3 Questions

[Emly]

What is meant when one talks about the “Euchorestic species”? And as we are dijesting the host, and Christ leaves, what happens to the host?

My other question was if a Christan devorses, his remairred by a a minister and they think their married, how does the Chucrth beiw this (the Christans are not Catholic, and do not know the fullness of the truth).

My last question is if it is correct to say “a saint is not judged on how many times they fall, but how many times they get up”?

 

[LilyM]

Hi!

I’ll let other people answer the marriage question, they probably know more than I do, but I’ll answer the other two.

‘Eucharistic species’ refers to the fact that we have the Eucharist in the forms of bread and wine - these two forms (the bread and the wine) are the two ‘species’ of the Eucharist.

And your last quote is very true (in fact I think I might print it out and stick it up on my wall!). I can think of two of our saints - Saint Mary Magdalene and Saint Margaret of Cortona - who are really good examples of this attitude. You might want to google them and read their life stories, very interesting.

 

[kleary]

Emly:

My other question was if a Christan devorses, his remairred by a a minister and they think their married, how does the Chucrth beiw this (the Christans are not Catholic, and do not know the fullness of the truth).

If the Christian divorces and re-marries another they are commiting adultery because no one can get re-married unless the Catholic Church grants an annulment. An annulment is a decree from the Catholic Church that states the previous marriage never existed.

Since the Christian in question who got divorced is not Catholic then there is a grey area of the Christian committing mortal sin by re-marrying. In order for the sin to be mortal sin the person must have full knowledge of what he is doing is wrong and commit it anyway. At least that is what I think.

Ken

 

[Atreyu]

If the Christian’s former spouse dies before the Christian gets remarried, then this is ok (I think). If a Christian gets divorced, then the only option is celibacy (unless the marriage can be anulled), as long as the former spouse lives. God hates divorce. Hopefully this may even compel the couple to get back together!

 

[Emly]

Does the same go for a devorsed non christan who enters the catholic faith, and wants to marry a Catholic? What about a devorse Chrsitan who turns catholic?

Thanks