Tag: 婚配聖事

My girl feels guilty in getting married in a Catholic Church as they may plan not to have children. This would forbidden them to a Catholic matrimony. Is it true?

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The Church believes that a marriage must contain four essential elements, that it must be free consent of both parties, that their gift to each other is total, that they will be faithful to each other until death, and that they are open to life. Formal refusal to accept or practise one of them would make the marriage defective, and is considered grounds for annulment. If one or more parties refuse to agree to one of these elements before the marriage, the priest will not be allowed to marry them.

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A practising Catholic will be marrying a non-practicing Catholic (who may not believe in God anymore) in the Catholic Church. Can they have a Nuptial Mass with the non-practicing Catholic not receiving Communion? Since sacraments should be received in a state of grace, and the non-practicing one obviously is not in such a state, what does it mean for the non-practicing one to receive the sacrament in that state? Will the non-practicing Catholic still receive the grace of Matrimony?

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This question is one of the several reasons why the Catholic Church stipulates an extended period of time for marriage preparation, typically one year before the wedding day. The first step for the couple to take is not to shop for banquet halls or churches or exotic locations, but to sit down with their pastor so he can assess their needs.

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我的代女在澳洲認識了一位沒有信仰的男士,他是澳藉華人，多年前與一位來自中國的女士結了婚，並育有一孩子。怎料太太原來只是藉結婚而獲得居民身份，一得到了就離婚，並和以前相識的男友結婚及讓他入藉，拋下家庭從此失蹤。代女愛上這忠實的男孩，並和他結婚後留下生活，現在也有小朋友。她仍有去聖堂，但不能領聖體，也不敢問當地的外籍神父，並為自己的處境耿耿於懷。孩子日漸長大，而且好奇的問她為何不領聖體。想請問程神父，她怎樣才可以領聖體？

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你的代女的丈夫因為曾經結婚，雖然在法律上已離婚，但因為教會看婚姻很重，除非教會法庭能證明當年的婚姻從未曾滿全婚姻的元素，否則他在教會眼中仍然與第一位妻子已婚。正因如此，你代女與他的婚姻在教會裏是未能成立的，因而她也不能領聖體。

但因為教會也明白有很多法律上的婚姻是不符合教會的婚姻觀，或是實在有很多人不知道或不願意去擁抱教會的婚姻觀

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