Liturgical Programme
Liturgical Programme
In the Parish of Saint Jean-Baptiste - The Main Courtyard of the Princely Palace
5.00 pm
His Excellency Monseigneur Bernard Barsi, Archbishop of Monaco, Chaplain to the Princely Palace, will preside over the wedding mass, which will also be celebrated by His Excellency Monseigneur André Dupuy, Apostolic Nuncio to the Principality of Monaco, His Excellency Monseigneur Alberto Maria Careggio, Bishop of Ventimilia – San Remo, His Excellency Monseigneur Louis Sankalé, Bishop of Nice, Monseigneur René Giuliano, Vicar-General and by the entirety of the Monegasque Clergy.
The Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Monte-Carlo Opera Chorus, instructed by Stefano Visconti, will be conducted by Lawrence Foster. Renée Fleming, soprano, PumelaMatshikiza, soprano, Juan Diego Flórez, tenor and Andrea Bocelli, tenor, will make an exceptional contribution to the ceremony.
The quartet of soloists for the extracts of Mozart’s mass is made up of Lisa Larsson, soprano, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, alto, Kenneth Tarver, tenor and Alexander Vinogradov, bass.
The Choir of Monaco Cathedral and the Petits Chanteurs of Monaco will be conducted by Pierre Debat, Chapel Master of Monaco Cathedral and of the Princely Palace.
At the Great Organ, Olivier Vernet, Organist for Monaco Cathedral.
With Organ accompaniment from the Choir Organist Jean-Cyrille Gandillet.
Those in the Palace Square wishing to take communion are invited to approach the nearest minister at the time of the communion. Ministers will be recognisable by a parasol held by a member of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, the Sovereign Order of Malta or of the Venerable Brotherhood of Mercy.
Music before the start of the Celebration:
Sinfonia n.1, from the Cantata No.35 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia n.2, from the Cantata No .35 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 by George Frideric Handel
Ouverture - Bourée - La Paix - La réjouissance - Menuet II
The Entrance Procession of the ministers, the congregation stands.
Entrance of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II led by His Excellency Monseigneur Bernard Barsi Archbishop of Monaco
and
Entrance of Miss Charlene Wittstock
“Celebration”, from Standing Stone by Paul McCartney
Lisa Larsson - Kenneth Tarver
High above this overcrowded place
A distant blackbird glides through space
And all he does is search for love.
Love is all that matters in the end.
Whatever time I have to spend
will be with you forever true.
Love is the oldest secret of the universe,
Warm as the touch of two innocent lovers,
When they discover that
Now is all we really know;
The past and future come and go;
Because they do,
I’ll stay with you.
The Entrance Rite of the Celebration
The Archbishop:
† In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
The Archbishop:
¨Peace be with you.
All reply:
And with you.
GREETING
Of the Archbishop to the Bride and Groom and to the congregation
GLORIA
Missa in C major K 317 “Krönungsmesse”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Glória in excélsis Deo
et in terra pax homínibus bonae voluntátis.
Laudámus te, benedícimus te,
adorámus te, glorificámus te,
grátias ágimus tibi propter magnam glóriam tuam,
Dómine Deus, Rex cæléstis,
Deus Pater omnípotens.
Dómine Fili Unigénite, Iesu Christe,
Dómine Deus, Agnus Dei, Fílius Patris,
qui tollis peccáta mundi, miserére nobis;
qui tollis peccáta mundi, súscipe deprecatiónem nostram.
Qui sedes ad déxteram Patris, miserére nobis.
Quóniam tu solus Sanctus, tu solus Dóminus, tu solus Altíssimus,
Iesu Christe, cum Sancto Spíritu: in glória Dei Patris. Amen.
OPENING PRAYERS
The Archbishop:
God our Father, you have shown us how much you loved us
In sending us your Son who gave his life for us.
We pray to you, today, for Albert and Charlene:
That Jesus Christ be with them
And that he help them to give themselves to one another forever.
He who reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever more.
All reply: Amen.
The congregation is seated.
LITURGY OF THE WORD
Reading of the first letter of Saint John (4, 7-16) byto be announced.
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. This is the word of the Lord.
All reply: We give thanks to God.
Responsorial Psalm103 “Bless the Lord, O my soul ” by Chanoine Henri Carol
Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name.
Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and do not forget all his benefits—
who forgives all your iniquity,
who heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the Pit,
who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
who satisfies you with good as long as you live
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
The congregation stands.
“Alléluia” from the Jubilé by Jean-Paul Lécot
“He who lives in love, lives in God, and God in him.”
The Deacon: May the Lord be with you.
All reply: And with you.
The Deacon: † The Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John (2, 1-11)
All reply: Glory to you, Lord.
The Deacon:
There was a wedding feast in Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus had also been invited to the wedding with his disciples. When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine." And Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come." His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you." Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them up to the brim. And he said to them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast." So they took it. When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now." This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.
The Deacon: The Gospel of the Lord
All reply: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ!
The congregation is seated.
HOMILY
By His Excellency Monseigneur Bernard Barsi,
Archbishop of Monaco, Chaplain to the Princely Palace
Meditation at the Great Organ by Olivier Vernet
RITE OF MARRIAGE
The congregation stands.
PROFESSION OF FAITH
The Archbishop asks the Bride and Groom:
Before proceeding to the exchanging of your vows, remembering your Baptism,
Relinquish evil and proclaim your faith in the Church:
Do you renounce Satan, evil and all evil desires?
The Bride and Groom: I do.
The Archbishop:
Do you believe in the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth?
The Bride and Groom (together): I believe.
All sing: Credo, credo, credo, Amen!
The Archbishop:
Do you believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
Who was born of the Virgin Mary.
Who was crucified, died and was buried, rose from the dead,
and is now seated at the right hand of the Father?
The Bride and Groom (Together): I believe.
All sing: Credo, credo, credo, Amen!
The Archbishop:
Do you believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting?
The Bride and Groom (Together): I believe.
All sing: Credo, credo, credo, Amen!
INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS
The witnesses stand on either side of the Bride and Groom.
The Archbishop addresses the Bride and Groom in these words:
My dear Prince Albert and Charlene,
You have come together in this church so that the Lord may seal and strengthen your decision to marry in the presence of the Church’s minister, your families and the people of Monaco.
Christ abundantly blesses this love. He has already consecrated you in baptism and now he enriches and strengthens you by a special sacrament so that you may assume the duties of marriage in mutual and lasting fidelity.
And so, in the presence of the Church, I ask you to state your intentions.
Then he questions them on their obligations as Christian husband and wife:
Albert and Charlene, we have heard the word of God,
Which has revealed the grandeur of human love and of marriage.
Marriage assumes that the couple has come here freely and without reservation to give yourselves to each other in marriage,
To love and honour each other as man and wife for the rest of your lives,
To accept children lovingly from God and bring them up according to the law of Christ and his Church.
He addresses himself to the couple, who each reply separately:
Albert and Charlene, is this the manner in which you want to live your wedded life?
The Bride and Groom (separately):
Yes.
EXCHANGE OF VOWS
The Archbishop invites the Bride and Groom to take each other’s hands and exchange their vows:
In order that you be united by Christ, and that your love, transformed by him, will become a visible sign of God’s love, before the Church assembled here, join your hands, and declare your consent before God and his Church.
The Archbishop:
Albert, Alexandre, do you take Charlene, Lynette for your lawful wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do you part?
The Groom:
I do.
The Archbishop:
Charlene, Lynette, do you take Albert, Alexandre for your lawful husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do you part?
The Bride:
I do.
RECEIPT OF VOWS
The Archbishop places his right hand on the joined hands of the couple and says:
You have declared your consent before the Church. May the Lord in his goodness strengthen your consent and fill you both with his blessings.
What God has joined, men must not divide.
Then he invites the congregation:
Let us come together now in silence and think of what God has done for Prince Albert and Princess Charlene.
BLESSING OF THE RINGS
The Archbishop blesses the rings of the couple:
Our Lord God,
You who have come together with us through Jesus Christ,
Bless † now these rings
So they may be a symbol for Charlene and Albert
of their fidelity,
and always remind them of their love.
EXCHANGE OF RINGS
The Archbishop will pass the ring to Prince Albert so he can place it on his wife's ring finger and he says:
Albert, take this ring as a sign of your love and your fidelity to Charlene.
Prince Albert replies: Amen
The Archbishop gives the ring to Princess Charlene so she can place it on her husband's ring finger and he says:
Charlene, take this ring as a sign of your love and your fidelity to Albert.
Princess Charlene replies: Amen
The congregation is seated.
Thanksgiving Song: “Click Song” Traditional South African song
Sung at weddings to bring good fortune to the newlyweds,
by Pumela Matshikiza
Igqira lendlela nguqongqothwane
Sebeqabele gqithapha bathi nguqongqothwane
Diviner of the roadways, the knock knock beetle
It just passed by here, the knock knock beetle
GENERAL INTERSESSIONS
The congregation stands.
The Archbishop:
Brothers and Sisters,
United in joy, let us surround the newlyweds in our prayer.
Read by Alexandra of Hanover:
Lord Jesus, we pray to you for our Prince Albert and our Princess Charlene who today, in your Name, are promised to each other in love and fidelity. Support their promise and their hope.
All sing: Lord, hear our prayer
Read by Camille Gottlieb:
Lord Jesus, we ask you to give the newlyweds the joy of welcoming children and for them to be affectionate parents who educate their children.
All sing: Lord, hear our prayer
Read by Christine Knecht:
We pray to you, Lord Jesus, for the families of the newlyweds and for everyone who has supported them until today in their commitment and happiness.
All sing: Lord, hear our prayer
Read by Alexia Knecht:
Lord Jesus, we pray to you for everyone who participates in the joy of our Princes. You, who are the God of love, strengthen peace and justice between peoples.
All sing: Lord, hear our prayer
The Archbishop:
In your kindness, Lord, spread over this couple your Spirit of love.
So they become one heart and one soul:
That nothing can separate those you have united,
That nothing can afflict those you have filled with your blessing.
Through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
All reply: Amen
The congregation is seated
LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
Preparation of the Altar
Offertory:
“Laudate Dominum”, from Vesperae Solennes in Confessore K 339
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
by Renée Fleming and theMonte-Carlo Opera Chorus
Laudate Dominum omnes gentes
Laudate eum, omnes populi
Quoniam confirmata est
Super nos misericordia eius,
Et veritas Domini manet in aeternum.
Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto.
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper.
Et in saecula saeculorum.
Amen.
PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS
The Archbishop:
Let us pray together, whilst we offer the sacrifice of all the Church.
All reply: For the glory of God and the salvation of everyone.
The congregation stands.
The Archbishop says the prayer over the gifts:
Deign to accept, Lord,
The gift we offer you in joy;
Watch over Albert and Charlene with your paternal tenderness
Who you have united by the sacrament of marriage.
For Jesus Christ our Lord.
All reply: Amen.
PREFACE
The Archbishop: The Lord be with you.
All: And also with you.
Priest: Lift up your hearts.
All: We lift them up to the Lord.
Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God.
All: It is right to give him thanks and praise.
The Archbishop:
Truly, it is right to render you glory, to offer you the song of our praise,
To you, our Father and our God.
Because you created man and woman in your image, and you placed in their hearts
The love which holds them together so they may become one;
Through the pains and the joys of their lives,
In the weariness of daily life and in its marvels,
You tell them that you are near:
Through the communion of their love and their destiny, you magnify in them your own life,
Until the day when you fulfil all their hopes, in Jesus Christ, your beloved Son;
And now that the mystery of your love reveals itself again before us,
We unite our prayer to that of all the living who are close to you,
To sing and proclaim:
SANCTUS
Missa in C major K 317 “Krönungsmesse”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus
Dominus Deus Sabaoth
Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua
Hosanna in excelsis
EUCHARISITIC PRAYER II
The Archbishop continues:
Lord, you are holy indeed,
the fountain of all holiness.
Let your Spirit come upon these gifts to make them holy, so that they may become for us the body + and blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Before he was given up to death, a death he freely accepted, he took bread and gave you thanks, He broke the bread, gave it to his disciples, and said:
"Take this, all of you, and eat it;
this is my body which will be given up for you."
When the supper was ended, he took the cup. Again he gave you thanks and praise, gave the cup to his disciples, and said:
"Take this, all of you, and drink from it;
this is the cup of my blood, the blood of the new and everlasting covenant. It will be shed for you and for all so that sins may be forgiven. Do this in memory of me."
He shows the people the chalice, and then he says:
Let us proclaim the mystery of faith
All reply:
Christ has died, Christ is risen,
Our Saviour and our God: Come to us, Lord Jesus!
With the congregation he says:
In memory of his death and resurrection, we offer you,
Father, this life-giving bread, this saving cup.
We thank you for counting us worthy to stand in your presence and serve you.
Monseigneur Dupuy continues:
Humbly, we beseech you that having partaken of the body and blood of Christ,
we be gathered together by the Holy Spirit as one body.
Lord, remember your Church throughout the world;
make us grow in your love, together with Benedict our Pope, Bernard, our bishop,
and all the clergy.
Monseigneur Careggio continues:
Strengthen in the grace of marriage Albert and Charlene whom you have led to the blessed day of their wedding:
Under your protection, that they retain throughout their lives the engagement that they have made before you.
Monseigneur Sankalé continues:
Remember also our brothers and sisters who have gone to their rest in the hope of rising again; bring them and all the departed into the light of your presence.
Monseigneur Giuliano continues:
Have mercy on us all;
make us worthy to share eternal life with Mary, the virgin Mother of God, with the apostles, Saint Devote and all the saints who have done your will throughout the ages.
May we praise you in union with them, and give you glory through your beloved Son, Jesus Christ.
The Archbishop takes the paten with the wafer; the Deacon takes the chalice, and holds it up:
Through him, with him, and in him!
All sing: Amen.
The Archbishop:
In the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honour is yours, almighty Father, for ever and ever!
All sing: Amen.
The Archbishop:
All the glory and all the honour, forever and ever.
All sing: Amen.
COMMUNION
OUR FATHER
The Archbishop introduces the Lord’s Prayer:
Let us pray with confidence to the Father in the words our Saviour gave us:
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be Thy name;
Thy kingdom come;
Thy will be done
on Earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
NUPTIAL BLESSING
The Archbishop:
My dear friends let us ask God for his continued blessing upon this bridegroom and his bride.
Thatthrough the sacrament of the body and blood of Christ, he will unite in love the couple he has joined in this holy bond.
All pray silently for a short while.
Then the priest extends his hands and continues:
Holy Father, creator of the universe,
maker of man and woman in your own likeness,
source of blessing for married life,
we humbly pray to you for Albert and Charlene
who today are united in this sacrament of marriage.
May your fullest blessing come upon them
so that they may together rejoice in your gift of married love
and enrich their home and your Church with their children.
Lord, may they both praise you when they are happy
and turn to you in their sorrows.
May they be glad that you help them in their work
and know that you are with them in their need.
May they pray to you in the community of the Church,
and be your witnesses in the world.
May they reach old age in the company of their friends,
and come at last to the kingdom of heaven.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
The Archbishop:
The Peace of the Lord be with you always.
All reply: And also with you.
The Deacon adds:
Through the charity of Christ,
Let us offer each other a sign of peace.
AGNUS DEI
Missa in C major K 317 “Krönungsmesse”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem
The Archbishop says:
This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.
Happy are those who are called to his supper.
All reply:
Lord, I am not worthy to receive you,
but only say the word and I shall be healed.
COMMUNION
Poco Adagio from Symphony No.3 by Camille Saint Saëns
Communion Song: “In the image of your love” by Jean-Paul Lécot
Lord Jesus you told us: “I leave you one more commandment:
My friends love one another, listen to my words and you will live”
Before hatred, mistrust, war, before injustice, distress,
in the middle of our indifference, O Jesus remind us of your words
Help us to sow your Gospel, make us the artists of unity.
Make us the witnesses of your pardon, in the image of your love
You split your blood on a cross, for all men of all races,
Teach us to reconcile, because we are all the children of the same Father
The congregation stands.
Prayer for H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince:
Domine, salvum fac Principem nostrum Albertum:
et exaudi nos in die qua invocaverimus te
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
The Archbishop:
Lord, we have shared the food of your table; pray for our friends Albert and Charlene, whom you have joined together in marriage. Keep them close to you always. May their love for each other proclaim to the entire world their faith in you. We ask this through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen
CONCLUDING RITE
FINAL BLESSING
The Archbishop:
May the Lord be with you.
All reply: And with you.
The Archbishop:
May the Lord Jesus, who was a guest at the wedding in Cana, bless you and your families and friends.
The Prince and Princess reply: Amen.
The Archbishop:
May Jesus, who loved his Church to the end,
always fill your hearts with his love.
The Prince and Princess reply: Amen.
The Archbishop:
May he grant that, as you believe in his resurrection,
so you may wait for him in joy and hope.
The Prince and Princess reply: Amen.
The Archbishop:
And may almighty God bless you all,
the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
All reply: Amen.
The Deacon sings:
Let us go in the peace of Christ.
All reply: We will go in the grace of God.
The congregation is seated.
THE SIGNING OF THE MARRIAGE REGISTER
“Rejoice Greatly, O daughter of Zion”, from the Messiah by Georg Frideric Handel
by Juan Diego Flores
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion
O daughter of Zion, rejoice greatly,
shout, O daughter of Jerusalem :
Behold the Kingdom cometh unto thee,
He is the righteous Saviour,
And He shall speak peace unto the heathen
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion
O daughter of Zion, rejoice greatly,
shout, O daughter of Jerusalem:
Behold the Kingdom cometh unto thee,
PRAYER TO THE VIRGIN MARY
“Ave Maria” by Franz Schubert
by Andrea Bocelli
Ave Maria Gratia plena
Dominus tecum
Benedicta tu in mulieribus
Et benedictus
Et benedictus fructus ventris
Ventris tui Jesus
Ave Maria
Ave Maria Mater dei
Ora pro nobis peccatoribus
Nunc et in hora mortis nostrae
Ave Maria!
LEAVING PROCESSION
The congregation remains seated.
The Prince and Princess are accompanied by the Archbishop
And they make their way towards Saint Devota Church for the placing of the bouquet before the Virgin.
The Clergy leaves in a procession.
Symphony no.3 in C minor, opus 78 “with organ” by Camille Saint Saëns
Maestoso - Allegro - Più Allegro - Molto Allegro - Pesante