I've been working with my Priest for a year, with my fiance. I had left the church many years ago for many reasons, which some of you may remember me mentioning months back. This priest has been amazing through the whole process and made me (finally) feel welcomed in a Catholic Church.
In what was going to be our last appt to iron out all the details, at the very end he mentions that it's no big deal but he'll be out of town so the Deacon will do the ceremony. I'm hurt and angry. To have it dismissed like it's nothing is so horrible to me. I have never even met the Deacon. Part of the reason we have met so many times and had such candid conversations was because I wanted a personal ceremony by someone who actually knew us. The Deacon's sermons have a far more political agenda to them and make me very uncomfortable. I am heartbroken right now and when I voiced my concerns to my priest he said he'd talk to the Deacon about my concerns. My concern is my Priest who made a commitment to us, just as we did to him, a year ago is bailing on us. Not much the Deacon can do about that.