"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
Some of those attending our wedding (or watching it on Facebook) may not be familiar with the Byzantine Catholic Church. The video below (and transcript which follows) provides a short explanation of what will happen during our wedding so that our guests may better understand the ceremony. We pray that we will all grow closer to each other and to the Lord through this celebration of our marriage.…
This Matt Maher song is based on the text of the Song of Songs:
Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death, jealousy is cruel as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a most vehement flame.
Song of Songs 8:6
Set me as a seal on your heart
Set me as a seal on your soul
As strong as death is love
Unyielding as the grave
Nothing will quench its flame
Nothing will quench its flame
Set me as a seal on your heart
Set me as a seal on your soul
As strong as death is love
Unyielding as the grave
Nothing will quench its flame
Nothing will quench its flame
Kiss me, my love thats unique
Beyond my lips
You intoxicate my being
With the fragrance of your presence
How beautiful you are, my darling
Show me your face, let me hear your voice
Sweet as the dew in the early morn’
Like a lily among the thorns
I looked for you, the one my heart loves
I looked for you, did not find you
Searched through the night
Until I rested in your sight
Now I will never let you go’
Cause you have stolen my heart
My sister, my bride
You’ve stolen my heart
With one glance of your eyes
Your lips so sweet, adorned with honey
My hands, they drip with myrrh
In the video below, apologist David Wood tells the story of his conversion while travelling through New York. It’s so creative and I loved the allusions to Plato’s Cave…
A friend of my back from in England just shared a song he wrote…
You made me from the dust of the earth
Breathed Your life in me
You bought me with Your blood on the cross
Laid down Your life for me
What can I say before such mercy?
What can I do before such grace?
All I can do is say I’m thankful
All I can say to You is I’m Yours
You are my Perfect Father,
Abba, forever in Your arms
(repeat)
You chose me to Yours from my birth,
Your grace has called my name
You gave me everything that was Yours,
For all my sin and shame
I need a deeper revelation an even greater understanding
Of the depths of Your forgiveness for me
Let me experience the heights the full dimensions of Your love
That You gave access through Your death on the cross
Next month I get married. In the Byzantine Church we are “crowned” in marriage and the service is quite a bit different from what you might expect. So, to help those attending, I’m building up a list of resources…
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night