Readings for the Celebration of Marriage
The Lectionary for Mass (Second Typical Edition, USA 2002) provides 51 scripture options for your wedding liturgy across five sections. Browse them all or filter by theme.
#802 - New Testament
A reading from the first Letter of St. John
Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God. Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love. In this way the love of God was revealed to us: God sent his only-begotten Son into the world so that we might have life through him.
In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also must love one another. No one has ever seen God. Yet, if we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is brought to perfection in us.
The word of the Lord.
A reading from the first Letter of St. John
Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God. Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love. In this way the love of God was revealed to us: God sent his only-begotten Son into the world so that we might have life through him.
In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also must love one another. No one has ever seen God. Yet, if we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is brought to perfection in us.
The word of the Lord.
These readings are from the Lectionary for Mass, Second Typical Edition (USA, 2002), Volume 4 - sections 801-805.
Your parish will confirm which readings are appropriate for your specific liturgy (within Mass or outside of Mass).