Maid of Honor Duties

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Hello everyone,

I just received the wonderful news that my cousin is getting married! I am “over the moon” for the news and feel extremely blessed that she asked me to be her Maid of Honor. I love her and have always had her in my prayers. She lives in Mexico, while I live in the U.S. I am planning to be there 3 weeks prior to the ceremony to help in any final touches and in the mean time help her as I can with the planning process. The blessed day is July 7th.

I don’t have any experience planning wedding, being part of a wedding (except being a guest of course). I know it’s essential to be involved in the wedding planning process, plan the bridal party/bachelorette party (which is the one I want to focus it on her and her worth, rather than continue modern tradition), and most of all serve the bride.

Can anyone give me advice/ideas as to what I can do to make this experience centered around God & their love/this beautiful and important step in their lives as they are to receive the sacrament of Marriage?
 
Just remember that the bride has her own ideas and offer to help however she needs help.
You may want to ask instead what she wants you to do, and when she wants you to come. 3 weeks is a long time for you to be there before. You may be assuming she needs your help, when in fact she might not. You should ask her what she wants.
 
Thank you!

Yes, understand that I am there to serve the bride. She makes the big decisions & I’m there to serve and support.🙂
 
Remain calm, take cues from the bride and remember she will be on an emotional roller-coaster, if some things don’t go right, it may upset her. I don’t mean bridezilla but small things going wrong may get magnified.

I remember our wedding cake was made for 50 guests, we had 100 guests. My maid of honour and her french gran flew to the rescue, her gran whipped up a delicious croquembouche in a couple of hours and gran arrived just in time for the wedding ceremony. I didn’t know until the cake serving moment arrived, she didn’t want to worry me.
 
I did not have a “wedding party” in the traditional sense, but instead we had what we called sacramental witnesses. From the time we asked them, explained that we hope we could have people like Confirmation sponsors/Godparents… those who would pray for us and support us in our marriage.

We sent them prayer intentions occasionally, updates on our prayer practices, and they offered masses, novenas, holy hours for us. In the wedding procession, they brought up sacramental items (some were gifts) that were placed on a table and then blessed by the Bishop during the mass (the Bishop married us).

Perhaps organize with the others in the wedding party to write some prayerful support letters, go to mass, etc. Ask her how her marriage prep is going, what they are doing for their sacrament formation, etc.
 
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