Now I am angry....

I have JUST read farther down on this page, and I am furious. All bolded areas below are MY emphasis. I will be inserting MY comments in between what is written.

"There is hope to be found in the number of persons who return to the Church to have their marriages rectified."

....many return after having been in adulterous relationships, divorcing their spouse AGAINST the WILL of the spouse, marrying civilly, and NOW WANT THE CHURCH TO SANCTION ADULTERY??? WHAT ABOUT THE "INNOCENT" Spouse who firmly believes that the first marriage was/is VALID and LIVES their vows in accordance with Canon Law and Scripture, AND CATHOLIC TEACHING?

"Couples in Troubled Marriages
Parishes could provide financial assistance, if needed, so that couples in trouble can seek counseling. What kind of affordable and professional counseling is available locally to assist people when they first hit the "bumps in the road"?

The Bishops could consider creating particular law for the United States that would require (potestas coactivae) Catholics to approach the Church prior to initiating a civil divorce. This suggestion is rooted in numerous studies of cohort failure, which strongly suggest that if couples had sought counseling when problems arose, before seeking a civil divorce, a large percentage of the marriages surveyed would not have ended in divorce."

THERE IS ALREADY CANON LAW THAT SPECIFIES EXACTLY THIS!! WHY IS IT NOT BEING FOLLOWED?????

"d. Divorced Catholics
Divorced Catholics often feel like "second class Catholics." Many feel disconnected from their parish communities. Many are unsure about their status in the Church. Many petitions for nullity are really petitions to receive Holy Communion."

YES, THOSE OF US LIVING OUR VOWS AFTER CIVIL NO FAULT FORCED DIVORCE WITH NO SUPPORT FROM ANYONE IN OUR CHURCH, ESPCIALLY HERE IN THE USA CERTAINLY DO FEEL LIKE "SECOND CLASS CATHOLICS"!!!!!
BUT, I am NOT uncertain about my right to recieve the Eucharist, because I AM LIVING MY VOWS, and NOT in an adulterous second union. I have NOT deserved to be forced into divorce by unconstitutional laws that began to invade our nation in the same year that ROE and DOE became the 'law of the land'... EQUALLY as evil, EQUALLY from the PIT OF HELL ITSELF.

"Parishes could be encouraged to establish support groups for separated and divorced persons. The experience of civil divorce is immensely hurtful and painful. Church leaders should seize the opportunity to minister to people who have recently suffered a divorce and offer them the healing and closure for which they yearn."

HOW ABOUT OFFERING THE INFORMATION THAT THEY ARE CALLED to be RECONCILED TO THEIR SPOUSE???? By Canon Law, by Church Teaching, by Tradition, by JESUS Himself, and by St Paul in 1 Cor 7!!

Several dioceses have developed systems of lay advocates who work in parishes to assist persons in troubled marriages and Catholics who are already divorced. Their ministry helps to put a face of compassion on the work of the marriage tribunal.

They HAVE already formed those 'groups'... so called help, but they promote society's teaching on life after divorce NOT THE CHURCH teaching.

Furthermore, they do NOT discourage dating, do NOT prepare anyone for the possibility that their marriage is VALID, and DO NOT HELP THOSE OF US WHO ACCEPT THAT GOD HATES DIVORCE, THAT OUR VOWS WERE TIL DEATH DO US PART, AND THEREFORE, CANNOT AND WILL NOT PETITION TO HAVE OUR VERY VALID MARRIAGES ANNULED!! This is a FALSE spirit of compassion that does NOT TEACH TRUTH!

One canonist suggested that the church declare a year of amnesty, in which needed annulments could be granted and persons could begin anew.

HOW DARE HE!!

I HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE HEARD, and I HAVE THE RIGHT TO PETITION THE ROTA AS THE COURT OF SECOND INSTANCE!!

I HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXPECT MY CHURCH TO UPHOLD MY MARRIAGE AS VALID JUST AS CATHERINE OF ARAGON DID WHEN HENRY TRIED TO GET OUT OF THEIRS!! I

HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE RESPECTED, and NOT handed a false NULL DECISION based on a 'VERY FALSE SPIRIT OF COMPASSION' that will put MANY in HELL.

Divorced persons should be properly prepared if they want to enter into marriage again.

DIVORCED PERSONS SHOULD BE PROPERLY PREPARED FOR THE VERY REAL POSSIBILITY THAT THEY ARE ALREADY IN A FIRST (and only) MARRIAGE THAT CANNOT BE PUT ASSUNDER BY ANY MAN, including the US TRIBUNALS, and that they are already IN the only marriage that they can be in until DEATH (NATURAL, in God's time) parts them!!

(To murder a spouse in order to marry another is CRIMEN, and makes them unable to marry in the Church).

They should be properly taught that adultery (JESUS' WORDS) is a SIN that PREVENTS one from ENTERING HEAVEN!

STOP FEELING SORRY FOR THOSE WHO SHOULD NOT BE PITIED, but need to be led out of sin~BEGIN SPEAKING TRUTH!!!

"MY PEOPLE PERISH FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE!!"

God bless! Lord, Have MERCY on us!