From Esquire-
We did not expect to be taken to church.
But
I’ll be damned if The Most Reverend Michael Curry, the first
African-American Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, didn’t take
us right there. His sermon quoted liberally from both St. Paul and
Martin Luther King, Jr., and centered around the redemptive qualities of
simple, selfless love. The love between Harry and Meghan (“Two young
people fell in love, and we all showed up”), the love Jesus had for the
world (“He didn't sacrifice his life for himself, He did it for the good
and wellbeing of others. That's love”), and the power of unselfish love
to transform the world (“When love is the way, we will lay down our
swords and shields.”)
It was a shot of adrenaline directly to your feels:
“There is power in love,” Bishop Curry said, “If you doubt it, think
back to when you first fell in love.” It was a call to action: “Love
God, love your neighbor, and while you’re at it, love yourself.” It
quoted African-American spirituals, and equated love with the fire that
powers automobiles and airplanes. It was a doozy.
But
it wasn’t the content so much as the delivery, because Bishop Curry for
sure brought the fire. It was such a passionate, animated, wholly American performance, that it felt deliciously, bracingly incongruous. Watch it below.
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