One of the sensitive areas that must be dealt with as we, the Church, prepare to welcome new members into our family, is the question of how our understanding of the nature of marriage in itself, as well as marriage as a sacrament, relates to the life of a committed Catholic Christian. This becomes very real when one seeking to become Catholic has a former marriage that has ended, often tragically and painfully. If marriage is a commitment for life, the implications of this former marriage must be dealt with.
On September 29, 2010, I gave a talk to the Initiation community of Good Shepherd parish in an effort to surface and begin to deal with these questions as they might come up among those preparing to become catechumens.
You can listen to this talk using the embedded player. Please note that the talk is in two segments (Marriage-1 and Marriage-2), and you can toggle between the segments with the two little triangles facing the lines right and left.
If the embedded player doesn't work, you can download the talk at the following link as MP3 audio files, which you can listen to on your computer or play on an iPod or similar device.
http://www.archive.org/details/MarriageAndAnnulmentsInChristianInitiation
You can also view and download the notes (4 pages) in PDF format by clicking here.
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