In a return to Raleigh, where he served at bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina from 2000 to 2015, Curry talked about the wedding, how we treat one another and the book, "The Power of Love."
>>> MONTHS AFTER THE ROYAL WEDDING AND PEOPLE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THE HOMILY DELIVERED BY BISHOP CURRY. IT WAS A MESSAGE OF LOVE AND THAT MESSAGE HAS WORKED INTO A NEW BOOK. I RECENTLY TALKED WITH THE BISHOP ABOUT THE WEDDING, HOW WE TREAT ONE ANOTHER AND THE BOOK. THE POWER OF LOVE. FOR MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD AND FOR SOME HERE AT HOME THE ROYAL WEDDING WAS THEIR INTRODUCTION TO BISHOP MICHAEL CURRY. >> WE'VE GOT TO GET YOU ALL MARRIED. >> EPISCOPALIANS HAVE KNOWN HIM FOR DECADES. FOR 60 YEARS HE LED THE DIOCESE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE PAST THREE THE WORLDWIDE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. HE HAS NOW WRITTEN HIS FOURTH BOOK, THE POWER OF LOVE. >> IT IS A COMPLETE GAME CHANGER. THERE IS A LOVE THAT SEEKS THE WELL-BEING OF OTHERS. THE SELF GETS LAST TWO. NOT FIRST. >> THE CORE MESSAGE OF LOVE ACCORDING TO CURRY IS THE BASIC GOSPEL MESSAGE. LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF. >> WHEN JESUS SAID LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF THERE IS NOIN LEVITICUS. OR NOIN MATTHEW 22 WHERE HE IS QUOTED THAT SAYS YOUR NEIGHBOR IS ONLY YOUR FRIEND, YOUR NEIGHBOR IS ONLY SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE YOU, IT IS ONLY YOUR SAME RELIGION OR YOUR SAME POLITICAL PARTY, YOUR NEIGHBOR IS YOUR SAME GROUP. IN FACT, YOUR NEIGHBOR IS YOUR SISTER, YOUR BROTHER, YOUR SIBLING, IT IS THE HUMAN COMMUNITY, LIKE IT OR NOT. WE ARE NEIGHBORS. WE ARE BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND SIBLINGS IN GOD'S FAMILY. >> AS PRESIDING BISHOP OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, CURRY PREACHES A MESSAGE OF LOVE FROM THE PULPIT AND FROM THE PAGES OF THIS SHORT. HE DOES SO IN WAYS SOME HAVE NEVER HEARD BEFORE. INCLUDING MANY WHO ARE WATCHING ON THIS SPECIAL DAY IN WINDSOR. >> WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE, WHEN YOU DISTILL IT DOWN TO ITS BASIC ELEMENTS, TO HUMAN BEINGS WHO JUST WANTED TO SHOW THE WORLD HOW MUCH THEY LOVE EACH OTHER. >> -- >> I WAS IN CAPITOL HILL A WEEK LATER AND I HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS WHO WERE ALL EXCITED ABOUT THE ROYAL WEDDING. IT CROSSED POLITICAL BOUNDARIES, AND ACROSS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, IT CROSSED RELIGION AND POLITICS. RACE. ALL OF THE DIFFERENCES THAT ARE THERE, THEY ARE THERE. BUT FOR ONE BRIEF SHINING MOMENT WE LOOKED AT TWO PEOPLE IN LOVE. AND THEIR LOVE ACTUALLY BROUGHT US TOGETHER. THAT IS THE POWER OF LOVE. >> I HAVE KNOWN MICHAEL CURRY ALMOST 20 YEARS, THAT IS HIS CORE MESSAGE THAT HE HAS PREACHED EVER SINCE I'VE KNOWN HIM. >> BEAUTIFUL. AND HE STILL IS CAPTIVATING, YOU'RE DRAWN TO LISTEN TO HIM. >> I WANTED PEOPLE TO SEE HIS
