Padraig O'Tuama's words at our wedding

24 ordained clergy present and we chose a poet to preside.

My longtime friend Padraig was the perfect presider for this wedding between a heathen and a Lutheran

Words spoken by Pádraig Ó Tuama at our wedding:

There is nobody here who has not been hurt

and who has not known death. 

There is nobody here who has not known love

and who has not known life. 

Everyone in this room

is linked to many people not in this room. 

We are here beca…