Receiving Eucharist while still feeling hurt by wife

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A few days ago my wife hurt my feelings VERY deeply, and I still haven’t gotten over it. Tomorrow, when we go to Mass, how can I sincerely say “Peace be with you,” and partake in Holy Communion, without “bringing judgement upon” myself?
 
What would Jesus do? I would forgive her without her apology. She is your wife; wives are allowed to hurt you.
 
What would Jesus do? I would forgive her without her apology. She is your wife; wives are allowed to hurt you.
Sounds simple…but you’re not living through it.

True, I should forgive, but “I ain’t no saint.” I don’t think I can bring myself to do it within the next hour.
 
Perhaps ponder on the scene with the Adulteress…and Jesus’ words to the crowd.
“Let he who is without sin cast the first stone”…
Also there is Jesus concern that we try to remove the splinter from the eye of another while ignoring our own “plank”.

In each of these cases we are called to consider our own sinfulness and the times we have failed - and in that failing - hurt others.

Something to consider…

Also please remember that, as you offer peace to others at mass, the whole congregation is offering peace to you. Can you accept it?

Hold off deciding whether to receive…Go to mass…pray and consider…let God’s Love envelope you and soften your heart. Then decide whether you should receive communion and the graces attached to the sacrament.

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James
 
I think it’s ok to “fake it 'til you make it” kind of thing. Give her the sign of peace as if you really want to and let your feelings be in Gods hands. He knows our hurts and our humanness and is more honoured by our rising above those things, than us denying them.
 
A few days ago my wife hurt my feelings VERY deeply, and I still haven’t gotten over it. Tomorrow, when we go to Mass, how can I sincerely say “Peace be with you,” and partake in Holy Communion, without “bringing judgement upon” myself?
are you hanging on to your anger?

What did she say when you told her how deeply hurt you were? Did she apologize? Don’t assume she knows how you feel.
 
I hope you were at peace about what to do for this Mass.

Its not a sin to feel angry. Scripture says, “Be angry, but sin not.”

People have good reason to feel angry. Sometimes its a signal you have been trespassed upon in a way you should not. Perhaps your dignity, in this case. Ignoring trespasses is not what we are called to do, but we are called to forgive them. In fact if you don’t acknowledge your own hurt - and anger is a signal that something is amiss, and sometimes you need to sit with it awhile to understand it in yourself - then your forgiveness means little. And if you habitually ignore the trespasses of a habitual trespasser in your life, someone who steps on your dignity regularly, then you are training that person to sin, and you are assisting them in becoming worse in sinning. And that’s not good.

So go ahead and be angry. Just don’t sin. So, you don’t start planning retribution, i.e. Confess you anger to Our Lord and ask Him to give you wisdom to know what to do with it.

We are called to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. So you can pray for your wife when you are hurting by something she said, and that is an act of charity, or love, the love that you are called to give her. It does not mean you have to feel nice and lovey toward her right after she has offended you. It means acts of love. Like prayers for her.
 
A few days ago my wife hurt my feelings VERY deeply, and I still haven’t gotten over it. Tomorrow, when we go to Mass, how can I sincerely say "Peace be with you
Morality is not about forcing yourself into an emotional state. If you make an act of will to ask peace upon your wife, out of obedience, because the Lord requires you to put his desire ahead of yours and you know the Lord desires His peace to come to rest upon her, that is sufficient. (And in some ways, it is more praiseworthy than wishing peace on someone who has been pleasing you, isn’t it?)

One of the best things for a marriage is to say “Lord , you love her, because I can’t.” I have never made this kind of request and been refused. Try that.
 
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