![]() “Better late than never,” I thought about it and took the liberty of performing this sacrament over them right in their home. During the confession the woman shared her sorrow with me: It grieved her that she had not had time to be married to her husband in church and then, she thought, it was too late because her husband was dying. I confessed her and gave her Communion as well. His wife was also so feeble that she could not leave the flat. He was in his final days, very weak, unable to walk, and could only lie and sit a little. I was invited to give Communion to an old man who was dying of cancer. During that sacrament I came in contact with eternity, with that very eternal love that “faileth not”. But the happiest and most moving church wedding I’ve seen, that touched me to tears, was not the wedding of a young couple but that of a very old couple. As the Gospel of John reads: He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice (Jn. A wedding guest shares the joy of the newlyweds and this makes him feel happy as well. A wedding, a is always a happy event-not only for the groom and the bride but also for everyone present.
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