God bless you for following God and not the world. You are handling a very difficult situation in a very mature, Christian way. But if you don't mind me asking, are you remarried? If you aren't, then you are allowed to go to Penance and Communion. It is only a problem if you are remarried without an annulment. Talk to your priest - it sounds like you are unnecessarily refraining from the sacraments. Good luck!
Thanks, Sassbox.
Yes, I am remarried, to a wonderful man of the Episcopalian who still married despite my intentions of having our children brought up in the Catholic faith and my desire to get this annullment (It's not cheap!) Also, he goes to Mass with me most of the time and won't give me a hard time regarding "why can't everyone, i.e. non-Catholics, go?" As I said, those are the "rules", lol. He abides by them.
My first marriage lasted a little over a year to a man who was in Catholic in name only. My priest pretty much says it's a slam dunk case. (I won't bore y'all with the details, lol)
Would you pray for us? With my life being so busy and hectic, I need to stay on top of this (the annullment) My child's First Communion is next year, and I don't want to have to explain to him why I can't go. Setting a good example and all....