arfink Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zabbazooey Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Nice choice arfink! Beautiful ring :) such a unique setting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfink Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 Just a quick bump to say we have now picked out a date and things are starting to come together. Katie and I will be married on August 15th of 2014, the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary. This is, as many of you know, a Holy Day of Obligation, but my pastor has generously agreed to do an extra mass for us that day. We'll be using the propers for the solemnity instead of the usual wedding-ish readings so that the wedding mass will fulfill the obligation, as a courtesy to our guests. And because, come on, getting married on a Holy Day like that is too cool! There will be a whole pile of priests there too, as I have a great number of priest-friends who were my classmates in seminary. The story of how we wound up with the 15th is actually kinda cool too. We'd been praying for Mary's intercession in wedding planning. We got pushed back and forth during the planning process (due to the pastor holding things up and other issues) such that we no longer could get any Saturday in any of the months we wanted, so we picked a Friday. We liked the 22nd of August as another possible option. Katie liked it because August 22 is the feast of the Queenship of Mary and was a little disappointed that we couldn't get the 22nd due to a scheduling error with the banquet hall. They had the following Friday open, and the one before. We didn't want to go any later than the weekend of the 22nd because of her bridesmaids needing to have kids in school by then, so we picked the weekend before, the 15th, without consulting the calendar first or anything. We just grabbed it because we knew if we waited any longer we might lose our last opportunity to even get a hall at all. As we sat down with the pastor to discuss dates, I mentioned we had already booked a hall for August 15th. His eyes got real big and he said, "Wait, isn't that a Holy Day?" Me: "No, of obligation? Really? Uh oh, now what?" Father: "Oh, well I guess we could just use the readings for the day. How does 11:30 sound?" I guess Mary had other ideas for us. :dance: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not The Philosopher Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Cool! Though, as a side note, to my understanding, I think that for a Holy Day of Obligation, attending a Mass alone would fulfill the obligation - regardless of whether or not the propers of the particular feast are used. I think the use of the correct propers is more of a liturgical obligation for the priest. I could be wrong though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossCuT Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 What church will you two be getting hitched at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eowyn Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 What a beautiful day for a wedding, Arfink and Ploomf!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anastasia13 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Yay, I win the bet. Now if only I had money or at least a bet on this. Congrats guys. I have no doubt that you are a great match. Is the 10th wedding paid for by phatmass? They get paid for??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfink Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 Yay, I win the bet. Now if only I had money or at least a bet on this. Congrats guys. I have no doubt that you are a great match. They get paid for??? What bet? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anastasia13 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 What church will you two be getting hitched at? Ooh ooh, I know this one. I know this one. ... The Catholic Church? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheresaThoma Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Mary certainly did have her own plans in place for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i<3franciscans Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Its late, but this thread popped up during my phatmass hiatus so Congrats to you both!!! :) Getting married on the Assumption is wicked awesome! :yahoo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJon16 Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 This is awesome! May I say, Congratulations! I'll be going on pilgrimage soon, and we'll definitely keep you guys in prayer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlySunshine Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 I'm sorry! How did I miss this thread?!? BELATED CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissyP89 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 THAT'S REALLY FREAKIN' SOON. I'm so excited. So. Excited. :woot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfink Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share Posted January 9, 2014 Thanks everybody! Yes, we're very very VERY excited, and going a tad giddy with all the planning. :bounce: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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