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The way you begin your marriage—in that sacred space—creates an anchor in your life together. Your wedding ceremony is an event you’ll return to in your mind again and again. You’ll recall the emotions when you look through your photos. You’ll remember your vows in moments of both trial and joy. You’ll reminisce about those special moments with family and friends who witnessed them for years to come.

When you celebrate your ceremony inside a church, that setting instantly becomes a crucial part of each of those memories. Your vows, your readings, your songs, and your setting represent some of the most important priorities of your life together. Some aspects of your ceremony will only live on in memories, but the church is a place you can always return to for encouragement, renewal, and refreshment.

You can read this full post, Why Do Catholic Weddings Only Happen in Churches, written by @lisajanelkirk on the #BISblog. 💛

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“Why can’t Daddy sit with us during Mass like

“Why can’t Daddy sit with us during Mass like everybody else’s dad?” I asked my mom who tried to calm my frustration and quiet down my voice. Sitting in the pew each Sunday growing up felt like something was missing—no, someone. My dad was with us at Mass so he wasn’t actually missing. But he was up serving at the altar and that meant he was not with us. It would take me many years to learn the real beauty of my father’s role as a deacon, servant of Christ and His Church. And that, in fact, he was with us.

As a deacon, each of his thirty years of service has been—whether willfully or not so willfully, at times—an experience of growing in loving service. When I spent time with my dad in his more humble ministry tasks—whether it was picking up the papers left behind after Mass, ungluing the gum off the bottom of pews, preparing the liturgical books and the altar, or patiently practicing the Gospel reading in English with him—I, too, was learning what it means to serve.

The diaconate is an active preparation of learning. As he lays prostrate before the consecration by the bishop during the liturgy of the Sacrament of Holy Orders, the soon-to-be deacon manifests in his body the posture of heart that is required for this service. He lays cruciform: arms outstretched, open-handed, head touching the ground. He must learn to be as Christ on the Cross, like He Who was Servant of all.

It is no wonder then that Saint Lawrence, whom we celebrate this day, was not only a deacon but also a martyr. I can imagine that for Lawrence, each moment of his life was a school of servanthood. From the baptisms, to feeding the hungry, from instructing the faithful, to assisting at the Eucharistic table, he was being prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice of his life as he learned to serve.

Let us pray this day, sister, for the deacons who serve the Church and may we learn from them to live in humble, loving service.

Read today’s #BISdailydevotion written by @rocioesthermaria on the site.

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