GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

As a sacred act of worship, the wedding liturgy is a beautiful expression of God’s love in the life of the couple. When selecting music for your ceremony, keep in mind that this is a sacred celebration, a liturgy of the Church that brings families together in prayer and worship, the wedding liturgy reflects worship for this reason.

MUSIC MINISTERS AT YOUR SERVICE

Jason Euresti is the principle musician and vocalist, he works with a network of professional musicians that come together to bring the music at your wedding service to creation. The fees for music are separate from church rental fees. As a wedding is scheduled months in advance, the fees at God’s Gift for Music are set priced meaning they cover our own rehearsal, travel in the Austin surrounding areas and performance time. Additional fees will occur for services outside of this area.

PRICING & PLANS

There are many options available God’s Gift for Music offers:

  • Solo Voice with Classical Pianist or Organist $650 USD
  • TrioSolo Voice with Classical Pianist or Organist & Solo Instrumental Flautist $850 USD
  • Choral Ensemble—Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass Professional Vocalists +Descant with Classical Pianist or Organist $1650 USD
  • Full Ensemble—Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass Professional Vocalists +Descant with Classical Pianist or Organist & Solo Instrumental Flautist $1850 USD

Additional instrumentalists

  • Violinist $200 USD
  • Cellist $200 USD
  • Trumpeter $200 USD

All packages come with— 50-60 pamphlets that allow everyone to follow along in the service and sing with printed music and lyrics.

ORDER OF MASS

PRELUDE

—Classical pieces to be selected by Director begins 20 minutes before the service—

 

WEDDING PARTY & BRIDAL PROCESSION

  • Air on G String—J. S. Bach
  • Bist Du Bei Mir—Anna Magdalena Bach
  • Canon in D—Pachelbel
  • Intermezzo from “Cavaleria”—Mascagni
  • Jupiter from “The Planets—Holst
  • La Grace—Telemann
  • Rondeau—Mouret
  • Rigaudon—Campra
  • St. Anthony Chorale—Haydn
  • Trumpet Voluntary—Clarke


GATHERING HYMN/CANTICLE OF PRAISE

  • All People That on Earth Do Dwell
  • As We Gather at Your Table
  • Blessed Your Sacrifice
  • Brethren, We Have Met to Worship
  • Christ is the King!
  • Come, Christians, Join to Sing
  • Come, Thou Almighty King
  • Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
  • Crown Him with Many Crowns
  • Fairest Lord Jesus
  • For the Beauty of the Earth
  • From All That Dwells Below the Skies (Old Hundredth)
  • God of Mercy, God of Grace
  • God is Here! (Abbot’s Leigh)
  • God Is Love (Abbot’s Leigh)
  • God, Our Father, We Adore Thee
  • God, We Praise You
  • Glorious Is Thy Name
  • Great Redeemer, We Adore Thee
  • He Is the Lord
  • Holy God, We Praise Thy Name
  • Immortal, Invisible God Only Wise
  • Let All The World in Every Corner Sing
  • Let the Whole Creation Cry
  • Let Us Go to the Altar
  • Lord of Light (Abbott’s Leigh)
  • Let All Things Now Living
  • O Gracious Lord, Accept Our Praise
  • O God Beyond All Praising
  • O Spirit All-Embracing
  • O Worship the King (Lyons)
  • Oh, Worship the King (Hanover)
  • Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow
  • Praise, My Soul, The King of Heaven              (Lauda Anima)
  • Praise, My Soul, The King of Heaven (Andrews)
  • Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
  • Praise the Lord, the King of Glory
  • Praise the Lord! Ye Heavens, Adore Him
  • Rejoice, the Lord is King
  • Sing a New Song
  • Stand Up and Bless the Lord
  • This Day Was Made by The Lord
  • To Jesus Christ, Our Sovereign King
  • We Praise Thee, O God, Our Redeemer
  • With Glad, Exuberant Carolings

 

FIRST READING

—To Be Selected—

  1. Male and female he created them (Genesis 1:26-28, 31a)
  2. The two of them become one body (Genesis 2:18-24)
  3. In his love for Rebekah, Isaac found solace after the death of his mother (Genesis 24:48-51, 58-67)
  4. May the Lord of heaven prosper you both. May he grant you mercy and peace (Tobit 7:6-14)
  5. Allow us to live together to a happy old age (Tobit 8:4b-8)
  6. The woman who fears the Lord is to be praised (Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31)
  7. Stern as death is love (Song of Songs 2:8-10, 14, 16a; 8:6-7a)
  8. Like the sun rising in the Lord’s heavens, the beauty of a virtuous wife is the radiance of her home (Sirach 26:1-4, 13-16)
  9. I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah (Jeremiah 31:31-32a, 33-34a)


RESPONSORIAL PSALM

  • Blessed the Man who Greatly Delights in the Lord’s Command—Psalm 112
  • Blest Are Those—Psalm 128
  • I Will Bless the Lord at All Times—Psalm 34
  • I Will Praise Your Name—Psalm 145
  • Let All Praise the Name of the Lord—Psalm 148
  • Praise the Lord, O My Soul—Psalm 145
  • Taste and See the Goodness of the Lord—Psalm 34
  • The Earth is Full of the Goodness of God—Psalm 33
  • The Lord is Compassionate Toward all His Works—Psalm 145
  • The Lord is Kind and Merciful—Psalm 103
  • This is the Day—Psalm 118

 

SECOND READING

—To Be Selected—

  1. What will separate us from the love of Christ? (Romans 8:31b-35, 37-39)
  2. Offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God (Romans 12:1-2, 9-18)
  3. Welcome one another as Christ welcomed you (Romans 15:1b-3a, 5-7, 13)
  4. Your body is a temple of the Spirit (Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20)
  5. If I do not have love, I gain nothing (Corinthians 12:31-13:8a)
  6. One Body and one Spirit (Ephesians 4:1-6)
  7. This is a great mystery, but I speak in reference to Christ and the Church (Ephesians 5:2a, 21-33)
  8. The God of peace will be with you (Philippians 4:4-9)
  9. And over all these put on love, that is, the bond of perfection (Colossians 3:12-17)
  10. Let marriage be held in honor by all (Hebrews 13:1-4a, 5-6b)
  11. Be of one mind, sympathetic, loving toward one another (1 Peter 3:1-9)
  12. Love in deed and in truth (1 John 3:18-24)
  13. God is love (1 John 4:7-12)
  14. Blessed are those who have been called to the wedding feast of the Lamb (Revelation 19:1, 5-9a)

 

ALELLUIA & GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

—Selection based on Gospel—

GOSPEL

—To Be Selected—              

 

  1. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven (Matthew 5:1-12a)
  2. You are the light of the world (Matthew 5:13-16)
  3. A wise man built his house on rock (Matthew 7:21, 24-29)
  4. What God has united, man must not separate (Matthew 19:3-6)
  5. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it. (Matthew 22:35-40)
  6. They are no longer two, but one flesh (Mark 10:6-9)
  7. Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs in Cana in Galilee (John 2:1-11)
  8. Remain in my love (John 15:9-12)
  9. This is my commandment: love one another (John 15:12-16)
  10. That they may be brought to perfection as one (John 17:20-26)

 

LIGHTING OF THE UNITY CANDLE

  • Bind Us Together
  • Bless These Hands That Join Together
  • The Bond of Love
  • Two Candles


HYMN OF THE DAY

  • Breath on Me
  • Breath on Me, Breath of God
  • Be Thou My Vision
  • Christ Be Our Light (Wedding Verses)
  • Come, Holy Spirit, Dove Divine
  • Fill Me Now
  • God is Love (Hass)
  • Gracious Spirit, Dwell With Me
  • Great is Thy Faithfulness
  • Heavenly Spirit, Gentle Spirit
  • Holy Spirit, Lord of Love
  • I Have Loved You
  • I Sing th’Almighty Power of God
  • Just As I Am, Thine Own to Be
  • Lord of All Hopefulness
  • Love Endures All Things
  • Not for Tongues of Heaven’s Angels
  • O God, You Give Humanity Its Name
  • O God, You Search Me
  • O Perfect Love
  • Only a Shadow
  • Spirit of the God, Descend upon My Heart
  • The Grace of Life is Theirs
  • Take My Life, and Let it Be
  • Take, O Take Me As I Am
  • We Are Gathered for Thy Blessing
  • Will You Let Me Be Your Servant
  • Wonder of Wonders, Here Revealed

 

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

  • Sanctus
  • Mystery of Faith
  • Great Amen
  • Lamb of God
  • The Lord’s Prayer can be sung or recited*

 

COMMUNION

  • All Who Hunger Gather Gladly
  • Behold the Body of Christ (Manalo)
  • Blest Feast of Love Divine!
  • Break Thou the Bread of Life
  • Bread of Life
  • Bread of Life, Our Host and Meal
  • By Your Hand You Feed Your People
  • Come to the Banquet
  • Come to the Feast
  • Draw Near
  • Eat This Bread
  • Gather the People
  • For the Bread, Which Thou Hast Broken
  • Here at Thy Table, Lord
  • Jesus, Jesus Come to Us
  • Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All
  • Join in the Dance (Jason Euresti)
  • Let Us Be Bread
  • Let Us Break Bread Together
  • Lord, We Have Come at Your Own Invitation
  • Many and Great
  • Now in this Banquet
  • Now the Feast and Celebration
  • O Jesus, We Adore Thee
  • O Living Bread from Heaven
  • O Sacrament Most Holy
  • One Bread, One Body
  • Panis Angelicus
  • Spirit and Grace
  • Take and Eat
  • The King of Heaven His Table Spreads
  • This Bread That We Share
  • This is the Feast
  • This is the Feast of Victory (Jason Euresti)
  • To Be Your Bread
  • Ubi Caritas
  • We Come as Guests Invited

 

PRESENTATION OF FLOWERS TO MARY

  • Ave Maria (Schubert)
  • Ave Maria (Gounod)

 

RECESSIONAL HYMN OR INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

  • Alla Hornpipe in D Major—Handel
  • Blest Be the Tie That Binds
  • From All That Dwells Below the Skies
  • Fugue in C Major, “The Fanfare”—J. S. Bach
  • Hallelujah Sing th’Annoucement*
  • Hornpipe in F Major from “Water Music—Handel Arr. Percy Grainger
  • Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee
  • Jupiter from “The Planets—Holst
  • Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (Hyfrydol)
  • Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (Beecher)
  • Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (Blaenwern)
  • Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing
  • Now Thank We All Our God
  • Ode to Joy—Beethoven
  • Psalm XIX—Marcello
  • Prelude in G Major—J. S. Bach
  • Sent Forth By God’s Blessing
  • The Spirit Send Us Forth to Serve (Chesterfield)
  • Toccata from Symphony No. 5—Wildor

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