We are celebrating here...
The ceremony where Phillip-John and Elma...
Will be exchanging their vows to one another as lovers.
And what is the most important sign of love?
What is the deepest expression of love?
Do you express your love by kissing?
By embracing?
By joining your bodies together?
No, that's not the deepest expression of love.
The deepest expression of love is...
What we are going to do today.
We would be celebrating...
The love of God for man
Beginning today we shall be remembering...
That Christ would be offering his life
It's Lent now...
For fourty days...
We would be remembering once again...
That Christ...
As an act of supreme love for man...
Would be offering himself...
his body, his blood, his life...
That you may be forgiven of our sins
And that is the supreme expression of love.
Until the time that you could say...
You could offer your life for each one...
You cannot say, you really love each one.
Be willing to offer everything.
Elma, for Phillip-John...
Phillip-John, for Elma.
Today is a very nice day, Ash Wednesday...
We begin to remember once again...
That Christ has done these things...
Has offered himself
Christ has done this...
And he did not do it...
for the Saints, remember that...
Jesus didn't die for the holy people...
He died for the sinners...
Christ died, for sinners...
Can anyone die for a criminal?
Can any of you offer your life?
For someone, who stole something from your house...
Your refrigerator, your computer, your money and jewellery
And then when someone needs help...
You are willing to help him.
Can you do that?
Christ did this...
While we were yet sinners...
Christ died for our sins.
Again I say, this is the deepest expression of love...
PJ and Elma...
Offer your lives for each other
And I hope God we give them children...
and begin to develop a family this close to God.
When you return to the UK?
You will go back to the United Kingdom, perhaps.
Even there...
Phillip-John, your Mother is a Filipina?
So, she has exposed you..
To the kind of family ties we have here in the Philippines.
Here in the Philippines, the Family...
Is a union that is really a union...
We try as much as possible to prevent the law of divorce being passed here.
Because for us, once you get married...
It should last for a lifetime, for a lifetime...
That is what you are going to promise a little while from now
'Till death do us part...
Not until five years,
Not until ten years...
Not until we have a very big fight and then we shall divorce...
'Till death do us part...
And again, that is the deepest expression of love. Until death...
Let us pray for Phillip-John and Elma, dear brothers and sisters...
Before we proceed with the celebration of Ash Wednesday
We will first witness the exchange of vows between Phillip-John and Elma.
Dearly beloved, Phillip-John and Elma
You're here today to seal your love with an eternal bond, before the church.
I assure you the prayers of our Christian Community...
that God may foreout his abundant blessings on your love...
And help you to carry out the duties of the Marriage state.
And Brothers and Sisters, may I ask with your help them with your prayers.
And accept them as a new couple in our Christian Community.
Phillip-John and Elma...
Please answer truthfully, the following questions?
Elma...
Did you come here of your own free will...
To bind yourself forever in love and service of your husband?
Yes, Father...
Phillip-John...
Did you come here of your own free will...
To bind yourself forever in love and service of your wife?
Yes, Father...
Are you both ready to raise as good Christians...
The children who God will give to you?
Yes, Father...
Yes, Father...
Phillip-John and Elma please face each other...
And join both your hands as you express your intentions before God and his church...
Elma...
Do you take Phillip-John here present for your lawful husband...
According to the word of God and the rights of our Holy Mother the Church?
Yes, Father...
Do you give yourself to him as his wife?
Yes, Father...
And do you accept him as your lawful husband?
Yes, Father...
Phillip-John...
Do you take Elma here present for your lawful wife...
According to the word of God and the rights of our Holy Mother the Church?
Yes, Father...
Do you give yourself to her as her husband?
Yes, Father...
And do you accept her as your lawful wife?
Yes, Father...
Hon, or Phillip-John Francis Opina Exler...
Now I stand here before you,
Witnessed by all our loving families and friends...
And above all, the almighty God.
It's now we are receiving the Holy Sacrament of Marriage.
With you I see all these things...
that before was only a big dream for me.
Because of you...
You made this a big reality for me.
And thank you for that.
Who would have thought, that I have found a man...
Of my life in Holyland in 2010.
Truly, you're the big answer to my prayer.
And I know you know that already...
And yes, finally...
The long wait is over.
You taught me the real meaning of true love...
The real true love and unconditional love.
Hon, I love you so much.
So, in front of our visitors and friends and our family...
I Elma...
Promise to be here for you...
And take you, to be my wife.
To be my husband, Sorry...
To have and to hold...
From this day forward...
For better or for worse...
For richer and for poorer...
In sickness and in health...
To love and to cherish...
With our future as bright as promises of God...
A commitment made of love...
Kept in faith...
For eternity, until death do us part.
I love you so much hon.
Are you ready?
Since the first day we met,
I knew this day would come.
We have worked strong and hard to get to this day.
But...
Well worth the struggle and pain.
It has made me a better man...
Who will love and support you,
Throughout our journey together.
I thank God, he chose you and I...
To share tomorrow and every day.
I promise to always make you smile...
And love you longer than forever.
Life has no meaning without you.
I pledge my heart,
Love and devotion...
As I join my life to yours.
I love...
Love, love, love...
LOVE...
you so much...
Grant us, O Lord...
To be one heart and one soul...
From this day forward...
For better or for worse...
For richer or for poorer...
In sickness and in health...
Until death do us part...
And I, by the authority of the Church, calling on all those here present as witnesses,
Confirm and bless the bond of marraige that you have contracted.
In the name of the Father...
And of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Parents and Principal Sponsors, you may now be seated. Thank you.
We shall now bless the arrhae and the rings
Our help is in the name of the Lord.
Who made heaven and Earth
Let us pray...
Bless O Lord, your servants Phillip-John and Elma,
Here present before you, with sufficiency of material possessions...
Which these arrhae symbolise, so that they may use them to attain eternal life.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Bless O Lord these rings...
So that your servants Phillip-John and Elma who would wear them
May ever live in mutual love and unbroken loyalty
This we ask through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Elma, I give you this ring...
Wear it, as a sign of my love...
And loyalty as your husband...
In all the years to come.
In the name of the Father...
And of the Son...
And of the Holy Spirit.
Phillip-John...
I give you this ring...
Wear it, as a sign of my love...
And loyalty as your wife...
In all the years to come...
In the name of the Father...
And of the Son...
And of the Holy Spirit.
Elma, I give you this Arrhae...
As a pledge of my dedication...
And constant concern for your welfare...
And that of the children God may, in his loving goodness give us.
In the name of the Father...
Of the Son...
And of the Holy Spirit.
Phillip-John, I accept them...
With the promise to share with you the building of a Christian home.
In the name of the Father...
And of the Son...
And of the Holy Spirit.
Phillip-John and Elma, please accept this Holy Bible,
It contains the Word of God,
Read it, live and keep its lessons alive in your hearts.
So that you may live each day, in the love and service of the Lord
Brothers and Sisters, we are now presenting to you Phillip-John and Elma
They are now married before all of us...
Before God...
Let us now give our applause to them.
I am very much happy...
Upon hearing PJ recite his vows before Elma in Tagalog.
Even when he had a hard time speaking in Tagalog...
He still did it.
And so...
Let us give our hands to Elma and PJ.
Please rise for the blessing...
Bow your heads and pray for God's blessings...
Pour out a spirit of compunction, O God,
On those who bow before your majesty,
and by your mercy may they merit the rewards you promise
To those who do penance. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
And may Almighty God bless all of us gathered here...
The Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Our mass is ended, we go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
PJ and Elma, you are now married, please face each other...
Phillip-John, you may now kiss your bride.
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