tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489825674468647913.post2420091489859033270..comments2024-01-26T07:30:31.571+01:00Comments on Kielbasa Stories: A Wedding on August 15, The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw (1920)…Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384854442041889558noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489825674468647913.post-33773758228362567532015-02-15T16:16:28.388+01:002015-02-15T16:16:28.388+01:00I think everybody has a weird relationship with de...I think everybody has a weird relationship with death. I was raised Catholic and I have been to quite a lot of weddings in the States and in Poland and none of them had as much mention of death as this one. I think even among Polish Catholic weddings, this one was over the top.<br /><br />I think about death, mine and others, quite regularly. I'm not counting on any life after death, so that's why every thought of death and every death in my family profoundly informs how I live my life.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384854442041889558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489825674468647913.post-61872557887611604952015-02-15T14:38:31.654+01:002015-02-15T14:38:31.654+01:00I think most of us Catholics have a weird relation...I think most of us Catholics have a weird relationship with death. Mostly because we think the whole point of this life is what happens after we die, and we are always trying to be ready to die because it can come at any moment. That doesn't mean we can't have a good time, but who says death can't be involved. Most Catholic weddings I have been to definitely talk about death. We are obsessed with life leading to life after death, but that death thing is a significant moment because it is the doorway between imperfect life here and perfect life in eternity. Just my 2 cents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489825674468647913.post-35124422890919151222014-08-25T19:56:25.392+02:002014-08-25T19:56:25.392+02:00They certainly did party like there was no tomorro...They certainly did party like there was no tomorrow. Both bride and groom are only children so the families went crazy. Or maybe it was a reaction to all the death talk Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384854442041889558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489825674468647913.post-39654386603630849332014-08-24T22:43:30.608+02:002014-08-24T22:43:30.608+02:00I didn't have a Polish wedding, though I and m...I didn't have a Polish wedding, though I and my husband are both Polish American. No Polish priest, either. But I can relate to the morbid fascination with death and suffering. Seems to be an ethnic thing in my experience. Party hearty for tomorrow the Cossacks are coming? Linda C. Wisniewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136770189581989046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489825674468647913.post-84245575730227833352014-08-19T22:42:26.252+02:002014-08-19T22:42:26.252+02:00I'm impressed. I don't think I could survi...I'm impressed. I don't think I could survive polish wedding:)Stardusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00684993585605259841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489825674468647913.post-56535591652605421112014-08-19T20:58:38.058+02:002014-08-19T20:58:38.058+02:00Oh jeez, you're right, but it would have been...Oh jeez, you're right, but it would have been in keeping with the theme. I did however like the moment when we prayed for a wise government to make smart decisions and for apartments for young couples to make an independent start. I also liked all the tourists who stopped in to watch the ceremony. Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384854442041889558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489825674468647913.post-43742184073868314492014-08-19T03:50:28.821+02:002014-08-19T03:50:28.821+02:00August 15 1945 was the day when Emperor Hirohito a...August 15 1945 was the day when Emperor Hirohito announced surrender of Japan after Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombing, so I guess it could have been worse..perykarionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12436962190340772742noreply@blogger.com