His name was Ed, and he had been married to Peggy for 57
years.
Ed had come to a presentation of the Catholicism series at the parish and we
were visiting over coffee beforehand. Ed was talking
about his marriage, and at one point he leaned in and
whispered, “I don’t know if this is true to what the Church teaches,
but I have come to believe that my salvation is inextricably bound to my fidelity to the vows I made to my wife 57 years ago (verbatim).”
His eyes actually teared up when he said it.
I thought of Jesus’ words, “Truly I tell you, in no one in
Israel have I found such faith (Mt 8:10).”
