Wedding Lasso Rosary prayer?

[E.E.N.S]

I am trying to find a good, solidly Catholic prayer for the Lasso Rosary. Anybody know of one? (I found a few, but they were anything but solidly Catholic. )

Thanks in advance!

 

[Em_in_FL]

I am trying to find a good, solidly Catholic prayer for the Lasso Rosary. Anybody know of one? (I found a few, but they were anything but solidly Catholic. )

Thanks in advance!

The Hispanic weddings I’ve been to place the Lasso on during the nuptial prayer after they’ve exchanged their vows…
I don’t remember a certain prayer being said, just the placement of the Lasso, and maybe a short explanation of the symbol “binding the two in love”…

Here’s a site with this quote…

Lasso (Lazo Cord) The Lasso is associated with a wedding prayer during the ceremony. As part of the ceremony to symbolize unity, a large loop of rosary beads is placed in a figure eight shape around the necks of the couple after they have exchanged their vows. The symbolism of the lasso is to show the union and protection of marriage. Special members of the wedding party may be in charge of “lassoing” the Bride and Groom together after they kneel for the wedding prayer. They drape what is usually a white satin circle of cord around the shoulders of the kneeling Bride and Groom, groom’s shoulder’s first. The lasso may also be tied around their wrists.
The couple wears the lasso throughout the remainder of the service. The loop is symbolic of their love, which should bind the couple together everyday as they equally share the responsibility of marriage for the rest of their lives. A double rosary lasso may also be given by one set of the parents and may be blessed with holy water three times in honor of the trinity.
At the end of the ceremony, the lasso is removed by the couple who placed the lasso on the couple, or the priest. The lasso is given to the Bride as a memento of her becoming the lady of the groom’s heart and home and shows their promise to always be together side-by-side.

And another link that says about the same thing…

 

[puzzleannie]

you might try the Mexican American Cultural Center in San Antonio, I think it is macc.org or something similar. I have neer seen any prayer said at this time, usually an announcement of who the padrinos are who are presenting the lazo, often the godparents of the bride or groom.

What we do here is the padrinos drape the lazo over the shoulders of the bride and groom (without any words) as they kneel during the Holy Holy (during Mass, when they kneel the whole time) or before the nuptial blessing if the wedding is outside Mass (most common). In many places the lazo is an actual knotted cord, the knot symbolizing the marriage union, here it is usually a large rosary sold just for this purpose, in that case, the usual blessing for a rosary should be used.

the book of blessings has a blessing for almost anything, you might want to ask the priest about it.

 

[E.E.N.S]

Any idea how and when this would fit into a TLM wedding?

 

[puzzleannie]

you would definitely have to speak to the priest. Strictly speaking, nothing that is not part of the Mass or marriage rite should be included (i.e. unity candle). It depends on the priest how much he will accommodate popular piety and cultural customs. Since there is no blessing in the rite, even if the lazo is blessed it should be before Mass, according to all my sources on liturgy for Hispanics there is no blessing or prayer at the time the lazo is draped, it is done in silence. Same for the arras, here the coins are placed by the padrinos on the cushions as part of the entrance procession, and that couple is therefore “first in line”. Also here in Texas there are often a lot more padrinos than in other places. How the priest would allow them to have any other role than as attendents depends on him. Ditto for bringing flowers to the Virgin. Talk to the priest. Here also if padrinos are presenting the bible and rosary, that is done right after the procession, before the penitential rite, and they are blessed at that time.

 

[E.E.N.S]

you would definitely have to speak to the priest. Strictly speaking, nothing that is not part of the Mass or marriage rite should be included (i.e. unity candle). It depends on the priest how much he will accommodate popular piety and cultural customs. Since there is no blessing in the rite, even if the lazo is blessed it should be before Mass, according to all my sources on liturgy for Hispanics there is no blessing or prayer at the time the lazo is draped, it is done in silence. Same for the arras, here the coins are placed by the padrinos on the cushions as part of the entrance procession, and that couple is therefore “first in line”. Also here in Texas there are often a lot more padrinos than in other places. How the priest would allow them to have any other role than as attendents depends on him. Ditto for bringing flowers to the Virgin. Talk to the priest. Here also if padrinos are presenting the bible and rosary, that is done right after the procession, before the penitential rite, and they are blessed at that time.

Well, in the TLM the wedding ceremony takes place before the Mass anyhow, so doing these things shouldn’t be much of a problem I am assuming.

 

[kapaulis]

can the lasso rosary be used by the couple to pray the rosary and/or novenas after the ceremony or if the lasso rosary was not used at their own wedding as a part of their prayer life together?

 

[stlkarl]

kapaulis, that is my question, too. What are the prayers that go along with the beads? Seems like a materialistic waste just to buy a holy rosary to use at your wedding and then not use it to pray together once you’re married. From pictures I’ve seen it looks as if it has additional beads after the medal and before the decades.