When high school teacher Jessica Hayes decided to get married, she
settled for no less than the son of God himself. The 38-year-old from
Fort Wayne, Indiana, tied the knot with Jesus Christ in an elaborate
church ceremony last weekend. The groom, of course, was not present.
Hayes,
a theology teacher at Bishop Dwenger High School, said that she made
the decision to marry Christ after years of prayer and soul-searching.
She is now part of an elite group of ‘consecrated virgins’
–
women who lead chaste lives, but are not required to live in convents
or obliged to work for the Catholic Church. Hayes plans to continue her
normal life at home, but she will not be able to marry or have sex with
anyone for the rest of her life.
“I
think that in some sense, we’re all called to be married,” Hayes said.
“It’s just a matter of discerning how. So, my marriage to Christ is as
someone else’s marriage is to their spouse. My students asked if they
should call me Mrs. Hayes when I come back to school next week, and no,
I’m still Ms. But I am married to Jesus.”
Oddity Central.