Sharings

Dear Editor,

[In regard to the article “The Law of Liturgy: Interpretation and Implementation of Liturgical Documents,” found in ML 29:4 and also posted on the web at www.rpinet.com/ml/2904lawl.html]:

Excellent. Should be in the hands of all the bishops and priests in the United States. Organized and documented and easy to follow and understand. Great job!

Kathy Brossmer
Mercer, Wis.
 

Pesky canon law

Dear Editor,

I read with interest Paul Turner’s article on outdoor weddings (“Outdoor Weddings: How to Respond” [ML 29:2]). Thirty-one years ago my husband and I were married in an outdoor wedding in a beautiful “forest cathedral” in Oregon at a ceremony concelebrated by three priests. We had just returned from living and working in Alaska for two years as lay volunteers and had not as yet been able to establish ourselves in a local parish community.

The church is not a building. It is the people of God and God is most present to us in the people and in the beauty of nature. (St. Bonaventure was said to have called “the book of nature” the primary sacred text.)

It was a wedding that those present have never forgotten and I thank God that the “pesky Canon 1118” did not prevent us from the beautiful ceremony that we all shared. Maybe it is time to amend Canon 1118.

Charlene Fulton Collora
Seattle

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