Question for Religion class

[arcd_71350]

Ok, I’m taking Sacramental Religion right now, and I’m stuck on a question for an assignment. This is what it says:

I used to be Catholic, but when my first marriage ended in divorce and I remarried again, the man-made laws of the Catholic Church told me I could not recieve Communion. They rejected me at a painful time in my life, so therefore I found another compassionate church who allowed me to reccieve communion with them.

What we have to is have to say “You are wrong because…”. The fact is, I have no idea about the church’s teachings about divorce, and why this is wrong. Can you guys help me out? Please? Thank you if you do!!

-Allison

 

[Cristiano]

Ok, I’m taking Sacramental Religion right now, and I’m stuck on a question for an assignment. This is what it says:

I used to be Catholic, but when my first marriage ended in divorce and I remarried again, the man-made laws of the Catholic Church told me I could not recieve Communion. They rejected me at a painful time in my life, so therefore I found another compassionate church who allowed me to reccieve communion with them.

What we have to is have to say “You are wrong because…”. The fact is, I have no idea about the church’s teachings about divorce, and why this is wrong. Can you guys help me out? Please? Thank you if you do!!

-Allison

You are wrong because the laws of the Catholic Church are not man made. You are wrong because you did not marry again. A divorce and a following civil celebration does not change the status of your first marriage. You are still married to the first woman to whom you promised “until death do us apart” and committing adultery with the second woman. Finally you are NOT receiving communion with another church even if they say so.

 

[Sarah245]

The Scriptures say that divorce and remarriage is the same as adultery. That’s why the Church teaches this. The way its been explained to me is, matrimony is a sacrament so it either never really was (annulment) or it always will be. This person is committing adultery and being unfaithful to his or her real (first) spouse. He or she is also not receiveing Jesus in Communion at some other church.

 

[DallasCatholic]

Ok, I’m taking Sacramental Religion right now, and I’m stuck on a question for an assignment. This is what it says:

I used to be Catholic, but when my first marriage ended in divorce and I remarried again, the man-made laws of the Catholic Church told me I could not recieve Communion. They rejected me at a painful time in my life, so therefore I found another compassionate church who allowed me to reccieve communion with them.

What we have to is have to say “You are wrong because…”. The fact is, I have no idea about the church’s teachings about divorce, and why this is wrong. Can you guys help me out? Please? Thank you if you do!!

-Allison

You have had some good responses and I would suggest reading the relevant sections of the Catechism of the Catholic Church and even the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

 

[jmcrae]

Ok, I’m taking Sacramental Religion right now, and I’m stuck on a question for an assignment. This is what it says:

I used to be Catholic, but when my first marriage ended in divorce and I remarried again, the man-made laws of the Catholic Church told me I could not recieve Communion. They rejected me at a painful time in my life, so therefore I found another compassionate church who allowed me to reccieve communion with them.

What we have to is have to say “You are wrong because…”. The fact is, I have no idea about the church’s teachings about divorce, and why this is wrong. Can you guys help me out? Please? Thank you if you do!!

-Allison

You are wrong because what God has put together (your first marriage), no one (not even a divorce court judge) can wrest asunder. You are still, and will always be, married to your first spouse, until death you do part, just as you vowed in the presence of God and the witnesses at your wedding. You said, “For better, for worse, in good times, in bad, in poverty and in wealth, and in sickness and in health.” That wasn’t just a pretty poem to recite; that was a promise for a lifetime of faithfulness.

It doesn’t matter which of you is “guilty” of the divorce - the fact remains that, even though you are separated right now, you will remain married to each other in the sight of God until one of you dies. The Church has no more power to change this reality than it has to change the colour of the sky, or the distance of the moon from the earth.

I’m sure it’s much more comfortable to be lied to and be told that your divorce and remarriage is okay, but when you go to the Judgement Day, you will find out differently - those promises you made on your first wedding day were made in the presence of the very same God who will judge you on the day that you die.

The Church’s job is to help you get to Heaven, but we would fail to do that, if we were to pretend that getting remarried after a divorce is okay.