Canonical Interview

One of the things that I was really anxious about doing was the canonical interview with a priest, even though we were reassured by other couples that it was nothing to worry about.

Last Thursday we headed to Tagaytay for our interview. While filling out the forms, there was a couple in front of us that was being interviewed by the assistant of the priest. I was listening carefully because it sounded like the assistant was "reviewing" them on church doctrine or something. At this point, I was starting to get nervous because I thought those were the kind of questions that the priest would ask us.

Fortunately, we were just asked to submit all our documents and fill out some forms and that was it. Plus the P1500 donation they were asking for (it's a good thing I already put this as part of our budget!).

So right now, I still don't know what happens at canonical interviews. Was that it?

Pre-Cana at SSJ

Danz arrived last Friday night after more than 24 hours of flying.:) We called it an early night because we were scheduled to attend the pre-cana seminar at Santuario de San Jose at 1pm the next day.

So we dragged ourselves to East Greenhills and sat for 4 hours listening to the Esposo's talk about the foundations for a good relationship (positive self-esteem, responsible sexuality and authentic love) and what to expect from marriage.

Overall, it was a good learning experience, even though Danz was dizzy from jetlag and I had a headache because it was so cold in the room.

The highlight of the day though was this:
Tita Gina: Define love....
Me: Ummmm.....hmmm.....uhhhhhh....
Tita Gina: Well, define either love or loving....
Me: Love....,hmmm.....Can I just think about it first?
Tita Gina: (Just staring at me)
Me: (Stammering).....Can you just get back to me?
Tita Gina: (To Danz) How about you...define love.

Seriously, I don't know how to define love. Heck, even if you give me the whole week to think about it, I still can't give a definition. I should have just said that I don't like defining love because doing so seems like setting up boundaries to it. Hahaha!