“By the power invested in me by the State of New Jersey, I now pronounce you man and wife”
This statement is not said for two reasons. First, it is not included in the Rite of Marriage. Second, the priest/deacon has been given the permission to preside over marriages on behalf of the Church and on behalf of the civil authority. His duty is first to the Church that he was ordained to serve. Marriage is a sacrament in the Catholic Church and therefore has a meaning and significance that is far greater than what the civil authority places on it. It is standard operating procedure for the civil authority to recognize Church marriages. It is not standard operating procedure for the Church to recognize civil marriages.