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Hi, Jackie —
If you were married in the Church,
divorced and remarried outside the
Church, without first being granted a
declaration of nullity for your first
marriage, you may not receive Holy
Communion.
The Church presumes the validity
of the marriage until proven otherwise.
I would encourage you to talk to
your pastor about the possibility
of starting the annulment process.
There are no guarantees as a result
of this process; it just means you
wish the Church to investigate the
validity of your first marriage.
As my colleague John stated in another
posting:
For an annulment to be granted, there
must be some pre-existing impediment
or reason which would grant a declaration
of nullity. Two such reasons are:
- Emotional immaturity, the most
common, and
- failure to understand the nature
of marriage.
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If you receive a declaration of nullity,
you can then get your current marriage
convalidated and you can then receive
Holy Communion.
Hope this helps,
Mike
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