Silver Jubilee!
Fidelity to sacred vows is a cause for thanksgiving, hence it's a privilege and a joy to preach at Sr Tamsin's Silver Jubilee. It reminds me of an earlier Jubilee: 32 years ago, in the chapel upstairs, we celebrated her parents' Golden Wedding. With eyes of faith, we see Christian Marriage as a Sacrament. But virtually all human beings have been able to see how life-giving Marriage is: it makes sense even as a human reality. By contrast, Tamsin's Vows were, so to speak, more blatant: dedicating oneself to religious life makes sense only because God Incarnate spoke the Beatitudes, lived by them, and died by them.
