Solemn celebration of marriage

[Matthew_Holford]

I’m hoping that someone can translate the following phrase into plain English for a simple mind: “Marriages can be solemnly celebrated from today.”

I have seen this phrase many times in our Diocesan Ordo. I’ve always meant to ask somebody what it means but I’ve never got round to it.

I’ve always presumed, because of where it appears in the Ordo that it means white vestments can be used instead of the seasonal colour; all the Nuptial Mass propers can be used rather than those for the current liturgical day; all the readings can be taken from the Lectionary’s provision for weddings and/or from the Rite of Marriage.

In other words a full nuptial Mass can be celebrated rather than a celebration of the Rite of Marriage within a Mass for the current liturgical day.

 

[Spirithound]

That is an odd preposition…Is there an online source we can read, or could you give a couple sentences before, a couple after?

 

[FrDavid96]

I’m hoping that someone can translate the following phrase into plain English for a simple mind: “Marriages can be solemnly celebrated from today.”

I have seen this phrase many times in our Diocesan Ordo. I’ve always meant to ask somebody what it means but I’ve never got round to it.

I’ve always presumed, because of where it appears in the Ordo that it means white vestments can be used instead of the seasonal colour; all the Nuptial Mass propers can be used rather than those for the current liturgical day; all the readings can be taken from the Lectionary’s provision for weddings and/or from the Rite of Marriage.

In other words a full nuptial Mass can be celebrated rather than a celebration of the Rite of Marriage within a Mass for the current liturgical day.

Right. You presume correctly. It means that the nuptial Mass (in its entirety) can be celebrated on that day, without any restrictions as far as the calendar is concerned.

From an American perspective, the words “from today” don’t sound like the way we would phrase it. We would say simply “today” or “on this day” etc.

 

[Phemie]

From an American perspective, the words “from today” don’t sound like the way we would phrase it. We would say simply “today” or “on this day” etc.

I can only think of one day when I would expect to see that particular wording and that would be on the Monday of the Second Week of Easter since no Nuptial Mass would have been allowed in the previous 2 weeks.

 

[Matthew_Holford]

From an American perspective, the words “from today” don’t sound like the way we would phrase it. We would say simply “today” or “on this day” etc.

I’m assuming they say “from today” because they mean today and thereafter. I think the two phrases you give might sound more restrictive as in only today or only on this day. Of course, something as simple as a phrase can have totally different meanings in different parts of the English speaking world.