Yes, I Was A Hypocrite
Posted by: tony on 01/03/2008 03:40 AM
Updated by: tony on 01/03/2008 03:40 AM
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Expires: 02/03/2008 12:00 AM
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Did you ever have one of those moments where you are pontificating about some thing or other, and someone you love gently points out the beam sticking out of your own eye?
My lovely bride and I have been married almost 23 years, and in that intervening time, I have put on a few pounds (well, more than a few pounds) and as a result, was no longer able to wear my wedding band. Yes, I got too fat for my ring. Luckily, I noticed the snugness a few days before it would have needed to be cut off, and took it off, myself.
I have been wedding bandless for about 10 years.
So one day I was pontificating to my wife about how most nuns don't wear habits, and priests don't seem to wear their clericals out and about, preferring to travel "incognito". I said: "The habit and the collar is a sign of their vocation, they should wear it proudly!". My wife looked pointedly at my left hand and said: "Why should they? You don't".
Ouch!
So just before Christmas, I had my wedding band resized to fit my fuller form. I bought a rose shaped ring box, and presented it to my wife on Christmas morning. She got a chance to place it on my finger again. It's time for me to celebrate my vocation.
So now it's the priest's and nun's turn to get in line.
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