Wedding Readings

Getting Married at Saint Peter’s

Choose from these readings

First Reading – Old Testament

Genesis 1:26-28, 31a – Male and female he created them. CLICK TO READ

Genesis 2:18-24 – The two of them become one body. CLICK TO READ

Genesis 24:48-51, 58-67 – In his love for Rebekah, Isaac found solace after the death of his mother. CLICK TO READ

Tobit 7:6-14 – May the Lord of heaven prosper you both. May he grant you mercy and peace. CLICK TO READ

Tobit 8:4b-8 – Allow us to live together to a happy old age. CLICK TO READ

Proverbs 31:10-13, 1920, 30-31 – The woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. CLICK TO READ

Song of Songs 2:8-10, 14, 16a; 8:6-7a – Stern as death is love. CLICK TO READ

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. CLICK TO READ

Jeremiah 31:31-32a, 3334a – I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. CLICK TO READ

Second Reading – New Testament

Romans 8:31b-35, 37-39 – What will separate us from the love of Christ? CLICK TO READ

Romans 12:1-2, 9-18 – Offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God.” CLICK TO READ

Romans 15:1b-3a, 5-7, 13 – Welcome one another as Christ welcomed you. CLICK TO READ

1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20 -Your body is a temple of the Spirit. CLICK TO READ

1 Corinthians 12:31– 13:8a – If I do not have love, I gain nothing. CLICK TO READ

Ephesians 4:1-6 – One Body and one Spirit. CLICK TO READ

Ephesians 5:2a, 21-33 – This is a great mystery, but I speak in reference to Christ and the Church. CLICK TO READ

Philippians 4:4-9 – The God of peace be with you. CLICK TO READ

Colossians 3:12-17 – And over all these put on love, that is, the bond of perfection. CLICK TO READ

Hebrews 13:1-4a, 5-6b – Let marriage be held in honor by all. CLICK TO READ

1 Peter 3:1-9 – Be of one mind, sympathetic, loving toward one another. CLICK TO READ

2 1 John 3:18-24 – Love in deed and truth. CLICK TO READ

1 John 4:7-12 – God is love. CLICK TO READ

Revelation 19:1, 5-9a – Blessed are those who have been called to the wedding feast of the Lamb. CLICK TO READ

Gospel Reading

Matthew 5:1-12a – Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven. CLICK TO READ

Matthew 5:13-16 – You are the light of the world. CLICK TO READ

Matthew 7:21, 24-29 – A wise man built his house on rock. CLICK TO READ

Matthew 19:3-6 – What God has united, man must not separate.  CLICK TO READ

Matthew 22:35-40 – This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it. CLICK TO READ

Mark 10:6-9 – They are no longer two, but one flesh. CLICK TO READ

John 2:1-11 – Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs in Cana in Galilee. CLICK TO READ

John 15:9-12 – Remain in my love. CLICK TO READ

John 15:12-16 – This is my commandment: love one another. CLICK TO READ

John 17:20-26 – That they may be brought to perfection as one. CLICK TO READ