An analogy teased out by the great 4th-century African, St Augustine, might seem far-fetched. He likened the creation of Eve, from the side of the sleeping Adam, to the creation of the Church, the bride of Christ: “Adam sleeps so that Eve may be formed; Christ dies for the Church to be formed. Eve was formed from the side of the sleeping Adam; from the side of Christ who died on the cross, struck by the lance, flow the sacraments with which the Church is formed.”
The Marriage of the Lamb is not just something symbolic but a highly anticipated literal event in biblical prophecy that will take place in Heaven and signify the culmination of God’s redemptive plan and the union of Christ (the Lamb) with his bride (the Church).
William Guy drew on faith, three decades of married life and a homily at St. William Parish in Philadelphia to write a hymn for his daughter s special day.