tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post6850177822040167231..comments2024-03-12T19:57:41.861+00:00Comments on THINKING CATHOLICISM: Thinking Catholicismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16589713565062075036noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-19639619576745477832017-02-27T20:54:45.426+00:002017-02-27T20:54:45.426+00:0017.50, I hear your pain and I know only too well t...17.50, I hear your pain and I know only too well that feeling of being trapped. I was in the same position as you once - having come from a single parent family myself, I was determined that my children would not have to experience the same. I was equally determined that I would not be viewed as a 'failure' by the observers. Thankfully I received excellent counselling (after a few false starts!) by a lady who knew how to explore what I was going through in a non-judgemental manner. The turning point for me was when I laid out all my excuses for not walking away, including the kids...she gently asked 'And what do you think they'll see if you stay?'. Didn't take me long to realise that the last thing I wanted was for them to believe that type of relationship was the 'norm' to be put up with at all costs. Ten years later I'm remarried and happier than I once thought possible. Totally agree with Sean's mammy, she was a wise woman - feck the begrudgers. They don't live your life. I wish you every strength regardless of what you choose. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-16232348056189782612017-02-27T20:29:14.382+00:002017-02-27T20:29:14.382+00:0017 .50
What about your man,did he go for counsell...17 .50<br />What about your man,did he go for counselling with you ?<br />What is his problem....have you asked him?<br />Why is there no sexual attraction ?<br />You need to address all these questions before deciding to divorce<br />So many couples think that sexual attraction ends after 50, they are so wrong<br />I m a widow well over 70 in a relationship with a widower of same age.<br />I too have to think of family etc but I can tell you that there is life and great relationship for any of us who just happen to fall in love twice in a lifetime.<br />If all other avenues fail, go and live your life to the full....you can be who want to be at any age.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-13076659440742418842017-02-27T20:02:27.430+00:002017-02-27T20:02:27.430+00:00M C Right again. The mammy had a saying fek the be...M C Right again. The mammy had a saying fek the begrudgers. Jesus said thieves and prostitutes are making it into the kingdom of heaven. Not suggesting this lady is either but she needs to stop beating herself upFly on Th Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520198020314816276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-14538567435124816572017-02-27T19:55:41.093+00:002017-02-27T19:55:41.093+00:00To the poster at 17.50
I think it's worth rem...To the poster at 17.50<br /><br />I think it's worth remembering that most happiness doesn't come from what you get, but from what you give - - and the only real love that you retain is the love you freely give away - - That can require a huge turnaround of mindset. But in the end, it's the only thing guaranteed to bring about real lasting change for the better. (You've already found out that nobody can do it for you....) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-44150044297228575872017-02-27T19:39:02.926+00:002017-02-27T19:39:02.926+00:0017:50, I'm sorry that your marriage is so unha...17:50, I'm sorry that your marriage is so unhappy.<br /><br />You sound intelligent and wise, but all too human. Be careful not to live your life, including your marriage, solely for the benefit of others, or to avoid their censure. YOU deserve consideration, too. <br /><br />That expression, 'for better, or worse', does not, to my mind, mean you have to maintain a matital sham come what may. It doesn't, for instance, mean you have to remain with someone who treats you like a smelly substance stuck to the instep of their shoe.<br /><br />If there is not mutual love in a marriage, then it isn't really a marriage, wedding rite or no wedding rite. Maintaining a sham marriage is living a lie. Appearances do not make a marriage.Magna Cartahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242128271477821605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-82532344587670344962017-02-27T18:50:08.598+00:002017-02-27T18:50:08.598+00:0017.50. You don't deserve hell on earth. Speak ...17.50. You don't deserve hell on earth. Speak to Pat. If I were to follow the RC letter of the law I should be rotting in hell by now. Maybe it is still more difficult in Ireland. Jesus was crucified once for all. Avoidable suffering does nobody any favoursFly on Th Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520198020314816276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-60255946192185879362017-02-27T18:06:27.809+00:002017-02-27T18:06:27.809+00:0017.02 That is a very good question. Clericalism ha...17.02 That is a very good question. Clericalism has lost touch with reality. We need to get back to basics againFly on Th Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520198020314816276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-63061614640963531642017-02-27T17:51:36.848+00:002017-02-27T17:51:36.848+00:00Sadly I can believe this to be entirely true. Sadly I can believe this to be entirely true. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-8957405935309125052017-02-27T17:50:46.129+00:002017-02-27T17:50:46.129+00:00I agree that this information was sought about 3 y...I agree that this information was sought about 3 years ago and was so purposefully long winded and verbally confusing I gave up trying to complete it. Even our priest said it was like sitting an A Level exam. <br /><br />I am an unhappily married woman and have endured a loveless, celibate relationship for about 8 years too ashamed to admit to friends, family and parish that it cannot be made to work. I have had three lots of counselling and the last one told me that 'not only has the ship sailed in this relationship, I believe it has also sunk'. But I am trapped in a sense of guilt that I am not adhering to 'for better or worse', that I don't want my children to have divorced parents, that I don't want, in front of my parish, to go from receiving Communion to being given a blessing. Yes maybe too much pride but actually I am not driven by pride but more oppressed by shame. I have no idea how I would tell my very strict elderly parents. When I broached the subject with my mother once her answer was that that was marriage. I know marriages have ups and downs but there is no love here. If there was love it would be worth fighting for. Even my teenage daughter tells me to get divorced. Love is a gift from God but marriage is not a gift in my opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-77696144114528170432017-02-27T17:02:12.722+00:002017-02-27T17:02:12.722+00:00Seen a poster in the porch on Sunday for vocations...Seen a poster in the porch on Sunday for vocations. I wonder if there'll be many new applicants this year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-15772289598587938662017-02-27T14:01:03.570+00:002017-02-27T14:01:03.570+00:00Pat this article from the DT is over three years o...Pat this article from the DT is over three years old. The survey was produced by the CBCEW in preparation for the FIRST synod on the family convened by Pope Francis at the start of his pontificate. The photograph of HE with his Mrs is very good though. Where in God's earth did you get that? Vinnie was apoplectic with rage when it was published and has hunted down every copy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-52392538846611331852017-02-27T11:40:27.657+00:002017-02-27T11:40:27.657+00:00Lol like His Eminence is really interested in hear...Lol like His Eminence is really interested in hearing anyone else's opinion - I speak as someone who has tried to raise something with him and met no interest at all. This is a public relations exercise: under the surface he is 'the bishops have authority'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-42425287854454107362017-02-27T11:09:25.409+00:002017-02-27T11:09:25.409+00:00Playing the old record here. Church so preoccupied...Playing the old record here. Church so preoccupied with sex and rules they forgot about the Trinitarian model of love and relationshipFly on Th Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520198020314816276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-58738397406866614042017-02-27T10:58:39.734+00:002017-02-27T10:58:39.734+00:00Love the Condom crown lol was never very good at w...Love the Condom crown lol was never very good at wearing them myself but would always recommend them even to priests lolololololololololol.<br />By the way was it not one of the Popes in the pee 1980 reigns make it available for Nuns in Africa in case of rape. So the contraceptive argument is lostBig Hankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937603095036374725noreply@blogger.com