An excerpt from the sermon:“Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.” So said St Catherine of Sienna whose festival day it is today. Marriage is intended to be a way in which man and woman help each other to become what God meant each one to be, their deepest and truest selves.
Many are full of fear for the future of the prospects of our world but the message of the celebrations in this country and far beyond its shores is the right one – this is a joyful day! It is good that people in every continent are able to share in these celebrations because this is, as every wedding day should be, a day of hope.
In a sense every wedding is a royal wedding with the bride and the groom as king and queen of creation, making a new life together so that life can flow through them into the future.
William and Catherine, you have chosen to be married in the sight of a generous God who so loved the world that he gave himself to us in the person of Jesus Christ.
And in the Spirit of this generous God, husband and wife are to give themselves to each another.
You can read a PDF version of the bulletin for the wedding here.
Here's the homepage for the Royal Wedding.
More miscellany at the Episcopal Cafe here.
An ENS article: "Anglicans play central role at historic royal wedding" can be found here.
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