Being the pastor officiating at
your niece’s wedding provides unbelievable privileges! For instance, you get to
present your gift during the ceremony!
Ok, it is not exactly the way it
happened….
Irvin and I concluded the ceremony
with a Native tradition: a Pendleton blanket that is being wrapped around the
young couple, a warm symbol of the comfort they bring to each other from now
on.
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| Credit Doug Crawford |
Then Irvin and I blessed them with
a prayer said first by Irvin, that I translated in French afterward.
Now
for you the North wind does not blow; You are shelter to one another.
Now
for you there is no hunger; each brings what the other needs.
Now
for you there is no darkness; You have learned to see with the heart.
Now
for you there is no loneliness; Two
have become one.
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| Credit Marie-Laure Mourier |
The blanket is made of thick wool. Before we headed back
to the US, Julie and Quentin told us they tried it and appreciated how warm it
was.
“It is true, the North Wind does not reach us anymore, commented Quentin, tongue in cheek. We have the blanket now!”
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