Do I need to have my marriage blessed?

[Manphibian]

Hi. I joined the Church last Easter Vigil as a convert from the Baptist faith. I am married with children, but my wife and kids still remain Baptists. I heard a Canon Lawyer recently on Catholic Answers Live and I became confused. He seemed to be telling someone in a similar situation that they needed to have their marriage blessed before recieving Eucharist. I had never heard this before, what do I do?

 

[Fr.Vincent_Serpa]

Hi,

No, you do not have to have your marriage blessed. The Catholic Church recognized the marriages between non Catholics and valid.

If, however, your wife were a Catholic and married you outside of the Catholic Church, the Church would not recognize it the marriage as valid and you would have to have it blessed.

Fr. Vincent Serpa, O.P.