Monday, July 1, 2013

“‘The Catholic Church forbids divorce’– so we are always reading in the newspapers.  Of course, that isn’t true.  It isn’t the Catholic Church which forbids divorce; Almighty God forbids divorce, and all the Catholic Church does is to say she’s very sorry, but there it is; the Divine Law will not allow a marriage to be dissolved, so she is afraid she can’t very well do anything about it.  If it was the Church that had made this law, she would be able to dispense people from this law; the whole point of the situation is that the Church is powerless; she can do nothing.  She can no more prevent a person who has two wives being in mortal sin that she can prevent a person who falls off a precipice breaking his neck.  It is not part of her legislation that a married man should not remarry.  It is part of her doctrine that a married man cannot remarry, so long as his first wife is alive.  If he goes through the form of marriage, it is an empty farce.” - In Soft Garments, Monsignor Ronald Knox.

If you need something good to read, I recommend this book. It's a collection of sermons he gave at I think Oxford and it is amazing. The above quote is the first paragraph of a sermon on divorce.

I'm praying for you!

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