My Book of Faith: 17 The Holy Church and the Holy Sacraments

God's Introduction
Forword
SECTION I: Background
1. Meet The Author
2. How God Communicated with Me
SECTION II: The Story of Creation
1. The Origin and Nature of God
2. In The Beginning
  - The Creation of the World
  - The Life God Created
3. Life in Heaven
SECTION III: Our Separation from God
SECTION IV: Understanding Salvation
1. The Purpose, Life and Death of Jesus Christ
2. The Mystery that is Mary, Mother of God
  - Queen of Heaven and the Universe
3. The Path of Salvation
4. The Road Less Travelled
5. The Promises of Salvation
SECTION V: Building Your Relationship With God

Section 5 Building Your Relationship With God - 17 The Holy Church And The Holy Sacraments

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Question: The teaching of the church is that church marriage is necessary. Living together without marriage is a sin. What is your stand on this?

God’s answer:

Living in sin
Marriage is a formality. Love is what matters, faithful and forever.

Meaning: “Love is what matters, faithful and forever” is a take from a line from the song by Eric Carmen. Meaning pledging to a lifetime commitment and the quality of that commitment is what marriage is all about.

Question: Do you then recommend couples to go through the Sacrament of Marriage? Is there anything special given to them if they do?

God’s answer:

Church wedding
It is a pledge of honor. It is binding.

Question: What do you mean by binding?

God’s answer:

legally and morally

Question: What is your stand on legal separation or divorce?

God’s answer:

We are not meant to be
It hurts. Try and try again.

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Question: What do you mean by try and try again?

God’s answer:

Love and marriage
Don’t give up so easily.

Question: Are there situations when divorce or separation is warranted?

God’s answer:

Abusive relationships
Get out. There are no ifs, ands or buts about it.

Question: What kind of abuse?

God’s answer:

Physical, emotional and psychological

Question: What about the other reasons accepted by the Catholic church as grounds for annulment?

God’s answer:

It is what happens in the marriage that counts.

Note: Most grounds for annulment deal with pre-marriage conditions.

Question: So is abuse the only ground for divorce that is acceptable to you?

God’s answer:

That covers a lot of ground.

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