My nephew is getting married to a Catholic girl in a Catholic church.
What are the things I need to know? Do they have communion during the wedding? As a non-Catholic, help me NOT make a fool out of myself.
2006-11-28 04:20:30 · 18 answers · asked by Mav here! 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sometimes they do...sometimes they don't. Ask your nephew if it is to be just a wedding or a full "Nuptial Mass".
Usually the Priest will make an announcement and say that "only Roman Catholics" will be allowed to receive Holy Communion"
It would be RARE for the priest NOT to say this.
Just in case....don't go up to receive.
If you DO go up (which is perfectly fine) - cross your arms over your chest and bow your head. This is the sign that you want the Priest's blessing and not Communion.
2006-11-28 04:24:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is a Mass. At the Mass, there is always a communion service. As a non-Catholic, you should not receive communion - mostly because you would be publically saying that you believe it is what the Catholic churches teaches and that you are in communion with the Catholic church. I have seen sometimes when the Priest will invite non-Catholics to come up for a blessing and they would verbally give instructions on how to do that. No one wants you to feel foolish. Just follow the queue of the body as when to sit or stand. If you know someone who is Catholic at the wedding, I'm sure they would be glad to help you participate comfortably if you ask. Enjoy the wedding!
2006-11-28 04:26:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not all Catholic weddings have Communion. If there is no Mass there will be no Communion. If there is a Mass, sit near a Catholic and just follow what they do. You don't have to kneel if you don't feel comfortable kneeling, and you should stay in your seat during Communion. If there is no Mass the wedding will probably be similar to other weddings you have attended. There will probably be Bible readings, the priest may give a talk, but other than that it is just a basic wedding. Hope this helps.
God bless,
Stanbo
P.S. I am Catholic, had a Catholic wedding, no Mass, no Holy Communion.
2006-11-28 04:31:38 · answer #3 · answered by Stanbo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the wedding is at a Mass there will be Communion. Non-Catholics should not receive it. The priest should make a short, sensitive statement to that effect, but many do not. Other than that, you can just follow the crowd - stand, sit, kneel at appropriate points in the Mass. No-one will think anything of your not receiving Communion. At any Mass there will be some Catholics who do not receive, for a variety of reasons.
2006-11-28 04:52:17 · answer #4 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There about an 1-1..5 hours long When Catholics get married, the vows are done inside the Mass. That's what takes so long. Really though, it's not all that much different than going to church on Sunday (I'm talking time wise). It's not like it's 2 or 3 hours long. The last Catholic wedding I went to was about an hour and fifteen minutes. Not bad.
2016-05-22 22:28:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there is communion at the wedding. You do not have to go up to take it though. Many people don't.
But the marriage ceremony takes place within a mass.
Otherwise, it's pretty simple. The Groom is at the front of the church with the priest, and the music starts. The bride walks in with her bridesmaids and grooms men, and everyone stands while she's walking.
The bride and groom meet at the front, daddy gives her away (or a substitute if daddy isn't there) and the priest gives his sermon, people make speeches (sometimes) and the priest gives his talk about marriage. The vows are said, the book is signed, communion is given and voila, they're outta there.
No worries. It's not complicated at all.
Dress nice, and have a good time. :-)
2006-11-28 04:28:37 · answer #6 · answered by CutiePie1707 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, they'll have communion, and later, the priest will offer the rest of people in church to take communion also, then you have to decide if you want or not, if you want it, when you get back to your seat you'll see that the others who has taken it before you, are kneel and praying, you may imitate them or only seat looking at the floor and pray also.
During the celebration, each time the priest read any Evangelia, you will see that people get up, then you do the same, and when it finish they will seat down again...
In some holly scriptures we use also to..., I don't know how is said in English, we make the sign of the cross over our face, just imitate it or don't do anything, most people doesn't do that.
What else? Just the last one, if the priest after communion say something like 'give the peace' it means to give your hand to people near you (at least in Spain we do that...)
I hope it helps you...
2006-11-28 04:34:00 · answer #7 · answered by esther c 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They do have communion during the wedding ceremony. Since you are not Catholic than you do not participate in communion.
2006-11-28 04:24:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes there is communion during the wedding but not everyone takes it. There is a wedding but also a regular mass type thing. You could maybe learn the responses to the Priest by finding them on line. Don't worry.....it is not easy to make a fool of yourself in a Catholic church....they have been doing a good job of that on their own lately. :)
2006-11-28 04:24:02 · answer #9 · answered by xovenusxo 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Just go with the flow. It is not too complicated except non-Catholics cannot receive communion in the Catholic church as you have to be a baptized Catholic to get it.
2006-11-28 04:23:20 · answer #10 · answered by Gone fishin' 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋