Resources for Planning a Beautiful Nuptial Liturgy
This series of blog posts is to make planning your Nuptial Liturgy and Wedding Day an easy and fun experience! As an ES Creative bridal couple, you not only have access to my full source of resources, but I will regularly check in with you and assist as you plan for your special day! With over a decade of Catholic ministry experience, along with my professional experience as a wedding photographer, I bring unique insights and wisdom that can help make planning the perfect day for you even easier!
Why should I pick contemporary worship songs for my wedding Mass?
The Church offers beautiful diversity in how she worships. Whether you pick traditional hymns, classic songs that you grew up singing, or more modern worship songs, is dependent on your preferences, and what is allowed in your parish and diocese. Ultimately, you should pick music that helps you and your fiancé enter into prayer as you embark on this beautiful Sacrament together!
How do I pick the music for a Wedding Mass?
A beautiful and unique thing about the Nuptial Mass is that couple get to collaborate with their pastoral team to choose many parts of the Mass, including the readings, Gospel, and music. This is so cool, because you as a couple get to select pieces of the liturgy that have special meaning to you! However, since most individuals have not planned a liturgy before, this may feel intimidating or overwhelming. Did you know the music at Mass should align with each part of the Liturgy? The General Instruction on the Roman Missal ("GIRM") is the official Church instruction on Liturgy that guides liturgical planning. While some songs fit multiple moments, each part of the Liturgy has a unique meaning, and the music should reflect and enhance what’s happening. Luckily, there are many talented and faithful musicians who understand the importance and intricacy of planning a beautiful liturgy. I encourage you to touch base with the pastoral team at your parish and your musicians who have knowledge and experience planning liturgies.
If you are looking for more options for songs to use in your liturgy, I have asked professional musicians who work primarily in Catholic spaces for their insights on the best contemporary music to include (and at what part), in your wedding Mass. Check out our list below for ideas and inspiration! Looking for more Traditional selections? Check out this blog post for a list of classic hymns.
Still need a musician for your Mass? All contributing musicians, (and some additional ones as well) are listed at the end of this post.

Preludes & Processionals
Amazing Love (Billy Foote)
The Blessing ( Brown / Furtick / Carnes / Jobe)
Center (Charlie Hall)
Commitment (Matthew Daniel Hammitt)
Garden (Matt Maher/Audrey Assad)
Good To Me (Audrey Assad)
Here’s My Heart ( Tomlin / Ingram / Giglio)
Holy Spirit ( Torwalt / Torwalt)
Love has Come ( Troccoli / Maher / Digesare)
Multiplied ( Rinehart / Rinehart)
One Thing Remains ( Johnson / Black / Riddle)
Pieces ( Cook / Gretzinger)
Psalm 23 (Phil Wickham)
Restless ( Assad / Maher)
Sails (Bashta / Gretzinger / Cook / Barrett / Smith)
Set me as a Seal (Matt Maher)
Wedding Day (Bernie Herms / John Mark Hall / Matthew Joseph West)
When I Say I Do (Matthew West)
When I See You (Sarah Kroger / Audrey Assad)
Who You Say I Am ( Morgan / Fielding)
You’re Beautiful (Phil Wickham)
Responsorial Psalm
The following are the approved Psalms for Wedding Masses. Your Musicians will likely have an arrangement of each that they prefer.
Psalm 33: "The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord"
Psalm 34: "I will bless the Lord at all times"
Psalm 103: "The Lord is kind and merciful"
Psalm 112: "Blessed the man who greatly delights in the Lord’s commands"
Psalm 128: "Blessed are those who fear the Lord"
Psalm 145: "How good is the Lord to all"
Psalm 148: "Let all praise the name of the Lord"
Offertory, Preparation of the Gifts
10,000 Reasons (Jonas Myrin / Matt Redman)
All Who Are Thirsty ( Brown / Robertson)
Amazing Grace - My Chains Are Gone (Louie Giglio)
Better Is One Day (Matt Redman)
Build my Life ( Redman / Kaple / Younker / Barrett / Martin)
Closer ( Whale / Cook)
Enough (Chris Tomlin / Louie Giglio)
Good Good Father (Tony Brown / Pat Barrett)
Here I am to Worship (Tim Hughes)
How great is Our God ( Tomlin / Cash / Reeves)
Hungry – Falling On My Knees (Crain / Hyler / Scott)
King Of Kings (Ingram / Ligertwood / Fraser)
Same God (Brown / Furtick / Lake / Barrett)
The Blessing (Brown / Furtick / Carnes / Jobe)
The Kingdom Is Yours (Keyes / Massey / Spencer / Wilson)
Communion
Build My Life (Redman / Kaple / Younker / Barrett / Martin)
Come To The River (Dalton / Brown / Barrett / Moore)
Communion ( Brown / Gretzinger / Lake / Jay / Bowe)
Fall on Us (Westrich)
From The Inside Out (Romero / Houston / Braun)
Goodness of God ( Fielding / Johnson / Cash / Ingram / Johnson)
I Love You Lord (Matt Maher)
Miracle of Grace (Bread of Life) (Curtis L Stephan)
My Heart, Your Home (Nathan Nockels / Christy Nockels)
New Wine (Brooke Gabrielle Fraser)
O Come To The Altar (Joye / Brown / Brock / Furtick)
Remembrance (Matt Maher / Matt Redman)
Take, Eat, Drink (Ike Ndolo / Mitch Wong / Sarah Kroger Quaglia / Ricky Vazquez)
We Come To You (Blakesley)
What A Beautiful Name (Ben Fielding / Brooke Ligertwood)
Presentation of Flowers to Mary
As I Kneel Before You (Maria Parkinson)
Ave Maria (Ed Bolduc)
Litany (Matt Maher)
There a more options of traditional Marian hymns. Check them out in my list of traditional hymns!
Recessional
Better Than Life (Phil Wickham)
Could Sing Of Your Love Forever (Martin James Smith)
Everlasting God (Brenton Brown / Ken Riley)
Forever (Tomlin)
Hold us together (Matt Maher / Steve Wilson)
House of the Lord (Jonathan Smith / Phil Wickham)
How He Loves (John Mark Mcmillan)
Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee (Charlie Hall)
The Lion and the lamb ( Brown / Johnson / Mooring)
Love has Come ( Troccoli / Maher / Digesare)
Mighty to Save by ( Morgan / Fielding)
O Praise Him (David Crowder)
One Thing Remains ( Johnson / Black / Riddle)
Reckless Love ( Culver / Asbury / Jackson)
This Is Amazing Grace ( Wickham / Moore / Riddle / Farro)
Your Grace Is Enough (Matt Maher)
Your Love Awakens Me (Phil Wickham / Chris Quilala)
St. Louis Catholic Musicians
The following is a list of Catholic musicians whom I have a professional or personal relationship with.. Their insight and knowledge of the liturgy helped me compile the above list. I recommend this list to anyone who desires talented, prayerful worship leaders for their Nuptial Mass!
Ben Allen — guitar, vocals
Parker Bishop — piano, vocals
Adam Bitter — guitar, vocals
Mary Kate Buncher Westrich — guitar, vocals
Pete Buncher — guitar, vocals
Cecilia Detwiler Wall — guitar, vocals
Sean Feltz — guitar, vocals
Carmen Hinze — piano, vocals
Kyle Huelsing — guitar, vocals
David Radley — violin, cello
Rachel Stinehart — Guitar and vocals
Connor Stinehart — Guitar and vocals
Becky Whitacker — vocals
Carrie Wolf Piotrowski — piano, vocals
Thank you to those musicians who helped compile the above list of music selections!
