Is it permitted to celebrate the Rite of Marriage within Mass on Sundays or Solemnities?
A. Yes. In the Rite of Marriage #11 we are instructed: “Whenever marriage is celebrated during Mass, white vestments are worn and the wedding Mass is used. If the marriage is celebrate on a Sunday or solemnity, the Mass of the day is used with the nuptial blessing and the special final blessing according to the circumstances. The liturgy of the word as adapted to the marriage celebration, however, is a highly effective means of catechesis on the sacrament of marriage and its duties. Therefore, when the wedding Mass may not be held, one of the readings from the texts provided for the marriage celebration (nos. 67-105) may be chosen, except from Holy Thursday to Easter, on the solemnities of Epiphany, Ascension, Pentecost, or Corpus Christi, or on holidays of obligation. On the Sundays of the Christmas season and in Ordinary time, the entire wedding may be used in Masses that are not parish Masses.” When a marriage is celebrated during Advent or Lent or other days of penance, the parish
