Renewal of Marriage Vows
Sermon preached at S George's Hanover Square at a mass with renewal of marriage vows on Sunday 14th July 2019 Readings from the Book of Common Prayer for Trinity 4 which can be read here Romans 8:18-23 Luke 6:36-42 Romans 8:21 The Glorious Liberty of the Children of God When we got married it was a very long church service. It was not particularly meant to be, it is just that we had a nuptial Mass and lots of hymns, and lots of communicants and to be honest my father who took the service was a bit ponderous in his delivery and it all went on a bit. I was told afterwards that as the service entered its second hour one of the clergy in the congregation was heard to mutter “how long is this going on for?” To which a another priest sitting nearby said, “this Father, is holy matrimony, it lasts a lifetime.!” It lasts a lifetime. It is a new way of living and being. It is a gift of God in creation which is more than a human institution or a social tradition. It is a gift g...