Hello,
It’s been on my heart that I should seek contact with other Catholics who are married to Protestants or other non-Catholic (or non-Christian) spouses.
I would like to ask some questions about your experiences with certain matters and insight regarding your faith differences in the marriage.
Please let me know if you are open to private messaging about this- I would greatly appreciate it. Otherwise, please feel free to share your experience/insight in general!
Thank you!
Salutations
My parents, God rest their souls, we’re a mixed marriage. My Dad was Methodist Episcopal. Mom Catholic. The Catholic Church was 2 blocks away and being Catholic was easy and a treasure. Dad was allowed to be God parent for one of my nieces because he raised us Catholic. I ended being the cheese that stood alone. I married an Irish Catholic.
He doesn’t go to mass. The scandals did him in.
It’s hard to recall that evil was in the first church w Judas. But that was his destiny. It was our lesson to always look up in worship, not side to side. BUT, it was our lesson w the scandals to be alert with all activities in which we place our children.Nothing, NOTHING in which we place our children is to be a babysitter. We must be involved to know our priests and leaders. The BLT killer was a deacon in his church. Cheerful, aren’t I. Sorry, the things in the world in these last days are horrible. Catholics do not have a monopoly on scandals. We’ve had children molested in Protestant churches around here.
Back to mixed marriages. CHRISTIAN TO Christian should be no problem. Though some churches teach Catholicism is a cult. Now, it can be so bad, the Protestant wouldn’t marry you if you were Catholic,
If we are Christians, it is a few parables or verses that divide us. We have extra Deuterconical books that the Protestants didn’t keep. They didn’t think they were Holy Spirit inspired and we did. I showed a Baptist ministers wife, Wisdom chapter 3, and she used it in her memorial pamphlet when he died. I don’t think he turned over in his grave. He suffered w cancer and it talks of being tested in the fires and were proven to be pure gold…then, more praise for the victory.
Mt grandfather had to convert to marry my grandmother. He hated Catholics after that. His kids all went to Catholic school and mass but he would break rosaries if he found them. I did get a brave priest to visit him in the hospital when he was dying.
I heard from the nurses, there was no fighting or profanity heard. I didn’t live there to recheck w priest.
Jewish mixed can be respectible. First I’d cherish his worship form, as it was Jesus’s. I’d learn to cook Kosher. In Thessalonians, I think, it says,“THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU.” THe Jews don’t realize they are ISRAEL. They are looking for a perfect, red Bull as a sign of the Messiah coming. It is a politician who will bring peace between Israel and Palestine. MY PEACE I GIVE YOU, MY PEACE I LEAVE YOU. Israel already has peace, if they accept Jesus as Yeshua Hamishshia.
But each spouse has the right to worship our God in their format. Can’t give percent of conversions, but they do happen.
Satanism and Wiccan, surely no Christian would align themselves with them
Islam is difficult for many reasons, some cultural,i.e. male dominance. If kid’s get too Westernly, a Dad killed his 2 teenage daughters as honor killings.
The Catholic would be asked to convert.
So, it depends on the individuals. My daughter was raised Catholic. When her husband was killed in Iraq in 2007, she became an atheist. If there was a God, He would have saved him.
Point here, 2 people marry, everything aligned as church would want, and life’s circumstances change their hearts. POOF!! Then, pray. best to not be unequally yoked. But return to previous sentence about change w lifes journey. PM ME.
THAT’S ALL I GOT.
in Christ’s love
Tweedlealice
