Will my marriage be valid when I receive the Eucharist?

[ztupiq]

I am in RCIA now and before you know it will take communion. Here’s the thing I am married and we got married by the Justice of the Peace in 07. This is when my husband and I were both raging atheists. Now we are both Christians but hubby is not taking the step to Catholicism with me. This is our first marriage. Neither of us had to be previously divorced. So that’s the good thing.

Thing is my priest said “Once you take communion at the Easter Vigil your marriage is officially sacramental”

But Catholic friends of mine are telling me that is in no way how a marriage is blessed and he is mistaken about that concept. The marriage has to be blessed kind of on its own after the priest talks to us for a bit about different matters such as faith children etc.

But the priest said once I take the Eucharist at Easter all is said and done and I will not need my marriage blessed in any special manner.

Can I get some feedback please? Should I consult a second priest?

 

[Fr.Vincent_Serpa]

Hi,

The Catholic Church recognizes the marriages of non-Catholics as valid. If both people have been baptized, then the marriage is also a sacrament. Your marriage is already valid. You say that you are both Christians. If you have both been baptized, then your marriage is also sacramental by that fact. It’s baptism that makes it sacramental. Recieving the Eucharist does not affect the validity of the marriage,

If your husband has been baptized and you have not been baptized and are being baptized at the Easter Vigil, then by the time you receive the Eucharist your marriage will be sacramental because of your having just been baptized. This is the only way I can make any sense of what you have quoted your priest as haveing said. Your friends need some instructions on what makes a marriage valid and sacramental.

Fr. Vincent Serpa, O.P.