[edited] correct me If I’m wrong about this) unless you have your marrage blessed by a priest, you’d be living in sin. Not trying to be harsh, but thats what this sounds like.
[edited] “Living in sin with my wife of 20 years” ??? Maybe you should come back down to Earth.
Well, maybe this new “living in sin” attitude will put some spice back into our marriage? My wife would slap you for saying that, so make sure that you only use that phrase while enjoying the safety of the Internet.
Well sorry, maybe your angry from two hours ago, I’m not completly sure of the details, but maybe you could start another thread on this. But i’m not going to push it anymore. I apologize if I angered you.Well, maybe this new “living in sin” attitude will put some spice back into our marriage? My wife would slap you for saying that, so make sure that you only use that phrase while enjoying the safety of the Internet.
Richard
The Christian life essentially entails following the laws and practices of God’s Church on Earth. I’m not privy to all the details, but why don’t you just… follow them?
To answer your question: Because my wife and I are more idealistic than than an arbitrary set of church laws.
Well, then why does it bother you what a priest does or does not do?
That is the point that was trying to be made. If your Marriage was not valid in the Church then you Haven’t had a wife the last 20 years, you have only been living with her outside of Marriage.Sorry for jumping in, but I was just trying to bring this thread back down into the real World that we live in. “Living in sin with my wife of 20 years” ??? Maybe you should come back down to Earth.
Richard
[edited] Although you have a legal, loving, and enduring marriage, you haven’t received the sacrament of Matrimony in the church. You are continuing in your refusal to take part in this sacrament which is a necessity for Catholics who live in a married relationship. Continuing in this refusal is a serious sin. That’s what we mean by ‘living in sin’. The priest can’t absolve you of this sin unless you repent and receive this sacrament. This should not be an unsurmountable obstacle unless you or your wife are bound to someone else from a former marriage.
Because my 90 year old mother still tells everyone that I am a Catholic. “Mom” is the word!
Hello Br. SFO,
What do you honestly expect the priest to do? He has to follow the laws of the Church (which are given by God; somebody didn’t just arbitrarily come up with them one day, because of having nothing better to do), even if you don’t think that you should have to.
Oh, you didn’t mention that, were you or your wife ever baptized Catholic?
Hello jmcrae,
It’s not “red tape” - it’s an actual situation, that you are still in.
What red tape are you referring to?
Being a “non-Practicing” Catholic does not exempt you from the Catholic Marriage laws. Being "baptized into a Protestant denomination does not changes anything. Most likely your Marriage is simply not a valid Marriage. This is the problem you are running into in Confession.