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The Bishop of London's Sermon
29th April 2011，Westminster Abbey

 “Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.” So said St Catherine of Siena whose festival day it is today. Marriage is intended to be a way in which man and woman help each other to become what God meant each one to be, their deepest and truest selves.

In a sense every wedding is a royal wedding with the bride and the groom as king and queen of creation, making a new life together so that life can flow through them into the future.

William and Catherine, you have chosen to be married in the sight of a generous God who so loved the world that he gave himself to us in the person of Jesus Christ. And in the Spirit of this generous God, husband and wife are to give themselves to each another.

A spiritual life grows as love finds its centre beyond ourselves. Faithful and committed relationships offer a door into the mystery of spiritual life in which we discover this; the more we give of self, the richer we become in soul; the more we go beyond ourselves in love, the more we become our true selves and our spiritual beauty is more fully revealed. In marriage we are seeking to bring one another into fuller life.

It is of course very hard to wean ourselves away from self-centredness. And people can dream of doing such a thing but the hope should be fulfilled it is necessary a solemn decision that, whatever the difficulties, we are committed to the way of generous love.

You have both made your decision today – “I will” – and by making this new relationship, you have aligned yourselves with what we believe is the way in which life is spiritually evolving, and which will lead to a creative future for the human race.

We stand looking forward to a century which is full of promise and full of peril. Human beings are confronting the question of how to use wisely a power that has been given to us through the discoveries of the last century. We shall not be converted to the promise of the future by more knowledge, but rather by an increase of loving wisdom and reverence, for life, for the earth and for one another.

Marriage should transform, as husband and wife make one another their work of art. It is possible to transform as long as we do not harbour ambitions to reform our partner. There must be no coercion if the Spirit is to flow; each must give the other space and freedom. Chaucer, the London poet, sums it up in a pithy phrase:

“Whan maistrie [mastery] comth, the God of Love anon,
Beteth his wynges, and farewell, he is gon.”

As the reality of God has faded from so many lives in the West, there has been a corresponding inflation of expectations that personal relations alone will supply meaning and happiness in life. This is to load our partner with too great a burden. We are all incomplete: we all need the love which is secure, rather than oppressive, we need mutual forgiveness, to thrive.
As we move towards our partner in love, following the example of Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit is quickened within us and can increasingly fill our lives with light. This leads to a family life which offers the best conditions in which the next generation can practise and exchange those gifts which can overcome fear and division and incubate the coming world of the Spirit, whose fruits are love and joy and peace.

I pray that all of us present and the many millions watching this ceremony and sharing in your joy today, will do everything in our power to support and uphold you in your new life. And I pray that God will bless you in the way of life that you have chosen, that way which is expressed in the prayer that you have composed together in preparation for this day:

‘God our Father, we thank you for our families; for the love that we share and for the joy of our marriage.
In the busyness of each day keep our eyes fixed on what is real and important in life and help us to be generous with our time and love and energy.
Strengthened by our union help us to serve and comfort those who suffer. We ask this in the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Amen.’“

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谁也无法预测他们今后的生活会是什么样子，但是所有有勇气走到这一步的人们都应该得到最大的敬佩和最真诚的祝福。因为任何男人都必须勇敢地跨过自己内心预设的那一道道坎，不管他看起来多么像一个王子无忧无虑。因为任何女人都必须变得更包容更智慧更谦卑，不管她原本是公主还是贫民。因为为了另一个人而去修正多年来的人生规划从来都是难的。因为任何需要你去努力而进的门历来都是窄的。因为没有任何人能保证成功，极有可能得不偿失。然而，总要试着跨过所有的障碍，总要学着拥有最高洁的品行，总要去信任，总要去冒险，总要去担当，总要怀揣爱与希望。总要相信Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.（顺从主意你将会拥有非凡的成功。）

我避开无事时过分热络的友谊，这使我少些负担和承诺。我不多说无谓的闲言，这使我觉得清畅。------ 我尽可能不去缅怀往事，因为来时的路不可能回头。我当心的去爱别人，因为比较不会泛滥。我爱哭的时候便哭，想笑的时候便笑，只要这一切出于自然。我不求深刻，只求简单。------- 三毛

紫色的幔子滑落，刹那间灯火辉煌，我知道自己的感情也早已倾注这巨大的容器，早在数年之前。一股热流啪嗒滴落手背，低头看却是烛泪斑斑。从依纳爵出来的时候，手机显示短信已满，翻了翻，尚留有07年圣诞节的一些短信，牧神说在佘山听天神降临哈感动，29号的那场音乐会后来来去去最后笑称某人“钟楼怪”，中国各地的教堂彩信，某某人在爬太行山的时候突然哼出来的圣乐。。。哪一条也不舍得删除呀。最后仿照一条3年前的短信回复过去说：依纳爵是我第一次望弥撒，望复活的地方，依然很喜欢这里。（不管它变多少，啊哈哈）

哦。。不要问我是何方神圣，我不会告诉你。不要问我芳龄几何，我会说也许已经3亿6千万岁。身边的小伙们对礼仪津津乐道，对教堂历史两眼放光，对很多东西兴奋莫名。会小声的跟你说那些人祷告的真好呀，会夜里肆无忌惮地把一个早期音乐唱得很HIGH，会一本正经的来跟你讨论团契的发展，雄心壮志......哦，就这么让我假装什么也不懂，默默倾听，会心一笑吧，我真的挺享受的。好伙伴，你也一样很享受吧，因为那不就是当初的我们。而现在我们依然能为了一个消息大惊小怪，相约围观，喜形于色，傻兮兮。。。时光真的就好像不存在一样，多好。

好时光静淌无声，我们总是在过去的照片前惊呼和感概，时光留给我们的又何止是成熟淡定。最害怕的时候，一连在地铁里看了5整本厚书。害怕的好像天天担心活不长的拜伦。恨不得每天都能多出24小时，恨不得每个双休日都在蹦来跑去。蒋勋说有一阵觉得活过20简直是一种可耻，死不足惧，只怕成人的复杂毁灭了青春骄傲的自我。而只有等经历患难看过生死，才能领悟迦叶的美感。只是这完整的全过程，究竟会是什么样？也许只有阅尽陈蛀镂空，才真知道寂灭为乐。

手中的小蜡烛，一星如豆，熄灭两次，一个微笑，就有人伸过蜡烛重新点燃。就这样，一年来的害怕居然全消解了。复活节真的只是在讨论死后之事的节日么？不，更是一个实实在在的更新生命和重燃信心的好时节。