tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post8938895647481384926..comments2024-02-14T03:56:12.027-08:00Comments on La Salette Journey: The truth....but only in small dosesPaul Anthony Melansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08455719838570381999noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-74022828514750936022010-02-17T13:55:06.135-08:002010-02-17T13:55:06.135-08:00Thank you for the kind note Alencon. Lovely French...Thank you for the kind note Alencon. Lovely French name. A civil divorce is not an annulment. An annulment is a decree issued by an appropriate Church authority or tribunal that an ecclesiastical act or sacrament is invalid and therefore lacking in all legal or canonical consequences (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1629).<br /><br />Certain canonical requirements must be met before an annulment may be considered valid. Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI have both warned that the annulment process has been abused. Particularly in the United States.<br /><br />Your comment seems to suggest that more than one priest has advised you to "move on." What exactly did they mean by this? Are they suggesting that you are free to marry again in the Church without an annulment?<br /><br />I certainly hope not.<br /><br />At any rate, I will keep you in my prayers. As St. Padre Pio used to say, "Pray and trust." When you feel lonely (and don't we all at times) think on Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane.Paul Anthony Melansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08455719838570381999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-88866170385014429212010-02-17T12:37:08.980-08:002010-02-17T12:37:08.980-08:00Thanks for this post, just what I needed to begin ...Thanks for this post, just what I needed to begin the Lenten journey as I often feel alone in being true to God's word. As of February 28 the world will call me divorced, but after almost 9 years of separation I know that I am called to be true to my marriage vows till death do us part. I scare the heck out of people, especially most priests I've talked to, for not getting on with my life. So I agree that the Church is small, not many wanting to carry their crosses. I'm the victim of the mess I made, but nothing is impossible for God.<br /> God Bless.Alenconnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-79934525715445476342010-02-17T09:00:16.336-08:002010-02-17T09:00:16.336-08:00Too many of our local priests and lay people have ...Too many of our local priests and lay people have embraced ideas and ideologies which contradict the Church's teaching because they want to "fit in" or are afraid of being seen as "not with it." Others are afraid they will come across as "religious fanatics." And so we have rampant abortion, the push to legalize sodomite marriage, and other evils which a true Catholic just cannot support in good conscience. Fr. Bruso is just one example of this.Stewartnoreply@blogger.com