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George14
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Neb: I felt nothing but joy over your post and question, and since you’ve contacted the archdiocesan office, gotten a response, that you love your hubby, and that your wit and spirit are alive and well, I see nothing but GOOD in all you’re doing.
I was brought up in a household where religion was not spoken, but to be politically correct, my mother went to church and took me there - I sang in the choir for ten years from age 8 to age 16 - and I guess I sang every one of the eight different vocal parts of the Messiah, since it was our Easter offering each of those eight years…as my voice changed from first soprano year by year to second base at the ripe age of 16. 7 years later I joined the Catholic Church while I was overseas in military service, and it has been a 55 year “normal rollercoaster ride” ever since.
As a child I had ZERO instruction, ZERO sense of religious experience, and ZERO practice of religion in the home - mom and dad were honest people but did not “do” religion at all. I do honor their fidelity to honesty. I did not know if I had been validly baptized as an infant: I received a conditional baptism at my conversion and entrance into the CC.
So I know how life happens and our minds are impressionable, and that profound truths of faith are simply not something grasped by kids in environments where no one lives them.
You “did good” contacting the archdiocese and you can take whatever they told you to the bank. I believe that you should have no concerns about God recognizing your marriage as valid and that you are in good conscience in your relationship. As for the status of the marriage if “put to the test” at some time during your time with the RCIA program, in due time I’m sure it will be considered and dealt with appropriately without prejudice to your joy.
You go, girl!
I was brought up in a household where religion was not spoken, but to be politically correct, my mother went to church and took me there - I sang in the choir for ten years from age 8 to age 16 - and I guess I sang every one of the eight different vocal parts of the Messiah, since it was our Easter offering each of those eight years…as my voice changed from first soprano year by year to second base at the ripe age of 16. 7 years later I joined the Catholic Church while I was overseas in military service, and it has been a 55 year “normal rollercoaster ride” ever since.
As a child I had ZERO instruction, ZERO sense of religious experience, and ZERO practice of religion in the home - mom and dad were honest people but did not “do” religion at all. I do honor their fidelity to honesty. I did not know if I had been validly baptized as an infant: I received a conditional baptism at my conversion and entrance into the CC.
So I know how life happens and our minds are impressionable, and that profound truths of faith are simply not something grasped by kids in environments where no one lives them.
You “did good” contacting the archdiocese and you can take whatever they told you to the bank. I believe that you should have no concerns about God recognizing your marriage as valid and that you are in good conscience in your relationship. As for the status of the marriage if “put to the test” at some time during your time with the RCIA program, in due time I’m sure it will be considered and dealt with appropriately without prejudice to your joy.
You go, girl!
. Yeah, I don’t want to put my parents down, they are excellent parents. They just don’t get the ‘religion thing’. I definitely feel good about how things are going. Thanks for your kind words.
Actually, he was mistaken (in at least this bit, if not more) 
