by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
When we got married nearly 22 years ago, there were two messages that presiding priest, Monsignor Chito Bernardo drove home .
First, that Lord was supposed to be at the center of our union. If we did not believe in the sacraments, there was no point for us to get married in church. He did not want to preside over a union that was based just on convention. His exact words: " Are you getting married just for show?". And this message drove home to us the need to live our lives with God at the center. And as a couple we try so hard to extend this principle to our children, to live a Christian way of life.
Second, he ended his message to us during the rites by saying " It is easy to get married, but it is not easy to remain married. " And after 22 years, what he said is true. Our married life, as in most, has never been a road free of snags. The challenges to the strength of our union have been and will ever be present and considerable. But in the end, you go back to the vows that you made before the Creator.
For richer or poorer, in sickness or in health ... till death do we part!
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