Ceremony vs. Mass

For those girls getting married in church, can you shed some light at what is included if you just do a ceremony and not the whole mass? Obvioulsy it's the vows - but what else?? Do you do the unity candle?? I am kind of confused.

Also what is the difference is timing? Half hour vs. an hour?

TIA

I'm not 100% sure with everything, But yea Mass is Hour and ceremony is I think just a half.
We're doing the Unity candle and we're doing a ceremony.
I know you don't receive communion when you do a ceremony...

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Posted by espo825

For those girls getting married in church, can you shed some light at what is included if you just do a ceremony and not the whole mass? Obvioulsy it's the vows - but what else?? Do you do the unity candle?? I am kind of confused.

Also what is the difference is timing? Half hour vs. an hour?

TIA

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i only had a ceremony but we still did the unity candle.

During the mass there is an extra reading or more like a prayer actually, plus you receive communion which is not done during the ceremony.

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Posted by gporka23

I honestly do not know.. but I do know that FIL's are making us do a mass and I am not happy about the extra time i have to spend standing there.

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lol...dont worry...you wont be stainding there the whole time...its like a regular mass...you get to sit as if you would in a pew...

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by espo825

For those girls getting married in church, can you shed some light at what is included if you just do a ceremony and not the whole mass? Obvioulsy it's the vows - but what else?? Do you do the unity candle?? I am kind of confused.

Also what is the difference is timing? Half hour vs. an hour?

TIA

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i only had a ceremony but we still did the unity candle.

During the mass there is an extra reading or more like a prayer actually, plus you receive communion which is not done during the ceremony.

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Thanks Espo!. So basically you do you vows, the priest probably says a prayer of some sort and you do the unity candle??

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Posted by JACK808

We only had a ceremony, and it ran us close to an hour, so the time difference is really not much. The priest will read the Gospel and do a homily, you'll have 2 readings, as well as the Prayer of the Faithful, and a meditation song - this is where you'd light the unity candle if you choose to, and the exchanging of vows and rite of marriage.

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Oh really? You get all that for the ceremony? I thought it was just vows and a pray and unity candle. I didnt know you do readings for the ceremony as well? So what's the difference - just communion and an extra reading?

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Posted by espo825

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Posted by JACK808

We only had a ceremony, and it ran us close to an hour, so the time difference is really not much. The priest will read the Gospel and do a homily, you'll have 2 readings, as well as the Prayer of the Faithful, and a meditation song - this is where you'd light the unity candle if you choose to, and the exchanging of vows and rite of marriage.

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Oh really? You get all that for the ceremony? I thought it was just vows and a pray and unity candle. I didnt know you do readings for the ceremony as well? So what's the difference - just communion and an extra reading?

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I believe so, yes.

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Posted by JJC

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Posted by gporka23

I honestly do not know.. but I do know that FIL's are making us do a mass and I am not happy about the extra time i have to spend standing there.

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lol...dont worry...you wont be stainding there the whole time...its like a regular mass...you get to sit as if you would in a pew...

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oh... haha! well even sitting there that much longer stinks. I am not looking forward to the actually wedding ceremony, just the reception!! i hate being the center of attention

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Posted by espo825

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by espo825

For those girls getting married in church, can you shed some light at what is included if you just do a ceremony and not the whole mass? Obvioulsy it's the vows - but what else?? Do you do the unity candle?? I am kind of confused.

Also what is the difference is timing? Half hour vs. an hour?

TIA

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i only had a ceremony but we still did the unity candle.

During the mass there is an extra reading or more like a prayer actually, plus you receive communion which is not done during the ceremony.

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Thanks Espo!. So basically you do you vows, the priest probably says a prayer of some sort and you do the unity candle??

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well theres also readings. We had 2 readers, they also sang ave maria. And yes the priest talks also in the beginning and says things, you also pick the first prayer.

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Posted by espo825

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Posted by JACK808

We only had a ceremony, and it ran us close to an hour, so the time difference is really not much. The priest will read the Gospel and do a homily, you'll have 2 readings, as well as the Prayer of the Faithful, and a meditation song - this is where you'd light the unity candle if you choose to, and the exchanging of vows and rite of marriage.

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Oh really? You get all that for the ceremony? I thought it was just vows and a pray and unity candle. I didnt know you do readings for the ceremony as well? So what's the difference - just communion and an extra reading?

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i only had a ceremony and it was actually 30 mins the most maybe even a little under