Must a Nuptial Mass and a Marriage Rite outside of Mass take place inside of a church building?
Christ’s message: When ever two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of you. (Matthew 18: 19-20) suggests that your marriage ceremony, whether a Nuptial Mass or Marriage Write without a Mass, can be celebrated in any venue and not necessarily inside a church building. Your wedding will take place in the historical sense of “church”: ekklesia, the gathering together of The People.
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