First Formula

H1 (Form 1)

H5 (Form 2)

H9 (Form 3)

Since it is your intention to enter the covenant of Holy Matrimony, join your right hands and declare your consent before God and his Church.

You will join hands and the groom begins:

I, N, take you, N, to be my wife.

I promise to be faithful to you,

in good times and in bad,

in sickness and in health,

to love you and honor you all the days of my life.

The bride says:

I, N, take you, N, to be my husband.

I promise to be faithful to you,

in good times and in bad,

in sickness and in health,

to love you and honor you all the days of my life.

Second Formula

H2 (Form 1)

H6 (Form 2)

H10 (Form 3)

The groom says:

I, N, take you, N, for my lawful wife,

to have and to hold from this day forward,

for better, for worse, 

for richer, for poorer,

in sickness and in health,

to love and to cherish

until death do us part.

The bride says:

I, N, take you, N, for my lawful husband,

to have and to hold, from this day forward,

for better, for worse,

for richer, for poorer,

in sickness and in health,

to love and to cherish

until death do us part.

First Formula

H3 (Form 1)

H7 (Form 2)

H11 (Form 3)

If, however, it seems preferable for pastoral reasons, the presider may obtain consent from the couple through questions.

First he asks the bridegroom:

N, do you take N to be your wife?

Do you promise to be faithful to her

in good times and in bad,

in sickness and in health,

to love her and to honor her all the days of your life?

The groom: I do.

Then he asks the bride:

N, do you take N to be your husband.

Do you promise to be faithful to him

in good times and in bad,

in sickness and in health,

to love him and to honor him all the days of your life?

The bride: I do.

H4 (Form 1)

H8 (Form 2)

H12 (Form 3)

The presider may obtain consent from the couple through questions.

First the one presiding asks the groom:

N, do you take N for your lawful wife,

To have and to hold, from this day forward,

for better, for worse,

for richer, for poorer,

in sickness and in health,

to love and to cherish

until death do you part?

The groom: I do.

Next, the one presiding asks the bride:

N, do you take N for your lawful husband,

to have and to hold, from this day forward,

for better, for worse,

for richer, for poorer,

in sickness and in health,

to love and to cherish

until death do you part?

The bride: I do.