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Entry: Riding the Short Bus to Love Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/riding_the_short_bus_to_love#33394 Post contents: John, Just make sure that your vows include the habendum clause. Sorry, this is kind of a lawyer in-joke about "to have and to hold", language from property deeds and the like, as well as the marriage vows. I guess you could say that it shows the contractual nature of the sacrament. Funny thing also that you should mention the large protestant denomination that is the Church in this country (and others, too). Besides recalling Cardinal George's remark that we all say we are Catholics but think like Calvinists, I recall Fritz Wilhelmsen saying at a conference that we were all protestantized now, in the wake of the "hurricane" that was the Council. He was referring the to the need felt by traditionally-minded Catholics to exercise individual judgment on current hierarchical pronouncements, the local parish's hootenanny Mass, and the like. In any case, I wish you all the best for much happiness and many years. And as is said in the Anglican Usage wedding service: "May you see your childrens' children". Sent at: 2008 12 01