Old and New Testament Readings
First Reading
Old Testament
B1 Genesis 1:26-28, 31a * “Male and female he created them”
B2 Genesis 2:18-24 * “The two of them become one body.”
B3 Genesis 24:48-51, 58-67 * “In his love for Rebekah, Isaac found solace after the death of his mother.”
B4 Tobit 7:6-14 * “May the Lord of heaven prosper you both. May he grant you mercy and peace.”
Tobit 7:6-14 * “May the Lord of heaven prosper you both. May he grant you mercy and peace.” (shorter form)
B5 Tobit 8:4b-8 * “Allow us to live together to a happy old age.”
B6 Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 * “She who fears the Lord is to be praised.”
B7 Song of Songs 2 8-10,14,16a, 8 6-7a “Stern as death is love.”
B8 Sirach 26:1-4, 13-16 * “Like the sun rising in the Lord’s heavens, the beauty of a virtuous wife is the radiance of her home.”
B9 Jeremiah 31:31-32a, 33-34a “I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.”
Second Reading
New Testament
D1 Romans 8:31b-35, 37-39“What will separate us from the love of Christ?”
D2 Romans 12:1-2, 9-18 “Offer your bodies as living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God.”
Romans 12:1-2, 9-13 “Offer your bodies as living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God.” (shorter form)
D3 Romans 15:1b-3a, 5-7, 13 “Welcome one another as Christ welcomed you.”
D4 1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20 “Your body is a temple of the Spirit.”
D5 1 Corinthians 12: 31; 13:1-8a “If I do not have love, I gain nothing.”
D6 Ephesians 4 1-6 “One Body and one Spirit”
D7 Ephesians 5:2a, 21-33 * “This is a great mystery, but I speak in reference to Christ and the Church.”
Ephesians 5:2a, 25-32 * “This is a great mystery, but I speak in reference to Christ and the Church” (shorter form)
D8 Phillipians 4:4-9 “The God of peace will be with you.”
D9 Colossians 3:12-17 “And over all these put on love, that is, the bond of perfection.”
D10 Hebrews 13:1-4a, 5-6b * “Let marriage be held in honor by all.”
D11 1 Peter 3:1-9 * “Be of one mind, sympathetic, loving toward one another.”
D12 1 John 3;18-24 “Love in deed and in truth.”
D13 1 John 4:7-12 “God is love.”
D14 Revelation 19:1, 5-9a “Blessed are those who have been called to the wedding feast of the Lamb.”