Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. Now, you can still receive communion if you go to confession for your sin. You have not committed a mortal sin and can receive communion.
However, if you plan to start dating or want to get married, consider getting an annulment first. The Vatican has made it easier and faster to get an annulment nowadays. If you have had sexual relations with someone after divorce, seek confession and then you can receive communion. If you remarried after divorce, you have two options. You can seek a civil divorce such that you are no longer committing adultery in the eyes of the church.
You can then go to confession to confess your sin and become eligible for communion. The other, easier, option is to seek annulment for your previous marriage. That way, you will not be committing any sin by staying in your current marriage.
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I am a divorced Catholic who would like to remarry in the Catholic Church. What do I need to do? I am divorced. I am not a Catholic but I plan to marry a Catholic.
We have been told that I need to obtain an annulment before we can marry in the Catholic Church. I do not understand this since I was not married in the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church respects all marriages and presumes that they are valid.
Thus, for example, it considers the marriages of two Protestant, Jewish, or even nonbelieving persons to be binding. Any question of dissolution must come before a Church court tribunal. This teaching may be difficult to understand, especially if you come from a faith tradition that accepts divorce and remarriage. Some couples in a situation similar to yours have found it helpful to talk with a priest or deacon.
To go through the annulment process can be a sign of great love for your intended spouse. Your divorce does not prohibit you from friendships with women or female companionship. My sister was upset with her adult daughter and her husband who is a convert to Catholicism when they took holy Communion recently after having missed Mass. She told her daughter that they had committed a mortal sin by missing Mass and then, again, by receiving Communion without first going to confession.
She had brought up the matter before with her daughter. My fear is that they will become alienated from the church and stop bringing their kids up Catholic. Can you help me to help my sister? Sacramento, California. Your sister is right on her theology but, perhaps, wrong on her strategy.
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