“Royal Wedding”

By

Emilio Chaviano

April 29m 2011

Thanks Willian and Kate! The world watched as they entered Westminster Abbey for their Royal Wedding. I was moved by the relative simplicity of the ceremony. The minister first addressed them as “this man and this woman” just as we address every other common person who stands before the altar. This is meaningful because it means that in the eyes of God we all are equal regardless of family lines or titles of nobility. Some may have missed the fact that the service began with everyone singing the hymn that Harry Emerson Fosdick authored in 1930. All the words and all the verses as pertinent to our present time, but let me cite two lines. “Cure thy children’s warring madness, bend our pride to thy control, shame our wanton, selfish gladness, rich in things and poor in soul. Save us from weak resignation to the evils we deplore; let the search for thy salvation be our glory ever more. Grant us wisdom, grant us courage, serving thee whom we adore.” When was the last time you heard these words are a wedding?  We did today. Thanks be to God!