25 years ago today two became one flesh. That is my wife Socorro and I were married. She was a cradle Catholic and I was a cradle atheist (never prayed once while young) so obviously there were difficulties that only God’s infinite grace could overcome. Though I thought that it was her faith that was what was going to be overcome by my belief at the time of the sufficiency of science to answer all questions. Marriage is truly a sacrifice, but luckily some of the things we have to sacrifice is our pride and selfishness. Even more difficult is to be married to someone in the military. As a Navy wife she had to endure much while taking care of our kids when I was on yet on another deployment. Plus being married to me she had to endure not only me, my insufferable Ayn Rand phase, and worse my many puns. If that doesn’t give her time off in purgatory for good behavior I don’t know what would.
Thank you Jesus.
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Congratulations Chief! May God ritchly bless you and your wife.
Mabuhay kayong dalawa!
congratulation and God bless you and your wife.
i love and enjoy your blog.
just keep going and coming.
No matter how much your wonderful wife had to sacrifice, it’s really not necessary to refer to yourself as “It.”
Happy Anniversary to both of you, and may God continue to bless you both as you continue your journey together!
In Christ’s love and joy,
Robin L. in TX
Congrats!
Congratulations to the two of you!!! Do we get to see a picture of your wedding day? Just kidding…
Happy Anniversary!!
Congratulations, Jeff. God bless you and Socorro.
I think we should all get time off in purgatory for enduring your puns!!
Just kidding – love them, keep them coming.
Congrats to both of you. May God continue to bless your marriage.
Congrats, man!
Congrats, Jeff! Perhaps one day I’ll be married, too — if it’s God’s will, of course. 🙂
Jeff, congratulations! May God continue to bless you and Socorro in your loving witness.
Congratulations! It is really wonderful to be able to look back and see how God has taken you both on such a journey together … and what He has wrought in the process.
The LORD said to Moses: “Speak to Aaron and his sons and tell them: This is how you shall bless the Israelites. Say to them: The LORD bless you and keep you! The LORD let his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you! The LORD look upon you kindly and give you peace! So shall they invoke my name upon the Israelites, and I will bless them.” (Numbers 6:22-27)
So shall I invoke the name of the Lord and ask Him to continue to bless your wife, your marriage, and you as you celebrate your Silver Anniversary.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Time off??? TIME OFF?!?!?!?! St. Peter will usher her to the head of the line in heaven! 🙂
Congratulations to you both, Jeff and Socorro. God Bless.
Congratulations to you both and may you have many more happy years ahead!!
How wonderful for both of you!
I’m married to an agnostic “religion is unnecessary – science will solve all” person (aside from that, he’s a great guy). Prayers for his conversion would be greatly appreciated.
Congratulations, Jeff. My anniversary will be one day off from yours!! I hope Melanie and I have as many good years as you and your wife evidently have had.
Quickly! Buy some milk and a gun – and later have a picnic on your roof. Well, if that won’t fit into your schedule today, at least I may offer you this poem – “To Frances, from Gilbert, for their Silver Wedding anniversary”…
“Epithalamium Argentum”
I need not say I love you yet
You know how cloth my heart oppress
The intolerable tenderness
That broke my body when we met.
I need not say I love you yet.
But let me say I fear you yet
You the long years not vulgarise,
You open your immortal eyes
And we for the first time have met.
Cover your face; I fear you yet.
— GKC
May God bless you always!
Thanks for a great post. What a nice tribute to your wife. It is always nice to hear some good news about fellow Catholics. Congratulations on your anniversary! Let’s hope the next 25 are even better!!
God bless, Maureen
It would seem that Socorro has truly been the succor of your heart! Congratulations on the first 25 years – and I want to share advice given to me and John on our wedding day. “The first hundred years are the hardest”
ad multos annos
Congratulations and many blessings on your anniversary. May God bless you both abundantly in the years ahead!
Congratulations! I hope you are blessed with many more happy years together… 🙂
I’d love to hear more about your ‘insufferable Ayn Rand’ phase…that’s so (‘bleep’) funny!! I find Ayn Rand insufferable…you can read all about her contribution to the culture of death in: ARCHITECTS OF THE CULTURE OF DEATH…Donald DeMarco et.al
Just wanted to extend my congratulations, and tell you…
…you’re not the only one who went through an “insufferable Ayn Rand phase.”
Congratulations to both of you! Along with a Fred & Barney rendition of “Happy Anniversary”! (I’d type it out but the lyrics are a bit redundant…)
Ditto on the Ayn Rand phase…I shudder to remember!
Congrats!
My wife and I are cradle Catholic and convert as well. Keep up the great work on this site!
I give wedding couples a lovely little booklet (printed in Italy by GC?!)I get from the catholic emporium locally (not much else Catholic in there though…). In the inside front cover I add a sticker with my personal crest, best wishes to the happy (?!) couple, and a prayer that I think I actually filched from QUO VADIS (you know, when St. Peter joins Marcus and Lygia in Holy Matrimony in their cell…), modified as required:
May He, who blessed the marriage at Cana with His first public miracle, bless your marriage now, oh Jeff and Socorro…
Salus et gaudium! Mabuhay sa inyong dalawa.