A way needs to be found to reach out shepherd those individuals who have not only gone through a divorce, but those who have remarried and want to be in communion with the faith.
The process of nullity looks for a reason why a marriage was not valid from the beginning, but is is often a long and daunting task. A way to stream line the process would be very helpful.
The truth is that we loose many people because the divorce and remarry and have the idea that they are excommunicated. How painful it is to try to continue to come the mass and feel somehow marked or less Catholic because of live events.
I know a number of individual in this category, and eventually went to other faiths. We as a Church need to reach out those who are divorced and work to let them know that they not need to leave and that we are here to help them through their crisis. In the same way we help those who have lost a loved one to death. The end of a marriage bring up the same feelings, plus feeling of failure and guilt by letting God down. We must first let them know that God loves them, that he does what them to remain in the Church and that the Church will bring them once again into full union.
Deacon Frank
