove, we did the sign of peace...that was one part I definitely wanted. They played "Peace is Flowing Like a River" which is one of my favorite church songs from my childhood. Then we had a receiving line in the back of the church immediately after the ceremony.Date: 3/3/2007 3:28:04 PM
Author: labbielove
RMS,
thank you for posting this- we too are having a Catholic cermony, no mass, and were wondering really how long it would be.
our officiant is letting us be very flexible as well (he''s an ordained deacon, like a dad to me!)
so we are having 2 readings plus gospel, homily, vows, no music other than processional/recessional, and that''s it.
other than we''d like to figure some way to incorporate a sign of peace type thing if it works out.
glad to hear it will approximate 30mins, because we are hoping to do a receiving line/mingle outside the church for a bit before heading out for pics, and this way we''ll have at least 1/2 hour to do that-