Confession for a divorced person

» inspector74 - confession

I guess it is just as I thought; LIFE SENTENCE. You would think the Church has progressed enough to include past sinners Too. Bless every one! Steve F(inspector74)

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» catholicconvert - Re: help

In response to message posted by inspector74:

Hello there, Steve! I'm kind of confused by your post. From my understanding, Catholics who are simply divorced CAN receive both the Sacraments of Reconciliation (Confession) and Eucharist. It's only if they are divorced and re-married (while their first spouse is still alive) they can't receive these Sacraments.

With His Love,

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» inspector74 - Re: help

I wish you were right; but a priest has told me that I can't receive confession(sacrament) because
I have gotten divorced(broken a sacrament). I have to get an annulment;which is a family problem;I understand communion; but I guess I am being selfish with the confession and it involving
me personally. Thanks for your help! I keep hoping
the church will make some changes to help the millions of us who made these mistakes over the years. The older you get the more you realize the
mistakes you have made and there is very little you can do to help yourself without hurting your family again. Thanks for your help. Steve

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» catholicconvert - Re: Re: help

In response to message posted by inspector74:

Hello again, Steve! I've been doing some research on this issue, and I think your priest may be wrong, depending on the situation. According to the St. Joseph Foundation (which are experts on Church Law), you may receive communion even if you are divorced. However, if you remarry without obtaining a decree that your marriage is null, then you cannot receive communion. In other words, it depends on whether or not you have remarried since your divorce.

As for the confession issue, I have never heard that one cannot receive confession just because they have gotten a divorced. Now, if the person has remarried, then that is a different situation. You see, if a person is remarried after a divorce without an anullment, then in the eyes of the Church, they are committing adultery. And a person cannot confess a sin that they are continuing to live in, because of the lack of repentance. So, once again, this issue depends on whether or not you have remarried since your divorce.

But anyway, Steve, since you have not shared whether or not you have remarried since your divorce (and it's not really any of my business), I really don't know which category you would fall under. But from what I have researched, if you have not remarried since your divorce, according to Church Law, you should be able to partake of the Sacraments of Confession and Eucharist.

I hope that helps! :-)

With His Love,

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» inspector74 - responce for help

Thank you very much for your help and hope. I talked to another priest and he agreed that I could receive the act of confession and I did.
Steve

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» catholicconvert - Re: responce for help

In response to message posted by inspector74:

You're welcome, Steve. I'm glad I could help! :-) May God continue to bless you!

With His Love,

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» Augustine60 - Divorce/remarriage/annulment

In 1985 I remarried having been divorced after 27 years of marriage. Some years later I was advised by a Roman Catholic priest officiating at my late mother's interment to seek an annulment.
On what grounds can I get an annulment after a consummated marriage of 27 years standing produced 5 wonderful children?
Rather than be deprived of the Sacraments I became an Anglican (Episcopalian?). I don't go to confession but I do receive communion. I am not happy about this.
I'm 72 years old now and soon I guess I'll have to meet my maker ... do you have any advice for me?

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» Ser54 - Re: Divorce/remarriage/annulment

In response to message posted by Augustine60:

Hi There,
In reply to one of the e-mails. I once posed a question to my mother which was that if you are sinning, and you are sorry it hurts God, but you know you'll probably continue doing it, does it make sense to go to confession? She took it to her prayer group and they discussed it and they decided that it was probably best if you did, and confessed the sin if you were sorry that this sin hurt God.....that way you'd be forgiven for hurting Him but not necessarily for the sin. Any comments?

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» Ser54 - Armenian Orthodox Catholics vs. Roman Catholics

Hi there,

I have a question which no one has been able to answer so I decided to put it to the experts.

In June 2003 I got engaged to a wonderful man, but there is one major problem. He's married and separated from his wife and has a daughter who is going to be 2 in December.

He got married in the Armenian Catholic Orthodox church (his wife is Armenian Catholic Orthodox) a year and a half ago. He is going through a divorce in the courts right now.

My question is, in order for me to marry him, would we need to apply for an annulment or is it not necessary because he was married in the Armenian Catholic Orthodox Church and not the Roman Catholic Church?

I guess the basis of the question is also is the Catholic Armenian Orthodox church a part of the Roman Catholic recognizedrecognised as such?

I was doing a bit of research on websiteon a website I found (sorry I don't have the URL address...) It stated the following about the head of the Armenian Orthodox Catholic Church:

Who is the head of the ArmeniaCatholicos The Catholicos is the leader of the Armenian Church; currently it iKarekinolineCatholicos II, Catholicos of All Armenians. HCatholicos32nd Catholicos.

To my understanding it means that they aren't a part of the Roman Catholic Church because their leader of the church is not the Pope. Am I right?

If anyone knows a suitable person to ask please feel free to suggest someone because I have no clue who to ask. I triedeto see if I could e mail someone at the Vatican itself but being completely inept can'websitee out their website, so ... any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

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» red600 - Re: help

In response to help posted by inspector74:

why should they,the person went against the church. if we had to keep changing the rules of our religion we won't have any. its bad enough already we have changed so much. we need to keep a united front and let people know we are strong. de

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