Bishop Edward K. Braxton spoke about love to the couples who attended an annual liturgy June 5 at the cathedral in Belleville.

People always seem to be harping at us about relationships, and we have so many of them. We have spouses, close friends, children, grandchildren, lots of relatives and even colleagues at work with whom we spend an inordinate amount of time.

“When the days for Jesus being taken up were fulfilled … .” Thus Luke begins the longest section of his Gospel, “the Journey to Jerusalem.” For Luke, the journey is an integral part of the passion, death, and resurrection/ascension of Jesus.