Comments on: “The Modern Method of Marrying and the Wedding Industry Militate Against Marriage” http://reflectionsofaparalytic.com/?p=3502 All Life Is Sacred Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:05:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jessica http://reflectionsofaparalytic.com/?p=3502&cpage=1#comment-58679 Jessica Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:42:21 +0000 http://reflectionsofaparalytic.com/?p=3502#comment-58679 Thanks for posting this! One of my friends, a non-Catholic, recently married a Catholic but they decided to have a non-denominational service so they wouldn't have to go through "all those classes". Another friend, who understands beautifully what the Sacrament is all about was criticized by one of her bridesmaids for having a full Mass because it was "inconsiderate" to make people have to wait and stand that long. Fr. Richard is right to point out how so many people in our society, including Catholics, have lost the true meaning of embracing Sacramental marriage... Thanks for posting this! One of my friends, a non-Catholic, recently married a Catholic but they decided to have a non-denominational service so they wouldn’t have to go through “all those classes”. Another friend, who understands beautifully what the Sacrament is all about was criticized by one of her bridesmaids for having a full Mass because it was “inconsiderate” to make people have to wait and stand that long. Fr. Richard is right to point out how so many people in our society, including Catholics, have lost the true meaning of embracing Sacramental marriage…

]]> By: bmmg39 http://reflectionsofaparalytic.com/?p=3502&cpage=1#comment-56759 bmmg39 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:55:11 +0000 http://reflectionsofaparalytic.com/?p=3502#comment-56759 ...and I'd like to look up that Connie Cubinage, who suggested that the Catholic Church's stand on birth control is "destroying the earth," so that I can holler at her. How ignorant. …and I’d like to look up that Connie Cubinage, who suggested that the Catholic Church’s stand on birth control is “destroying the earth,” so that I can holler at her. How ignorant.

]]> By: bmmg39 http://reflectionsofaparalytic.com/?p=3502&cpage=1#comment-56758 bmmg39 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:10:15 +0000 http://reflectionsofaparalytic.com/?p=3502#comment-56758 "Oh, by the by, the usual donation to the church is about $200.00. That $200 goes to the church, not to the priest. The usual gift to the priest is a hearty handclasp. The usual cost of the photographer is $2,000.00. All this tells me that the photographs are one hundred times more important than the grace of the sacrament, in most peoples’ estimation." I agree with most of what he writes, but my man needs to check his arithmetic. The photographs are (according to the math here) only TEN times as important than the church. At a wedding I attended recently, the priest addressed the notion that the wedding is "the happiest day of 'their' lives." That means, he figured, "it'll all be downhill from here." Sad part is, in many marriages, that's the truth. “Oh, by the by, the usual donation to the church is about $200.00. That $200 goes to the church, not to the priest. The usual gift to the priest is a hearty handclasp. The usual cost of the photographer is $2,000.00. All this tells me that the photographs are one hundred times more important than the grace of the sacrament, in most peoples’ estimation.”

I agree with most of what he writes, but my man needs to check his arithmetic. The photographs are (according to the math here) only TEN times as important than the church.

At a wedding I attended recently, the priest addressed the notion that the wedding is “the happiest day of ‘their’ lives.” That means, he figured, “it’ll all be downhill from here.” Sad part is, in many marriages, that’s the truth.

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