00:00Hello dear brothers and sisters, welcome back to this section of knowing in order to love that we are
00:05Well, trying to answer some of the questions that many of our brothers have
00:10They have, and that often prevents us from living our Christian life to the full.
00:17Here today we have a question from Juana María from Mazatlán, Sinaloa, who tells us, "Father, upon getting divorced..."
00:26If one of her husbands is married in the church, he is excommunicated. I could no longer live with my
00:34husband, well, it was already a truly hellish situation due to many circumstances, that's why Jesus
00:39The church rejects me, they no longer accept us. What can I do? I want to live a Christian life.
00:47Five years ago I married a wonderful man with whom I have rebuilt my life and everything is totally
00:53The church cannot forgive me otherwise; my sin is so great for having chosen the wrong man.
00:59When I got married for the first time, it wasn't true that Jesus always forgives us because the church doesn't love us.
01:06That's an interesting question, and well, look, my dear sister, because of the complexity of your question, I
01:32I will allow you to answer it in several catechesis sessions. The first thing I want to tell you is that being divorced
01:38Being legally separated does not constitute a cause for excommunication, even if one lives with another person who is not
01:46It is the spouse. On this I conclude by telling you that people who separate from their husband or wife
01:53Whether they live alone or with their family, they can always live in grace and receive communion like all other Christians.
02:01The problem arises when they get married or start living with another person, because according to what Jesus says
02:08Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her, and if she divorces her husband
02:17And if she marries another, she commits adultery. This situation, as you can see, puts the couple in a state of irregularity.
02:25with the church, which will prevent them both from approaching the sacrament of the Eucharist, as you can see, is something that
02:33This comes to us from the word of God; Jesus said it, not the Pope, nor the bishops, nor the priests, but Jesus.
02:41Just as you just saw, it's not that the sin is so great that it cannot be forgiven.
02:46It has nothing to do with this; it's simply that Jesus proposed it that way, and we cannot...
02:53men change none of this now following this principle of mercy and aware of the
03:01human weakness that can lead a person to make a choice without freedom or without love being
03:07Often, it is a decision that is not humanly Christian that leads the couple to marriage, and
03:14Since they were wrong, as you say, in this decision the church has established what is called the tribunal
03:21clergyman who is responsible for verifying whether or not the sacrament existed in a marital relationship
03:29Therefore, we must approach the diocesan tribunal and present the case, for today we know that
03:36Many marriages, as Pope Francis has said, many marriages that
03:42They fail because they are indeed marriages in which there was no maturity, freedom and/or love and therefore
03:49They can be considered null or non-existent, so once the process is finished, which is like
03:57You'll assume it takes a while for the person to get married again in the church since they never
04:03There was a marital bond, which is what Jesus speaks of in the gospel, this ecclesiastical instance.
04:11As I mentioned, it has been established due to the weakness of human nature, inclined to
04:18sin, because we know that most of the time it is due to a lack of preparation and knowledge on the part of the
04:24For engaged couples, marriage is far from being a place where one grows and achieves happiness and fulfillment.
04:32That fullness that God wants for them becomes a place of spiritual and moral destruction, and
04:40sometimes even physical, as may have happened to you in these cases, the church admits
04:47the separation of spouses in order to protect the physical, moral and spiritual integrity of both
04:55They, as well as the children, who unfortunately and usually are the ones who are most harmed, are the ones who suffer the most.
05:04In this situation of destruction, there are some people who, especially with the new rules
05:11Published by Pope Francis, they have expressed outrage, saying that the Pope already gave permission for
05:17that divorce exists in the church, which is completely false. God willing, next time.
05:24Next week we will continue explaining why a marriage can be declared null and void and what this means.
05:32Then I'll see you at our next catechesis to continue with this interesting topic. Until next time!
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