andre and kirssa's wedding
As
they do at the end of every movie and at the end of every book, today, at the
beginning of Andre and Krissa's life together as husband and wife, we present
to you the closing credits. These are
cast of characters, the director, the producers, the scriptwriters, the
technical, the props men, the set designers, the advisers, the consultants you
see at the end of every movies. In talk shows they are credited and thanked for
the hair and make-up, for the gown and suit, for the shirt and shoes. Today we give credits to those for whom they
are due, people who made things possible, friends who made the way more scenic,
colorful, and dramatic, people who made the bland more appealing, the ordinary
more impressive, the plain more exciting – credits are given to them without
whom Andre and Krissa would not have been here today on their wedding day.
Vincent
Andrew Cordero and Michael Pete Salmo –secretaries - taking the role of transcribing
the sloppy handwriting of Andre so that his love letters will appear more
beautiful to Krissa.
Ryan
Peñaflorida – Technicals, in-charge of the recording studio he recorded and
edited the voice messages and the songs of Andre for Krissa.
DB
Ray Badoya – florist and creative giftwrapping specialist – so that even the
simple things Andre gave to Krissa always appeared elegant and expensive.
Norman
Roy Radaza – Visual artist and cartoonist whose caricatures and sketches made a
lasting impression.
And
when your love is underground for 6 years you need the following:
Kenneth
Alfeche – the Lookout;
Val
Jardenico – the secret courier – he delivers letters, gifts and voice messages pass
St. Paul's guards.
Roy
Cainglet and Julius Revesencio – drivers
Gremar
Lacson – undercover – gaupod-upod just
in case ma-corner and they need to cover-up by acting out.
And
finally, Victor Emmanuel Pendon – Production Designer and Director.
When
I pointed out to Andre and Krissa that their choice of the gospel for their
wedding would lead to a more catechetical and probably a more technical exposition
of our catholic belief on marriage, a priest suggested saying, why don't we just
change the gospel to the wedding in Cana – that would make things easier to
reflect on. But I hesitated, saying,
that if Andre and Krissa chose this gospel then most probably God wants to
remind them or even us of something important in their relationship that can be
learned only from this gospel.
And this is what we propose:
What
God has joined together, no human being must separate, let no man put asunder.
To
put asunder is more commonly translated now as to separate, to leave behind, to
quit, to depart. But the original Greek
renders this word more graphically. To
put asunder means to place room between the two of you, to put a space, to
create a void that separates one from the other. When a marriage is put asunder what remains
is a vacated space, an empty space, a no man's land smack right between the two
of you.
Why
was that space created? Jesus pointed
out to one thing – there is separation, there is a putting asunder, there is
now a space in between where there was none before, because of the hardness of
heart. Jesus never mentioned that separation
comes from financial problems or because of irreconcilable differences in our personality. No. Jesus
only mentioned hardness of heart. Indi
bala pagpatig-aha ang imo tagipusuon – make it docile, make it malleable, don't
loose the ability to adjust, to bend, to be flexible, to forgive, to forget, to
overlook even. Jesus is saying, your
heart was not made like that. God did
not make your heart hard. It was man's
doing that created hardness of heart, the same hardness of heart that
eventually created the separation, the chasm, the divide in many relationships
today.
And
I believe this is God's message for us on Andre and Krissa's wedding day - We started this homily showing how Andre's
friends and community pooled their talents, resources and acts together so that
Andre and Krissa can sustain and nourish their love even when they have to go
underground for years. And this is what
we propose then for all of us here - man must not put asunder, man must not
create empty spaces that separate, rather man must bridge..........
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