tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post6245206855531609056..comments2024-03-05T14:07:28.062-08:00Comments on Ask Sister Mary Martha: Wedding PoliceSister Mary Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580244097177195453noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-20593130615519479132009-12-14T14:22:04.671-08:002009-12-14T14:22:04.671-08:00SMM,
Thank you for another good bit of advice. I ...SMM,<br />Thank you for another good bit of advice. I love your point about our need to be loving, and show a good example. So many times it is so easy for us to be judgemental. The sin of pride is a dangerous one, and I find one more challenging to conquer than others.Tamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13545454885908647405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-64193314874894894992009-12-13T13:30:05.203-08:002009-12-13T13:30:05.203-08:00To Defensive Husband
I can see where you're c...To Defensive Husband<br /><br />I can see where you're coming from for sure, but I offer you this.<br /><br />If Auntie has converted to a denomination, is the fact that she's divorced still a problem?<br /><br />I am not certain of the answer but I offer that to you.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08433061807436268115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-36927647818534229122009-12-12T04:56:50.579-08:002009-12-12T04:56:50.579-08:00There are a lot of people who if it is not a probl...There are a lot of people who if it is not a problem can make it a problem.<br /><br />My father was one of them. At the age of 85 he wondered if his mother had an affair with her German boyfriend and his father was really German instead of the Irish one of record. When I asked him what difference did it matter now he got angry at me. ???????<br /><br />Go figure !!!!Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714440790407126206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-64327146466345400392009-12-09T19:18:02.253-08:002009-12-09T19:18:02.253-08:00As the husband of the much-maligned poster, I'...As the husband of the much-maligned poster, I'd like the opportunity to respond.<br /><br />We appreciate the emphasis on charity, but perhaps the central difficulty is being lost in the details. It ain't the Protestant thing or even the unchastity thing.<br /><br />This is the problem: Dear Old Auntie's marrying a divorced man -- that is, another man's wife, according to Jesus. Or at least, maybe she is -- we don't have the eyes of God to evaluate his first marital consent and they don't have canon lawyers to grant annulments (that's the point of the Protestant thing).<br /><br />"Everyone" in the family doesn't care about live-in boyfriends and the like. My wife did not speak up about it, maybe due to lack of charity, mostly because the whole family already thinks my wife's a prude for being interested in quaints notions like chastity and natural family planning.<br /><br />We (my wife and I) have always tolerated their live-in status, never celebrated it. We thought that was a loving response, if perhaps a cowardly one, and we hoped they would grow out of their "living in sin" phase and get married -- before we knew he was divorced. <br /><br />Where we aren't yet at peace is celebrating their arguably polygamous marriage; we would again tolerate it and continue to love them, hoping for the best (that the first marriage is not still going on in the eyes of God).<br /><br />But we could get to be at peace, I suppose. Reminding us that charity is primary and "cooperation with evil" a secondary concern is helpful. So thank you.Defensive Husbandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-21130765850604095022009-12-09T07:53:31.420-08:002009-12-09T07:53:31.420-08:00"Where was everybody while she was living in ..."Where was everybody while she was living in with the live in boyfriend? is what I'd like to know. Suddenly, the wedding is a problem?"<br /><br />Oh, SISTER! This is why I love you so much!!Tiennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315891571577431883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-86123727170572479852009-12-09T07:44:33.853-08:002009-12-09T07:44:33.853-08:00Excellent post. And I like the hat on "your&...Excellent post. And I like the hat on "your" photo.Junosmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13855881312654998692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-12350219884549045602009-12-08T14:29:22.982-08:002009-12-08T14:29:22.982-08:00Great advice! :)Great advice! :)Moniquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05313000117214998957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-34014695996428676032009-12-08T12:56:54.838-08:002009-12-08T12:56:54.838-08:00I'm glad that's settled! Sister, my secr...I'm glad that's settled! Sister, my secretary suffers from hives. I've researched whether there is a patron saint for the cure from hives, but can only find a patron for skin disease (St. Peregrine or St. Lazarus of Dives). Those hives are almost a hopeless cause for her, but I wouldn't want to give her a St. Jude medal -- i think that would depress her. Any saint who helps those with hives??Gardeniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01425036479074701700noreply@blogger.com