Monsignor Pope column from OSV ping!
We see many seemingly happy people who molest children, rob banks, and defraud investors. What is this guy's perspective on this?
Msgr. Pope is so amazing, he is so clear, so full of light.
He addresses this horrible trend and dilemma of society with rock-solid moral teaching and logic but in a gentle yet firm manner that we can imagine Jesus, Himself would administer.
This one is worth more than bookmarking, it deserves printing out and framing for the wall.
Saved May 24, 1971.
Marriage ended in 1972 with man's Court divorce decree.
A marriage, sad or happy, once consummated, lasts as long as both shall live, ends only when death parts them.
Never committed the sin of remarriage adultery.
The Lord Jesus and The Holy Ghost are my intimate Comforters, forever.
Never alone.
Only in the RCC tradition is it a sin for my wife to marry me and considered to live in adultery after she divorced her monster of a first husband who beat her daily, was a drunk and whoremonger...she married him stupidly when she was 19 and in a bad home situation...
Oh...we have been very happily married for 38 years....
Thankfully, she was not raised a RC inspite of her father being one...
All people are fallible, mistake makers. Why is the one mistake of choosing
a bad spouse unforgivable?
A second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.
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What if your wife divorces you? Also must note that Jesus walked the Earth under the Old Covenant - the New Covenant started when he arose from the dead.
Marriages, 1st bad, 2nd not so bad, 3rd great for 40+ yrs. Are these rules from clergy who never married? Did God say this all about 1 marriage or was it a living breathing Man who was quoted? I bet God didn’t have a wife. His mother probably never approved of any women he brought home. LOL, my mother thought she was God when I brought any girl home, until the last one. 1st Marriage, too soon to young, 2nd, rebound, third perfect match. #4? I think not, I’m done now. I never asked for it, I was an atomic age kid, grew up in the American Dream family time, wife,job, house 2 kids, but it took me 37 yrs to find a Mrs. Cleaver.
I escaped infidelity and my wife escaped infidelity and abuse.
We celebrate 45 years this April.
Second time was the CHARM for me
Do not marry the wrong woman. Think twice. Ask questions
And once you have kids. It’s all about them not you anymore
They grow up and then model you
Thank you for sharing.
yep, what about the children, often the victims of divorce..how about their happiness?
I know someone who is on his 4th marriage and still serves as a lector and receives Holy Communion every week..
Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, blame on me.