The world is full of things for sale, and people who want to sell them to you. Sometimes those things you can buy will fulfill your dreams and desires and bring you joy. Sometimes what you are promised or what you imagined looks pretty different from what you get.
What is most helpful to you in evaluating potential purchases—or the people who are selling them?
The story goes that St. Patrick drove the snakes (perhaps a symbol of the pagans) out of Ireland. Somehow it seems like we might be better off with a holiday in honor of someone who specialized in welcoming in, rather than driving off.
Who have you made a point of welcoming in?
A wedding is an explicit covenant, a ceremony in which a couple recites vows about how they will live their life together. It is, importantly, a public ceremony in which the community witnesses and blesses those promises.
How has a community supported you in keeping covenant?
The story goes that Moses smashed the original tablets inscribed with the covenant between God and the Hebrew people, when he came down the mountain from his divine encounter and found the people worshiping an idol. He had to go back up for replacements. Covenant is a process, and not always a smooth one.
When have you had to rework a covenant or commitment?
The vote is a trust more delicate than any other, for it involves not just the interests of the voter, but [their] life, honor and future as well.
—Jose Marti
