Teresa’s Wedding

Saturday was a beautiful and joyful day. Our daughter Teresa married Will Kolesar at the “new” Chapel at Christendom College (which is already several years old, and looks more like a cathedral than a “chapel”). They were united by Christ in the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony in this grand and sacred space where they had attended Mass and received the sacraments during their years of university life. (Her older brother and sister John Paul [2020] and Lucia [2022] had their weddings at the “old” Christendom Chapel, which had been dear to me from my years of active teaching.)

The Wedding Mass and the large happy reception that followed touched my own heart with a wide spectrum of emotions: as father-of-the-bride (look, I even danced!), husband of 30 years (next week) to the bride’s mother and my beloved wife Eileen, with the memory of our own wedding still vivid, and thoughts of my own parents who witnessed it (both of them younger than I am now) and who had an important role in Teresa’s early life and the lives of our other four children (now all grown up). I was also happy to be grandfather (“Papa”) to some of the flower girls. This little “piece of human history” that we have lived and continue to live — sustained by the mercy and love of God — brought a “taste” of eternity on this precious Saturday afternoon.

It filled me (and, I’m sure, many others too) with gratitude and strengthened my hope for the journey of faith and love that remains ahead of me in my life, however long or short it may be, with whatever joys and trials may lie ahead. All glory to You, Lord Jesus Christ.

These are a few pictures from my phone camera and a few others. They are not very good, but they give a hint of the day and some of the things I referred to above. I may add a few more pics later.