church wedding songs and hymns (part 3)

If you're just arriving, this is the fourth in a series of posts on music for

Irish wedding ceremonies

You might like to start at the beginning and read previous posts about one of the most popular irish wedding song  choices and follow up with a post detailing the format of the wedding ceremony and the places within the ceremony where you can include music (church wedding songs and hymns part 1) .
Part 2 in the series gives examples of instrumental music you can use for the brides entrance to the church.

Church wedding songs and hymns (intro)

Image courtesy of Steve Snodgrass

Brides often leave their choice of music for their marriage ceremomy until the last minute (or was it just me?). Well let's face it with so many other details to plan it often takes low priority and at the time doesn't seem that important with so many other huge decisions to be made ..like THE dress..HeLLo people!!

However, many a musician or wedding singer will use the quote "music is the food of love"...and they are right.