Picking Music For Our Catholic Ceremony Outside Mass

type="html">When picking music for our Catholic wedding ceremony, I wanted to the music to feel familiar to our guests (who are also mostly Catholic).  I wanted the sung music to be attainable, so that our guests would join in singing the hymns.  No super high notes, no super low notes, no confusing or fast rhythms.  Singing is my favorite part of mass, so I wanted it to be a big part of our wedding!

The church we'll be married in uses the Breaking Bread hymnal, so I chose all of the sung music from there.  That way, our guests could follow along if they weren't familiar.  I made sure to put the page numbers in the ceremony program, using the online index.  Since I didn't have the accompaniment book, I purchased and downloaded the sheet music for each song on the OCP website.

Most of the organ music is super traditional (Here Comes the Bride, etc). I was able to find all of the organ music for free online!

Prelude
Air from "Water Music" - G.F. Handel


(sheet music here)

Companions on the Journey

(sheet music here)

Where Love is Found

(sheet music here)

Where There Is Love

(sheet music here)

Wedding Party Processional
Menuet From Berenice – G.F. Handel


(sheet music here)

Bride's Processional
Bridal Chorus from "Lohengrin" – Wagner


(sheet music here)

Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 103 The Lord is Kind and Merciful - Bob Dufford

(sheet music here)

Gospel Acclamation
Celtic Alleluia

(sheet music here)

Marriage Rite Acclamation
God Who Created Hearts To Love
This is listed as optional in the booklet our priest gave us. We'll sing this after exchanging rings, and before the prayers of the faithful.

(sheet music here)

Lord's Prayer
Lord's Prayer Chant
(sheet music here)

Recessional
Wedding March – Mendelssohn


(sheet music here)

Postlude
Psalm 18 The Heavens Declare – Alessandro Marcello


(sheet music here)

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