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    Catholic Wedding question

    Thanks for the ideas guys. :clap:
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    Catholic Wedding question

    Hi everyone, I haven't been on OBOB in sooooo long, I can't believe how much the layout has changed! Anyhoo, I'm getting married this summer, and we're looking for a good way to word the invitation that would include the point that the ceremony will also be a Mass. The best I was able to come...
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    Question re: living together before marriage

    Hi guys, sorry I've been away for a while, you've all probably grown sick of this thread by now:sick: But I wanted to comment on this, that a priest will not marry a couple living together and if he does, that you'd have to lie to him to get him to do it. All the priests I've talked to about...
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    Question re: living together before marriage

    This would be a great idea, except his father just died of cancer (at 56) and his mom is in dire need of him now, and has been the past year or so since his dad passed (you know, fix the roof, tear down the pool, clean the gutters, mow the lawn -- not to mention his mom has fallen into deep...
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    Question re: living together before marriage

    I know, typing it up, I felt like I was writing a hypothetical, but it is a very real situation...unideally. I recently stumbeled upon the AM Catholic radio station, and in the Catholic Answers program there was a lot of discussion about this, but of all the sin that was associated with living...
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    Question re: living together before marriage

    Thank you, this is a very clear way to describe the scandal thing. But what if no one really knows you're living together? If you each own your own houses, have all your mail go to your own address, keep you own phone number, don't tell people you're living together for the sole purpose of...
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    Question re: living together before marriage

    I appreciate what you're saying, but does the Church consider this to be a mortal sin?
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    Question re: living together before marriage

    Could you explain that further?
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    Question re: living together before marriage

    What's the sin of scandal?
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    Question re: living together before marriage

    I know it's not a good idea for a couple to live together before they're married, however I was wondering if the Church (all personal opinions aside) considers it a mortal sin to live with someone of the opposite sex if you're not engaging in any type of sinful activity (i.e. having sex)? Say...
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    Question about Endometriosis and the Pill

    Thanks Sacha, and you and your friend will be in mine :prayer:
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    Where is this passage in the bible?

    Thanks Maggie! That's exactly what I was looking for -- you rock :)
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    Is Heaven free of sadness?

    Ahh, this makes a good point. Thanks for the suggestion on the book Cat. I guess though it's hard for me to understand the concept of somehow not missing someone you love.
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    Where is this passage in the bible?

    Does anyone know where in the bible it says the thing about -- don't say 'I follow Amos, or I follow ???' but rather follow Christ -- it's about divisions in the church and how various people will break off and develop a collection of followers (still for Christ but teaching some wrong stuff)...