I want you to go back with me twenty seven years if you can.
I was single.
A girlfriend of mine was having her baby shower that day. I was a lector at St. Michael's Cathedral and for years had read on Palm Sunday. I had to choose between being a faithful friend, or a faithful lector.
It was a heart wrenching decision, because she was my best freind from elementary school and I loved her very much, but I was internally torn because I really felt God calling me to remain faithful to my calling as a lector. The scheudle had been set months out. Reading at the Cathedral involved many workshops, preparation and practice. It felt like a sacred schedule.
So, after much
contemplation and prayer
I decided to remain faithful to my duties as a lector on Palm Sunday.
Deciding to read on Palm Sunday instead of going to the baby shower had two sets of consequences.
My girlfriend was hurt and very disappointed in me. I had prayed much about the decision and was prepared to take any fallout, I had a strange peace about the whole thing. I knew I was going to be judged as being "too religious" and not faithful enough to my duties as a good friend, but everything in me directed me to keep my commitment at St. Michael's Cathedral. http://www.torstm.com/StMikes/
So, I went ahead and did my reading and
on that very day.....
another lector reading happened to be very handsome.
For some strange reason, he asked me to help him button the top button on his lectors gown. After mass, he asked me out for a coffee. The coffee turned out to be a dinner.
I talked to him for hours about everything under the sun. I was vulnerable, a little unsteady about the upcoming consequences of my decision.
Well ladies and gentlemen, we eventually got married. That Palm Sunday mass was our first date! We got married in the chapel of St. Michael's Cathedral -- just so happened to be exactly the same place his parents got married too!
As for my girlfriend? She ended up being the maid of honour at my wedding. She is still my very very good friend. God has blessed me in so many different ways...
So, please do tell me,
How did you meet your husband?
