June Brides
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Marriage on Tuesday, June 08, 2010 2:30 PM
With high profile divorces much in the news, it’s good to remember that many marriages succeed.
Last Sunday Archbishop Donald Wuerl presided over a Mass in which almost 600 couples married 25 years or more renewed their wedding vows.
The annual blessing of long-married couples has become a tradition in the Archdiocese of Washington.
The Washington Post has the story.
What’s interesting is that none of the couples have any real explanation for why their marriage has succeeded.
I liked this bit of advice from a couple married 51 years, during which time the husband traveled continually while he was working.
“We have a fight. I cry. I get out of the house. I drive around the block. And that’s the end of that,” Corazon said. “You know, fighting doesn’t really solve anything. Go ahead, get it out of your system, but don’t stay mad for a long time.”
Archbishop Wuerl noted the absence of a common practical formula for marital success in his homily. Ask couples their secret, he said,
the answer is never the same.
Some couples, he said, make a special point to say “I love you” every day. Others, he said, make a point to say “I’m sorry.” But the common thread, he said, is that each partner loves the other in a way that reflects God’s love for both of them.
“Because of the power of love, it is possible for a couple to move from ‘me’ to ‘we,’ ” Wuerl said. “Love never fails. We may. But love never fails.”
I guess that means all is grace!
(If you follow the link, be sure to click the slide show. Those couples look so sweet.)
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