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David_Rich21
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My wife and I plan to do Marriage Encounter this weekend. What have been some of your experiences and how has it impacted your marriage?
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sarahraegraham
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My husband and I went to one last summer. It boils down to both of you daily getting in touch with and expressing your feelings to each other without judgment. A lot of communication problems in marriage and hurt feelings come from not expressing them and/or not being heard by your partner.
We do not “do” (and never did) their techniques after the weekend. However, the work that you do over the weekend opens you up about things that you would not otherwise talk about, serious issues and emotions. We did a lot of crying, and snuggling.
It was an experience that we would do again. I think it’s always good to continually get into the meat and potatoes of your marriage like that.
Word of caution though… Our experience as far as the Mass was AWFUL. There were a number of illicit things going on, like no kneeling at consecration, readings not done according to the rubrics, prayers of the faithful open to what anyone wanted to shout out (and one woman asked us to prayer for a friend who was having in-vitro that it would be successful)… Yeah, when we go again (which I’m sure we will), we will skip all masses and go to a local church. That type of thing will depend on your particular encounter, though.
I also found the communal meals long and irritating, but I am a natural introvert and don’t like being around people I don’t know in that kind of situation.
Go, dig into your marriage, take the good, leave the bad. In the end, it was really worth it.
We do not “do” (and never did) their techniques after the weekend. However, the work that you do over the weekend opens you up about things that you would not otherwise talk about, serious issues and emotions. We did a lot of crying, and snuggling.
It was an experience that we would do again. I think it’s always good to continually get into the meat and potatoes of your marriage like that.Word of caution though… Our experience as far as the Mass was AWFUL. There were a number of illicit things going on, like no kneeling at consecration, readings not done according to the rubrics, prayers of the faithful open to what anyone wanted to shout out (and one woman asked us to prayer for a friend who was having in-vitro that it would be successful)… Yeah, when we go again (which I’m sure we will), we will skip all masses and go to a local church. That type of thing will depend on your particular encounter, though.
I also found the communal meals long and irritating, but I am a natural introvert and don’t like being around people I don’t know in that kind of situation.
Go, dig into your marriage, take the good, leave the bad. In the end, it was really worth it.
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sjg4Him
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Mh husband and I went a year ago. We have been married for 27 years.It was the best thing for our marriage ever. a lot of talking and concentrating on each other on the weekend. You do have to put up with others peoples personalities on the weekend but the focus should be on the two of you. My husband never went to Mass with me before the Marriage encounter weekend and has not missed a Sunday since. He was Confirmed at Easter. Great Blessings. As Christians, our job is to get our spouse to Heaven and blessings and grace from learning tools to improve your marriage is a great help.
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