Royal wedding

[elisi]

If you're not watching, you're missing out! At the very least check out the sermon. But oh, the music...

ETA: Sermon in full:

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'The Right Rev. Michael Curry gave an impassioned homily, quoting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., invoking the power of love and its symbol as the fire that energizes life.' Or as Twitter put it:

A black reverend preaching to British royalty about the resilience of faith during slavery is 10000000% not what I thought I was waking up for, the royal wedding is good

— Elamin Abdelmahmoud (@elamin88) May 19, 2018

And here is the cellist, Sheku Kanneh-Mason (I'll try to find a better video, right now there are only two):

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Comments

[kaffy_r]

I got up at 6 a.m. Chicago time to see the wedding. Managed to miss some of the fun of guests arriving and missed her lovely walk, partially by herself - but really enjoyed it. I loved Rev. Curry's address, and I admit to being a little amused at the bemusement of many of the observers: exuberance is not necessarily a staple of royal weddings. Heh.

[elisi]

I was dearly hoping SOMEONE would shout out 'Amen' or 'Praise the Lord', but obviously no one did. However, good on him for taking 1 billion viewers and making the most of his platform!

[kaffy_r]

He may lead the Episcopal Church, but the holiness churches of west and southside Chicago are there in his blood; not surprising, since he grew up here.

[elisi]

I did not know that, thank you. :)

[maia]

Watched the whole thing.

LOVE!!!

[elisi]

Amen!

[jerusha]

Can I get an amen?

[elisi]

Hallelujah!

[corvus_kari]

Rev Curry was great. Something good to balance the negativity in this world for just a few minutes. At least some people are showing positive leadership...!

[elisi]

The light shines more brightly in the darkness...

[kerkevik-2014.livejournal.com]

I'm a Republican so I'll pass.

Yesterday my nephew, who probably doesn;t care enough to think of himself as a republican, said that a relative's birthday was a week after the (a word I shall spare you).

Says I, very confused, "Christmas?"

My nephew, very patiently, says no, tomorrow."

It took far longer than it should have taken even me to remember what was happening today, and go, "Ah, yeah."

I'd almots forgotten again actually until I saw your post.

Still royalty did give us that wonderful piece of music by Handel, so there is that we can agree on :-)

[elisi]

I have embedded the sermon, it was fantastic. Nothing to do with royalty, just a proper big impassioned sermon from a impassioned preacher.

It took far longer than it should have taken even me to remember what was happening today, and go, "Ah, yeah."
I don't particularly *care*, and the money could most certainly have been better spent... But hey, it gave us lots of beautiful music, so that's not bad!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

It was a lovely wedding - and such a good sermon - he reminds me of archbishop Sentamu.

[elisi]

Yeah, A+++ sermon. I wish people had been shouting out 'Amen' and 'Praise the Lord' the congregation was way too quiet...

[sueworld2003.livejournal.com]

I've never been big on the Royal family sadly, so apart from a couple of highlights I missed it.

For me It's just boils down to more rich people marrying other rich people......

[elisi]

The sermon was more than worth it. (Well, not sure it was worth ALL THAT MONEY, but I have a feeling he'd have done it for free.) Just the fact that someone took a podium like that and used it for good, rather than trite nothings. And gave all the rich people something to think about! >:)

[sueworld2003.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry but I didn't want watch that all the way through as I'm not in the mood for it. All I'll say is anyone who comes from a position of privilege can easily afford to spout stuff like this, be that clergy or royalty. And as I do not believe in any kind of god that just makes it doubly irrelevant for me sadly.

I'm sure he's very well meaning, but we've heard it all before and when push comes to shove it means nothing just more empty words as the world slowly moves towards hell....

Yeah, It's been one of THOSE days. :)

[elisi]

:(

Sorry it's been a bad day. Sending you humanist hopeful thoughts of a better tomorrow.

[sueworld2003.livejournal.com]

Thanks love. :)

[elisi]

Actually I can do better, here's Russell Howard:

Why 2017 has actually been amazing...

(He can be an idiot, but that piece a lovely, lovely thing. It's so easy to drown in all the crap, we forget all the good that's happened.)

[sea_thoughts]

Following it through Twitter was certainly a wild ride. :)

[elisi]

I can imagine. :D

[eaweek.livejournal.com]

I had a very busy day yesterday, but the bits and pieces I saw looked really lovely.

[elisi]

Meghan TOOK THEM TO CHURCH! ♥