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what do the bride and groom do during a catholic wedding?
I am getting married in a catholic church, I have never been to a catholic wedding before and I know that the catholic mass is about an hour long and you do alot of sitting, standing, and kneeling...was wondering if it goes the same way for a catholic mass and if so what do the bride and groom do? do they stand the whole time or sit? do they have to kneel? just wondering how it works.
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops allow for two forms of marriage in the Catholic Church: first is a Nuptial Mass (exactly the Mass you already attend with an exchange of vows in the middle) and a Rite of Marriage (Introduction + Old Testament reading + Psalm + New Testament Reading + Gospel Reading + Homily + General Intercession + Exchange of Vows + Blessing). A Nuptial Mass takes 1-1.5 hours, a Rite of Marriage takes 20-30 minutes.
The bride and groom do nothing special other than the exchange of vows (stand and "repeat after me....")
During a Rite of Marriage, there is no kneeling by anyone. You stand to enter, sit, then stand for gospel, everyone sits while the couple stands to exchange vows, then everyone stands for the blessing/recessional.
During a Nuptial Mass, you do everything you normally do during mass (stand, then sit, then stand, then sit, then stand, then kneel, then stand, then kneel, then stand, then take communion, then kneel, then sit, then stand).
You can choose either a Nuptial Mass or a Rite (unless one person is unbaptized, in which case you must use the Rite). Usually Nuptial Mass is used for two Catholics marrying whereas the Rite is used for a Catholic and non-Catholic (otherwise it would be awkward when only one takes communion).
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"Well I was born and raised a Catholic and depending on the church itself either its a traditional and more ceremonial or a more relaxed church that will depend on the church."
Not true. There are two Rites that are exactly the same for all churches in the United States. Canadian churches are a little different but almost identical.
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"have trouble with the concept that the Catholic church is going to allow a non-Catholic to participate in a Catholic wedding ceremony without a class, so the priest should be signing you up for a class at some point."
The "classes" you take are pre-Cana (how to communicate, how to resolve problems, how to deal with in-laws, etc). There are no classes on Catholic rubrics and she wouldn't know those until the rehearsal unless she asked.
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"It is tradition for the bride to honor the Mother of Christ and lay flowers in front of her statue, then there are the usual vows, the introduction of the married couple and then you head off to the reception."
This is generally excluded when one person is not Catholic, though it can still be requested and done.
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