Hello! I have been wanting to write this last Saturday. I'd like to share a priest's homily when I attended a wedding mass last Saturday.
Father said there are 3 rings in this life:
1. engagement ring
2. wedding ring
3. guess what? suffer-ring hahaha..
It's very interesting how Father pointed out how we the guests were so enthusiastic and happy that morning. The couple must also have been very happy. Then Father said, "You know what, tomorrow you'll be so tired. The question is, what happens after the wedding? Do you just go to work as per normal or do you go to work with a new awareness that now you two are one?" Father also made an analogy with the transfiguration. He reminded us about Peter who suggested that they stayed there at set up the tents. However, Father highlighted that we can't forget that to follow Jesus is to carry the cross. Suffering is part of love because love needs sacrifice. (Wah I love the last three phrases).
Well, for me, I think Father's message is relevant to everyone. Firstly, I've never thought something like "working normally in the realization that you two are one." It was really a reminder-in-advanced. Something good that Paul pointed out to me about this was, "Isn't that what Christian life all about? We are ordinary people doing ordinary work, but we see it with different light." As Frank Sheed said, "see everything "God-bathed".. like when you see the same view of mountain under the sunlight, see the mountain "sun-bathed".." It's really a good reminder that my 'mundane' 8.30am-6pm work can be seen under different light.
Another interesting thing was about "to complement" each other. Father said, it's about 'complementarity' not 'compatibility'. So many marriages break down when people say "we're not compatible."
The last important thing was we, the guests, have responsibility to remind the couple about this day, about this sacred Sacrament. It doesn't mean that we intervene with their private life, but when things are tough, help them to remind them about this day.
I'll pray for the couple and especially for my roommate who'll be getting married next month :)
God bless :)
Father said there are 3 rings in this life:
1. engagement ring
2. wedding ring
3. guess what? suffer-ring hahaha..
It's very interesting how Father pointed out how we the guests were so enthusiastic and happy that morning. The couple must also have been very happy. Then Father said, "You know what, tomorrow you'll be so tired. The question is, what happens after the wedding? Do you just go to work as per normal or do you go to work with a new awareness that now you two are one?" Father also made an analogy with the transfiguration. He reminded us about Peter who suggested that they stayed there at set up the tents. However, Father highlighted that we can't forget that to follow Jesus is to carry the cross. Suffering is part of love because love needs sacrifice. (Wah I love the last three phrases).
Well, for me, I think Father's message is relevant to everyone. Firstly, I've never thought something like "working normally in the realization that you two are one." It was really a reminder-in-advanced. Something good that Paul pointed out to me about this was, "Isn't that what Christian life all about? We are ordinary people doing ordinary work, but we see it with different light." As Frank Sheed said, "see everything "God-bathed".. like when you see the same view of mountain under the sunlight, see the mountain "sun-bathed".." It's really a good reminder that my 'mundane' 8.30am-6pm work can be seen under different light.
Another interesting thing was about "to complement" each other. Father said, it's about 'complementarity' not 'compatibility'. So many marriages break down when people say "we're not compatible."
The last important thing was we, the guests, have responsibility to remind the couple about this day, about this sacred Sacrament. It doesn't mean that we intervene with their private life, but when things are tough, help them to remind them about this day.
I'll pray for the couple and especially for my roommate who'll be getting married next month :)
God bless :)
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