Vow Renewal

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My wife and I celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary today. At the vigil mass, we renewed our wedding vows in a beautiful ceremony just before the confection of the Eucharist.

And it got us thinking, and we discussed it on the walk home: our faith is, to put it simply, a proposal of marriage to us from God. Everything that we do and do not do, whether for good or ill, affects our status as Christ’s beloved. If we accept his proposal of marriage, then we love him and do as befits a bride awaiting her husband. Christ offers us a seat at his Wedding Banquet, but it is our choice on whether we will enter the house. All this talk of hell–yes, there is a hell, surely–but think about eternity as the Wedding Banquet; we have been given a divine proposal of marriage. If we accept, then we are freely welcome into the Feast. But we have the freedom to refuse, and if we do? Well, what can the Groom do? Force us into union with him? Of course not. And so, those who reject the proposal are not punished, per se, but rather, by their own choice, not coming to the Wedding. God is not unjust for not forcing people to assume a seat at the Banquet.

But about our renewal: my wife and I had a lovely time, and we love each other now more than ever before. What with all the pain we’ve been through–what with all we’ve overcome through Christ–our love is as deep as the love the Bridegroom extends to all of us. Where do I see Jesus? Everyday in the face of my wife.
 
Um…WOW! :eek: You have a beautiful way of thinking of things. :yup: And they are very true. God bless your marriage, it’s obviously leading you both closer to God, as it should be. 🙂
 
It was very beautiful. I almost altered the vows to the old medieval form, with me promising to be “bonny and buxom at bed and at board” and my husband promising to take me “for fairer or fouler”, but I nobly refrained, lest we shock poor Father. 😛

I am glad for the past twelve years, and I look forward to many, many more years together.

I love my husband, and he leads me closer to Christ. I am inspired by my husband to be a better woman.
 
Mary_Gail_36 said:
I KNEW you 2 were married! Congratulations! We’ll be married 12 years this year also.
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Congratulations to you, too!

And, umm, how did you know? 😛 People can always tell when they see us together, but this is online. 😃
 
Sillara said:
It was very beautiful. I almost altered the vows to the old medieval form, with me promising to be “bonny and buxom at bed and at board” and my husband promising to take me “for fairer or fouler”, but I nobly refrained, lest we shock poor Father. 😛
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Lol, you shoulda said them that way, hehe, well, maybe its good you didn’t, “bonny and buxom at bed and board” I will have to remember that. Congratulations on your 12 years of marriage!!! Very cool!
 
lifeisbeautiful said:
Lol, you shoulda said them that way, hehe, well, maybe its good you didn’t, “bonny and buxom at bed and board” I will have to remember that. Congratulations on your 12 years of marriage!!! Very cool!
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Thank you! Yes, the medieval wedding vow was pretty cool. My husband and I are both very interested in such things. That is another thing we have in common! 😃 We have . . . LOTS in common. 👍
 
Sillara said:
Congratulations to you, too!

And, umm, how did you know? 😛 People can always tell when they see us together, but this is online. 😃
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Oh, we were participating in another thread together in the apologetic forum. You both mentioned the children, and I saw “Tokyo” as your location.
 
Well, we did include that Medieval wedding vow in the novel we’re writing, didn’t we, Sillara? 😉
 
domini_canus said:
My wife and I celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary today. At the vigil mass, we renewed our wedding vows in a beautiful ceremony just before the confection of the Eucharist.

And it got us thinking, and we discussed it on the walk home: our faith is, to put it simply, a proposal of marriage to us from God. Everything that we do and do not do, whether for good or ill, affects our status as Christ’s beloved. If we accept his proposal of marriage, then we love him and do as befits a bride awaiting her husband. Christ offers us a seat at his Wedding Banquet, but it is our choice on whether we will enter the house. All this talk of hell–yes, there is a hell, surely–but think about eternity as the Wedding Banquet; we have been given a divine proposal of marriage. If we accept, then we are freely welcome into the Feast. But we have the freedom to refuse, and if we do? Well, what can the Groom do? Force us into union with him? Of course not. And so, those who reject the proposal are not punished, per se, but rather, by their own choice, not coming to the Wedding. God is not unjust for not forcing people to assume a seat at the Banquet.

But about our renewal: my wife and I had a lovely time, and we love each other now more than ever before. What with all the pain we’ve been through–what with all we’ve overcome through Christ–our love is as deep as the love the Bridegroom extends to all of us. Where do I see Jesus? Everyday in the face of my wife.
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Good day how wonderful and what a beautiful blessing! GOD bless you and your wife! And Thank GOD for wonderful marriages like yours! 😃 God bless…
 
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