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oldgraymare2
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Hi Adam,
I understand that this can be a sensitive issue to discuss, and I’m not here to “hit a nerve” with anyone on the forum, so to speak.
I’m just relating my own experiences here, and sharing them with others on the forum.
I personally think and believe that this is an issue that the couple really has to work out for themselves, before they get married.
Certainly things can change in the marriage once children come along. I wouldn’t take it for granted that everything would stay the same for anyone who is facing this issue.
We both took our Pre-Cana meetings very seriously. We had to meet with the pastor both individually and then together, too, over a period of several weeks.
I’m trying to think of how to explain this for our own cirmcumstances…
It was obvious to the two of us that we had differences in faith, and that we were going to discuss them. To us, it was something that we felt enriched each other, and that it was not something that was divisive to us. I personally think that it just depends on how you look at things, going in.
I think that you can either look at it as an obstacle to overcome, or you can look at it as each other’s faiths enriching each other’s lives.
I grew up in a mixed-faith household too, so that probably influenced me as well. To this day, I try to remain very open-minded when it comes to other faiths and other people, as well.
In my husband’s family, we were not the first couple to marry outside of the faith.
I can tell you that if anything in my own marriage, my husband has become more interested in the Catholic faith as we have been married.
That’s just how it has been for me, personally.
I understand that this can be a sensitive issue to discuss, and I’m not here to “hit a nerve” with anyone on the forum, so to speak.
I’m just relating my own experiences here, and sharing them with others on the forum.
I personally think and believe that this is an issue that the couple really has to work out for themselves, before they get married.
Certainly things can change in the marriage once children come along. I wouldn’t take it for granted that everything would stay the same for anyone who is facing this issue.
We both took our Pre-Cana meetings very seriously. We had to meet with the pastor both individually and then together, too, over a period of several weeks.
I’m trying to think of how to explain this for our own cirmcumstances…
It was obvious to the two of us that we had differences in faith, and that we were going to discuss them. To us, it was something that we felt enriched each other, and that it was not something that was divisive to us. I personally think that it just depends on how you look at things, going in.
I think that you can either look at it as an obstacle to overcome, or you can look at it as each other’s faiths enriching each other’s lives.
I grew up in a mixed-faith household too, so that probably influenced me as well. To this day, I try to remain very open-minded when it comes to other faiths and other people, as well.
In my husband’s family, we were not the first couple to marry outside of the faith.
I can tell you that if anything in my own marriage, my husband has become more interested in the Catholic faith as we have been married.
That’s just how it has been for me, personally.