Wedding Vow Renewal

[JohnLilburne]

My understanding is that no documentation is required. It seems to me that it would be sharing in non-sacramental liturgical worship, as described in Directory for the Principles and Norms on Ecumenism at

http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/p...993_principles-and-norms-on-ecumenism_en.html

“118. In liturgical celebrations taking place in other Churches and ecclesial Communities, Catholics are encouraged to take part in the psalms, responses, hymns and common actions of the Church in which they are guests. If invited by their hosts, they may read a lesson or preach.”

Catholics do have a ceremony to renew wedding vows. In The Order of Celebrating Matrimony the last ceremony is The Order of Blessing a Married Couple Within Mass on the Anniversary of Marriage . It includes:

272. On the main anniversaries of Marriage, as for example on the twenty-fifth, fiftieth, or sixtieth anniversary, it is fitting to hold a special remembrance of the Sacrament …

275. Then, in these or similar words, the Priest invites the couple to pray in silence and to renew before God their commitment to live their Marriage in holiness.

N. and N.,

on the anniversary of that celebration

at which you joined your lives in an unbreakable bond

through the Sacrament of Matrimony,

you now intend to renew before the Lord

the promises you made to one another.

Turn to the Lord in prayer,

that these vows may be strengthened by divine grace.

276. Then the couple renew their commitment quietly.

277. If, however, the couple, taking circumstances into account, wish to renew their commitment publicly, the form provided here is used:

The husband:

Blessed are you, Lord

for by your goodness I took N. as my wife.

The wife:

Blessed are you, Lord,

for by your goodness I took N. as my husband.

Both:

Blessed are you Lord,

for in the good and the bad times of our life

you have stood loving by our side.

Help us, we pray,

to remain faithful in our love for one another,

so that we may be true witnesses

to the covenant you have made with humankind.

[Excerpts from The Order of Blessing a Married Couple Within Mass on the Anniversary of Marriage from the English translation of The Order of Celebrating Matrimony © 2013, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.]

 

[Tis_Bearself]

I was going to get one for our 25th anniversary but the Lord had other plans.
We did get one from Pope JPII when we were married. My mother had one from when she got married, from Pope John XXIII.

 

[dochawk]

Some places do have a proscribed Catholic ritual,

Then they better not use it!!!

There’s likely a prescribed one they can use.

:crazy_face:

hawk, apparently not above an autocorrect joke . . .

 

[PetraG]

Then they better not use it!!!

There’s likely a prescribed one they can use.

:crazy_face::crazy_face::crazy_face:

hawk, apparently not above an autocorrect joke . . .

I was just being sloppy and you know it.
Thanks for the correction!
(Heaven knows that the English language needs all the defenders it can get…)