Wedding of Dimitri & Isabell Kulmann
18 September 1988
In a manuscript of the Gospel in which Christ is asked, ‘When shall the Kingdom of God come?’, His answer is, ‘The Kingdom of God has come when two are no longer two but one’. This has been given to you as a token; you have discovered one another through love; you are now united to be one personality in two persons; but this is only the beginning of the way. The perfection of oneness, in the image of the Holy Trinity, One God in Three Persons, must be attained by a long faithfulness to love, an ever-increasing perfection in love, and there is no greater love than to give one's life, all one's life for the beloved one. You will achieve that if you listen to the only commandment which the Mother of God ever gave; at the feast of Cana of Galilee She spoke to the servants, and said, ‘Whatsoever He may say to you – do it!’.. Listen to what God says, first in His Holy Gospel, and secondly in your hearts when they open to God in love, in faith and in mutual love. And then you will achieve what God has called you to achieve: that perfect, glorious oneness... And do not be afraid of obeying Christ's commandments; as you have walked three times round the desk on which the Gospel lay, the Gospel that is the Word of God and the Icon of God, you were following the Crucifix, the Cross; and remember what Christ said, that the good shepherd walks in front of his sheep to defend, to protect, to save. He is not asking you to do anything He has not done Himself as a perfect man; you can trust Him; listen to Him – and He will not lead you astray; He will lead you to that perfection of joy, of abundance of life which love is when it is in God and of God!