When the world seems full of people who want to divide us, a member of the British Royal Family and a not so ordinary American girl remind us about the importance of unity and love.
There’s an indescribable beauty in union In two beings forming one new being Entering each others world Surrendering each others selves Accepting the invitation to be everything to someone else There’s an unparalleled bravery in union In telling the one you love, “the only way that we can truly win is if I think of you in everything I do and honour every decision you faithfully include me in” Love gives union true meaning It illuminates the path It wants us to compromise communicate and laugh It wants us to elevate appreciate without pride Love is oblivious to the outside Even with an audience of millions Even when that love bears immortal significance All this is met with cordial indifference By the two people at the heart of it Two individuals when they started it Becoming two halves of one partnership Such is the beauty of union Such is the beauty of union.
George Mpanga (aka George the Poet) who opened the coverage of the event by the BBC.
And then there is the sermon by Bishop Michael Curry, too long to reproduce here in its entirety but well worth a read:
