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Does this rule apply when it is a last minute wedding reception invitation - where of course I am expected to lead the prayer?
I still stand by the idea that a last minute invitation is easily rebuked, especially if someone is asking you to perform a professional service. It would be nice to go to every wedding of every friend's family and say a wonderful bit of pastorly petition for the couple's benefit, but truely, if they had wanted such an honor, they should have invited you before the day of the event. If they invited you and asked you to lead a prayer, then I cannot think of a good reason not to ask for a blessing on the new couple. It is very comforting to have a prayer said by someone who knows the family, and an honor to know such a Pastor who can also be a friend of the family and participate in the celebration of a marriage.
I still stand by the idea that a last minute invitation is easily rebuked, especially if someone is asking you to perform a professional service. It would be nice to go to every wedding of every friend's family and say a wonderful bit of pastorly petition for the couple's benefit, but truely, if they had wanted such an honor, they should have invited you before the day of the event. If they invited you and asked you to lead a prayer, then I cannot think of a good reason not to ask for a blessing on the new couple. It is very comforting to have a prayer said by someone who knows the family, and an honor to know such a Pastor who can also be a friend of the family and participate in the celebration of a marriage.
posted by Canton Mommy | 11:06 PM
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So I take it that real pastors don't use the "Thanks for the bread. Thanks for the meat. It's getting late. Let's eat" line?
I don't think real pastors use 'Father, Son, Holy Ghost, the guy that's fastest get's the most' either.
i wish i could remember the one that the priest at my girlfriend's wedding used - it was very funny and along the lines of those mentioned above. he had been one of my girlfriend's teachers.
i wish i could remember the one that the priest at my girlfriend's wedding used - it was very funny and along the lines of those mentioned above. he had been one of my girlfriend's teachers.
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