My parents are still married to each other and my husbands' parents were married to each other at the time of my FIL's death. All of my grandparents and his grandparents all remained married.
That is partially why this homosexual agenda is so troublesome. If straight people can't stay married what makes gays think they will do better? No one seemingly cares about the sacrament anymore. If you do not care about it, go to city hall.
Why get angry at the Church? They are just the facilitator of the sacrament. The marriage is between the spouses and the Triune God. If you only get married in the Church then not come around until your first kid needs Baptized and then hang around marginally going through the motions until the kid is Confirmed how can you blame the Church for your failed marriage.
My point is that a couple who are married for the right reason and in the sacrament, need to pray together and for each other and allow themselves to be nurtured by the Church and not forget the person in the middle of your sacrament Jesus Christ, who can and will carry you through problems.
This business has come about because we as a society (not every single person) are a throw away society. Everything must be easy and light and depends on how we feel about it. We throw away marriage like throwing away a can. It's systemic to where we find ourselves now in 2014. The destruction of Western Civilization.
When we went to Pre-Cana, it was a rather eye opening experience. The priest we were talking to said we had to go to a weekend retreat, and that we would see why it was required then.
Well we did. There were a lot of couples who hadn’t even talked about the most basic things about marriage (for instance, where the new couple would live after the marriage).
The old priest said he had no concerns about us for a variety of reasons. He also said he enjoyed talking to a couple who actually understood what marriage was, and that it wasn’t about the party.
That is why things are so messed up. To many people don’t realize that love is a choice, marriage is for keeps, and that it won’t be all wine and crumpets.