Posted on 11/04/2014 10:45:38 AM PST by sitetest
The day my soul became Catholic was the day I found out that as a divorced and remarried woman I could not receive Communion. Tears of sorrow and joy flowed. Sorrow because I had by then grasped the truth of transubstantiation, only to find I couldn’t consume, and joy because at last we found the ground of real authority—his Church, the one he founded, the one tasked to keep all he taught her Apostles.
I came to Catholicism from Calvinism. That’s a tough row to hoe if there ever was one. It was that prescient and beautiful encyclical Humanae Vitae which softened my heart to the Catholic Church. After that, I couldn’t get enough. I wanted to hear what the Church believed in her own words. And so I kept reading—Theology of the Body, Familiaris Consortio, Mulieris Dignitatem, and Church documents significant to those of us coming from the Reformed tradition.
Because I had been divorced, and because another family member recently left his marriage after forty-three years, our children had many doubts and questions about marriage. One day around the dinner table one of the kids voiced their anxiety, stating in our presence that “you never know” if both mom and dad will be there for you as you grow up.
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Good explanation. Thanks.
I responded to your concern in post 25.
Thanks.
sitetest
It seems to me such an ugly, ungodly, carnal comment might come from a religious Calvinist, but not from a genuine Christian walking in the Spirit.
she did neither...she took a personal vow of virginity early in life.....and she had no need to sin an d was protected from doing so....pretty easy job for her kid!
Cross-post, LOL.
Maybe I’ll learn to read the entire thread before posting. :-)
Why start now? It’s not the FR way! LOL.
WOW, protestants have it easy...I have to get my butt out of bed and actually drive a few miles to church to attend Mass and receive the Body and Blood of Jesus as He told us to do.....Who knew that I could do it myself in my own kitchen....thanks for the deep religious insight!!!
nonsense
she did neither...she took a personal vow of virginity early in life.....and she had no need to sin an d was protected from doing so....pretty easy job for her kid!
Good one! ;-)
Does anyone see anything wrong with that?
WOW, protestants have it easy...I have to get my butt out of bed and actually drive a few miles to church to attend Mass and receive the Body and Blood of Jesus as He told us to do.....Who knew that I could do it myself in my own kitchen....thanks for the deep religious insight!!!
We do it more often at home than our church does it.
she has achieved the ultimate in Christianity...the ONLY true and complete christian church in existance...Catholicism.
” So the way to be allowed to partake again ...”
I guess that might seem a possibility, but I’m guessing the “contrition” part might be a bit superficial, and the absolution wouldn’t really “take”.
they winked and nodded and received the Eucharist invalidly and sinfully....
Does his new “wife” get a family discount on pickles?
A repentant murderer on death row would be given Communion. An unrepentant murderer probably wouldn't even seek Communion, and it would be wrong to give it to him should he ask.
Conversely, the remarried divorce[e] is not repentant (save in the case where the two have agreed to live without marital relations). Let's be clear: it is not the divorce that was necessarily the sin. It was the attempted remarriage that was the sin, and the sin is renewed each time the remarried person has sex with his or her new “spouse.” It is adultery.
Thus, there is no question of forgiveness. Forgiveness is always available, but it really and truly helps if one acknowledges one’s guilt, and makes some purpose to try to amend one’s life. You know, something about, “Go and sin no more.”
It is nonsense to say that the remarried couple have repented of the sin of the on-going adultery if they don't even acknowledge that it is a continuing sin for them to engage in marital relations.
"Go[ing] and sin[ning] no more" would include separating from the second "marriage."
For those who find themselves remarried, if changing their marital status would cause harm to subsequent children, the couple must do their best to renounce engaging in “marital” relations, and live with each other in continence, as brother and sister. Then, they may freely receive Communion.
sitetest
it is not withheld for divorce, it is for divorce AND REMARRIAGE. Homosexuality if fine as long as you do not actively live a homosexual lifestyle...abortion is never O.K. except to save the life of the mother.
....LOL....send me a bill...... :)
roll eyes..........how absurd.
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