1 st July, 2007

13 th Sunday - Year C

S: Good morning - this weekend we’re on about vocations and particularly we think of the vocation of Marriage.

B: Our word of life for today comes from Luke’s Gospel, “I will follow you wherever you go”. This means to follow Jesus and leave behind all the extra baggage we don’t need, kind of appropriate at this time of year when most of us are packing for holidays – the temptation is always there to take too much – and maybe it’s only when we are carrying all the bags we discover that its easier to travel carrying a lighter load.

S: I guess a lot of detail can clutter our lives, so that we follow the Lord, limping along with all our baggage. This is a time of year when many people make decisions for the coming year or many years ahead, people decide to go forward, remain where they are – or decide to go back. The decision to follow Jesus wherever he goes is a radical one and ultimately brings us to destinations known or unknown.

B: This is a great time of year for people getting married – and the decision to get married is a vocation and at the core of it is to love God in each other. It’s a decision to follow God wherever he leads us, and Seamus you’ve a reflection for us this morning called ‘With God as your partner’, and we dedicate it to all of you getting married this summer.

S: It takes a groom, It takes a bride
Two people standing side by side
It takes a ring and vows that say
This is our happy wedding day...
But marriage vows are sanctified
And loving hearts are unified
When standing with the bride and groom
Unseen by others in the room
The "Spirit of the Lord" is there
To bless this happy bridal pair..
For "God is love" and married life
Is richer for both man and wife
When God becomes a partner too
In everything they plan to do
And every home is specially blest
When God is made a "daily guest"
For married folks who pray together
Are happy folks who stay together..
For when God's love becomes a part
Of body, mind, soul and heart,
Their love becomes a wondrous blending
That's both eternal and unending
And God looks down and says "well done"
For now you two are truly one.

B: You’ve been listening to “Just a thought” with Brenda Cribbin

S: and Seamus Madigan. We can be contacted through the Limerick Diocesan Offices at Henry Street. You can also download your own copy of this reflection by clicking on limerickdiocese.org

B: We look forward to your company again next week, so take care...

S & B: Bye !!!!!!!

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