Page 435 - Special Occasion Prayers

Holy Matrimony 435

CEL: Lord, our God! Grant that we may enter the Holy
of Holies / with clean hearts and pure conscience. May we
stand before your altar with devotion, diligence and pu-
rity. Make us worthy to offer You sacrifices, both rational
and spiritual in true faith.

ALL STAND
CREED

CEL: (With open arms) We believe in One God, the Father al-
mighty,
ALL: Creator of all things / visible and invisible, and in one
Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, the first born of
all creatures, born of the Father before all ages, and not made,
true God from true God, consubstantial with his Father. Through
Him the worlds were formed / and all things were created. For
the sake of us men / and for our salvation / He came down from
heaven; and became incarnate by the Holy Spirit / and became
man, and was conceived / and born of the Virgin Mary. He suf-
fered and was crucified / in the days of Pontius Pilate / died and
was buried; and on the third day rose again / as it is written. He
ascended into heaven / and sits at the right hand of his Father. He
will come again / to judge the dead and the living. We believe in
one Holy Spirit; the spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father
and the Son / the life giving Spirit. We believe in one, holy,
catholic, and apostolic Church. We confess one baptism for the
remission of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlast-
ing. Amen.

CEL: (Towards the server) May God, the Lord of all, strengthen
you + to sing His praises.

SER: (Facing the Congregation) Let us pray; peace be with us.
Let us pray for the memory of our fathers / the patriarchs and the
bishops / and for all priests, deacons / young men and virgins /
our parents, brothers and sisters / sons and daughters. Let us re-
member all the rulers who love Christ / and are faithful to Him /
and all who have departed from this world in true faith. Through
the grace of Christ / may this sacrifice obtain for us help / salva-
tion and life everlasting / in the Kingdom of heaven.