Put aside 10-15 minutes to read this homily by Fr Martin Flatman on marriage and sex. It is beautifully and sensitively crafted and directed at all of us. His explanation of sin is simple, unassuming and forthright, set within the parameters of the Love of God. This one is one to save to use.
Enjoy.
I expect almost everyone here today has some experience in their own life, or in the life of loved ones, of divorce & remarriage or some other different kind of partnership. This, & the fact that those here today are a mixed group of people of all ages, makes being as explicit as I would like to be more than a little difficult. I have therefore prepared a more explicit and extensive paper on this subject appended to this Homily. But if anything I say upsets anyone today, please forgive me, & ask to talk to me, as it is so easy for people to feel judged or condemned, which is the last thing I want to do. Remember what I said last Sunday. To say that something falls below the ideal does not necessarily mean it is wicked or bad. We all live with things in our lives that…
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