I wonder. Would it then persist on my own timeline?

My main problem with the song is just that it's bad songwriting, but outside of that, every time I hear "Mary Did You Know?" said, I say: YES! YES SHE KNEW! SHE NKNEEEWWWWW! SHE WAS TOLD! SHE KNEW!"

It really is! I explain it to every couple I marry. When I celebrate Eucharist, I do the action of confecting it. In Penance, I give absolution. But Marriage is unique in that I don’t “do” anything save for serve as a witness; it’s the couple doing.

Even more interesting historically. For a time, the Church struggled with the reality of the Sacramental bond formed in private, between the couple, with no witnesses. You can imagine the problems this caused, so the Church established the fact that this is a public sacrament, to be done in front of the Church with witnesses. Even the “Wedding Mass” is a young concept, as the most traditional mode was to get married at the entrance/stairs of the church building in front of the entire town in a simple ceremony, in keeping with the Church’s determination that it was in fact a public event.

Not wanting to defend this guy, buuuut:

"Vance was named James Donald Bowman at birth. Afterward, he was adopted by his mother's third husband and had his name changed to James David Hamel. In April 2013, he adopted his maternal grandparents' surname of Vance."

If I'd been renamed after my mother's third husband, I'd probably want a new name myself.

I had to chuckle. Deacons, for many generations, were the actual power brokers of the Church. St. Gregory the Great is a good example.

That said, Matrimony is one of the things I agree with them doing, since they're not exercising any power at all. The priest doesn't marry a couple: the couple marries each other, and are the proper ministers of the Sacrament.

This was a convalidation. Usually when people seek out the sacrament after being civilly married, they’re good ones.