tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21487528.post1299615318180588979..comments2023-08-19T23:23:19.849+10:00Comments on Sentire cum Ecclesia: The Unnecessary Divorce: Dr Bill DohertySchützhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05026181010471282505noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21487528.post-4483935290384792232009-09-04T22:54:52.000+10:002009-09-04T22:54:52.000+10:00Looks like good stuff. I ordered the Marriage book...Looks like good stuff. I ordered the Marriage book. Thanks for the post.Fraser Pearcehttp://epistolaeobscurorumvirorum.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21487528.post-54109048834130986402009-09-05T04:19:52.000+10:002009-09-05T04:19:52.000+10:00I think you're both right and wrong on this, d...I think you're both right and wrong on this, dear Tony!<br><br>Of course, if you're in a valid marriage, the grace of the sacrament should help - but we humans have a way of getting into terrible muddles, and, while marriages can be rebuilt even after pretty bad splits and even betrayals, that's not to say they usually are or can be short of heroism, conversation, patience and the rest. As I heard someone say, it will be hard to sort out some people's domestic complications even on the Day of Judgement.<br><br>Of course, as you know, it's actually more of an issue that so many marriages are found to be invalid - that is, annulled for reason of a serious defect. I have it as the opinion of Bp Anthony Fisher, former head of the Melbourne JPII Institute, that many marriages are invalid, that many these days are not entering into valid marriages because they don't even recognize what a marriage must be - a lifetime exclusive commitment to love that is open to life... In his opinion, and I share it, the great vocations crisis is not in regard to priesthood, but marriage.<br><br>I don't think annulments are very mysterious, however. One mustn't indulge in the fantasy of a sinister Church elite in possession of arcane knowledge: that's Dan Brown territory. If you wish to understand annulments, make some inquiries - but don't let the wife know, she might get anxious!Joshuahttp://psallitesapienter.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21487528.post-7128090628411030502009-09-09T04:05:56.000+10:002009-09-09T04:05:56.000+10:00Too right. Except that you mean, "a slow grow...Too right. Except that you mean, "a slow growing dissatisfaction with the marriage relationship."Louisehttp://www.pcv-louise.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com