One of my favorite moments is when the pastor or priest pauses at the end of the wedding ceremony and turns to the guests to say, "I present to you Mr. and Mrs. Smith."If you'd look in my direction about then, I'd have this dopey grin on my face. There might even be a tear or two slipping down my cheek. It's simply the moment we've all been waiting for, the climax of our collective witness to their growing love, the turning point in the lives of these two people.
It just doesn't get any better than this.
Or does it?
The book of Jude is largely overlooked. Yet, there's this little passage at the end of chapter one--the only chapter in the whole book. It says, "To him who is able to . . . present you without fault and with great joy - to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen." As my husband would say, how cool is that! Our prayer should be that someday, with God's divine mercy and our yes to grace, we may hear those words as Jesus Christ introduces us to God the Father. What's more, Sacred Scripture tells us that this is quite simply the moment Jesus has been waiting for, the climax of events, the turning point.
The day Jesus welcomes the Bride of Christ into that eternal welcome and everlasting embrace.
It doesn't get any better than that!
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