ACROSS RACE AND CLASS DIVISIONS. IT REALLY IS A TERRIFIC IMAGE.
>> IT IS, KEIR.
>>> WE WANT TO MOVE ON.
THE HIGHLIGHT FOR THE WEDDING FOR A LOT OF GUESTS, AND PEOPLE
TALKING AROUND THE WORLD.
WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT BISHOP
CURRYS SERMON. >> IF HUMANITY EVER CAPTURES THE
ENERGY OF LOVE, IT WOULD BE THE
SECOND TIME IN HISTORY THAT WE
HAVE DISCOVERED FIRE.
DR. KING WAS RIGHT. WE MUST DISCOVER LOVE, THE
REDEMPTIVE POWER OF LOVE.
AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WE WILL
MAKE OF THIS OLD WORLD A NEW
WORLD.
WORLD.
>> MICHAEL CURRY, THE PRESIDING BISHOP OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
WHAT A MOMENT.
TAKE US INSIDE THE CHURCH. MOST OF US WATCHED IT ON THE
SCREEN.
SCREEN.
WE WERENT IN THERE WITH YOU.
YOU WERE STANDING BEFORE THAT
ENTIRE CONGREGATION AND YOU
STARTED GOING.
TELL US WHAT YOU FELT FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE. YOU FELT FROM YOUR
PERSPECTIVE.
>> I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS AT THE BEGINNING. LITTLE NERVOUS AT THE
BEGINNING.
NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
AFTER THAT, IT TURNED INTO A
CHURCH.
AND I WAS SPEAKING TO A YOUNG
COUPLE WHO WERE IN LOVE. THEYRE SO IN LOVE WITH EACH
OTHER, YOU CAN SEE IT.
AND I WAS REALLY AWARE THAT
THEIR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER, THAT
YOU CAN SEE WHEN THEY LOOKED AT
EACH OTHER, THEIR LOVE WAS, IN
EVEN IN THAT MOMENT, REINVENTING
THE WORLD AROUND THAT LOVE.
ALL OF THE DIVISIONS AND THE
DIFFERENCES WERING WITH CROSSED.
WORLDS WERE COMING TOGETHER AND
A NEW WORLD WAS COMING TOGETHER.
>> TAKE US BACK TO WHEN YOU
HEARD YOU WERE GOING TO DELIVER
THE SERMON AT THE ROYAL WEDDING?
>> ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR
STAFF TOLD ME.
I SAID, GET OUT OF HERE.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. I DIDNT BELIEVE IT.
AND THEN, I SAID, I BETTER CALL
THE ARCHBISHOP BACK.
I COULDNT SAY ANYTHING TO
ANYBODY FOR ALMOST TWO MONTHS.
>> AS A PERSON WHO GREW UP IN
THE BAPTIST CHURCH IN SOUTH
CAROLINA, YOUR STYLE WAS
FAMILIAR TO ME.
WERE YOU CONCERNED THAT THAT
STYLE MIGHT NOT PLAY AS WELL AS
IT DID IN A CHURCH WITH SO MANY?
>> I DIDNT KNOW.
I REALLY DIDNT KNOW.
THEY HAD ASKED ME TO COME AND
THATS ME.
THATS ME. SO, I SHOWED UP.
>> DID YOU KNOW WHEN YOU WERE
DONE?
DONE?
IT WAS QUIET IN THERE AFTER YOU
WERE DONE.
SOMETIMES YOU DONT KNOW, HOW
WAS IT?
WAS IT GOOD?
WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN IT WAS FINISH?D YOU THINK WHEN IT WAS
FINISH?
>> WHEN I WAS FINISHED, I WALKED BACK AND SAID TO MYSELF, I HOPED
BACK AND SAID TO MYSELF, I HOPE THAT WAS OKAY.
>> AND THEN, YOU STARTED HEARING
FROM PEOPLE.
FROM PEOPLE.
>> MUCH LATER. >> DID YOU TALK TO HARRY AND
MEGHAN AFTERWARDS?
MEGHAN AFTERWARDS? >> IT WAS SO QUICK.
THEY WERE GRACIOUS.
>> SOME WERE SAYING THE BRITS
WERE NOT USED TO -- THEY HADNT
BEEN TAKEN TO CHURCH.
>> AS THE BRITISH GUY, I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR MAKING SOME
MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY
LOOKING UNCOMFORTABLE.
LOOKING UNCOMFORTABLE. IT WAS TERRIFIC.
WERE YOU AWARE THAT YOU HAD THE
QUEEN THERE.
QUEEN THERE.
AND SOME OF THE TOPICS YOU WERE TOUCHING ON WERE SO PROFOUND AND
SO IMPORTANT, WITH THE BRITISH
MONARCH RIGHT THERE.
>> ALL OF THE SERMON HAD ALL OF THEIR PERMISSIONS.ON HAD ALL OF
THEIR PERMISSIONS. NOTHING WOULD HAVE HAPPENED
WITHOUT THEIR BLESSINGS AND
PERMISSIONS.
PERMISSIONS.
I WAS AWARE OF THAT.
I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME.N DOING THIS FOR A
LONG TIME.
IVE BEEN IN AN EPISCOPAL CHURCH
FOR A LONG TIME.
AND EPISCOPAL PISEPISCOPALIANS A AND RAUCOUS.L PISEPISCOPALIANS A
AND RAUCOUS. BUT I LOOKED OUT AT THE CROWD
AND I COULD SEE THEM DOING AMEN.
>> DOING THE ROYAL WEDDING IS
ONE SIGN THAT YOU MADE IT.
BEING ON "SNL" IS ANOTHER SIGN
YOU MADE IT.
LETS ROLL A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
>> SOME SAID IT WENT ON TOO
LONG.
>> THEY SAID I HAD FIVE MINUTES.
BUT THE GOOD LORD MULTIPLIED IT INTO A GOLD 16.RD MULTIPLIED IT
INTO A GOLD 16. >> WHAT DID YOU THINK?
THATS BRILLIANT.
THATS BRILLIANT. >> THE LORD MULTIPLIES.
HE COULD DO THAT NOW.
>> BISHOP, THANK YOU.
>> WHAT A TREAT THIS WAS FOR US.