One of the most STUPID mantras of the '60's: "Bad laws were made to be broken." That is, people make their own laws when God's laws don't fit into their agenda. The "me generation" was always around. It's just morphed into something more timely.
This is because the proper ministers of marriage are the man and the woman themselves while the priest is simply the witness to the licitness of the marriage.
(2) Their marriage is, however, technically "illicit" in the sense that it was never witnessed by the Church.
This is a technicality that can be resolved by publicly blessing the marriage before witnesses.
It would only be a problem if one of the parties was still married to another person, or if the two parties are too closely related by blood, if the man is impotent, etc.
Its nothing more than me saying “Good stuff.”
A blessing is just a pleasantry to satisfy secular Americans. It is NOT the sacrament of marriage, which can only happen once both parties are baptized, make first communion and are confirmed in the Catholic church.
If they want to have a Catholic marriage the monseigneur should have no problem helping them make the sacrament given they take the appropriate steps to complete the above three conditions, meet with him for 1 on 1 pre-cana and also take the requisite pre-cana courses/group meetings. He will also require you get a local “remarriage license” from the town/state, so he can formally marry you secularly at the same time as your sacrament. This last part isn’t required but MOST monseigneurs will insist on it anyway.
When my BIL converted to Catholicism, he and my sis had a second wedding, renewing their vows. In their case, their children, both Confirmed teenagers, were the maid of honor and best man.
I disagree with your statement. We post entire articles all the time.
Which must mean that you are the author and do have full ability to post the entire article.
What I was taught was that the marriage is at its essence the commitment of the husband and wife. The ceremony is just the witnessing of that commitment and the public affirmation of it.
As long as there is that sincere commitment the couple is married in the eyes of God whether or not there is a ceremony.
Even if the ceremony takes place, the couple are not married in the eyes of God if they are insincere in their commitment.
There is nothing in scripture that says the Church has to bless the marriage. If there is, please show me.
I dealt with this since my wife is Catholic and I am not.
See the bishop and make a “donation”.
bless their marriage: That is when the wife gets you your beer & pretzels before the big game and not interrupt you during the game like asking for help in cooking, cleaning, mowing, raising the kids etc.
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Why do you choose to pimp only this particular blog? That’s all you’ve done since joining last year - post excerpts from this blog, and pop in to defend your choice to excerpt this blog. That’s all you do, pimp blogs (well, one blog, anyway), and nothing else? No contribution to the discussions? No commenting on other threads? Just blog pimping?
Once your daughters husband converts to Catholicism through the sacrament of Baptism, they both will be free to remarry each other in the Catholic Church as long as there were no previous marriages. If there were previous marriages, the marriages would have to be nullified or annulled by the Church. Convalidation is usually done when there is a Catholic and non-Catholic union. The Church “recognizes and validates” the marriage union of the Catholic and non-Catholic spouses leaving the Catholic spouse in good standing with the Church... free to practice his/her faith.
Possibly...
I find it odd that men can think they speak for the Lord and demand all things must pass through those men in order for it to be right with the Lord.