I don't know if any one can help me out here, i've been long outta touch in music news concerning Rachael, but i noted that in her letter about the CD she mentioned divorce... have her parents split?? this would be a pity!! Please let me know...thanks,

Sunshine

I doubt it, Maybe she meant that one of her friends went through it, and she was there to help them out so she knows how much it affects a person. I hope that helps

Unfortunately, it is her parents. She talks about it in an article in the latest issue of Christian Music Planet (see http://www.klove.com)

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Originally posted by BeenThere:
Unfortunately, it is her parents. She talks about it in an article in the latest issue of Christian Music Planet (see http://www.klove.com)

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Oh wow! I had no idea. I wonder how Rachael is dealing with it.

Heather~

oh! man that sucks!!!
I hate it everytime I hear someone is getting divorced... It seems like we have forgotten out principles. The bible stablishes the union in a marriage to be broken by death only.
"Why can't we all just get along?"
That piece from "Rubber House" keeps jumping inside my head!

ismael,

It is not always that easy...

Heather~

Very very sad. Pray for her and family. Only God can save heal those kinda wounds.

Rachael,

I know tha pain of divorced parents. IT's almost like a death.

So My heart and prayers are with you.

Yes sister they are. You'll pull through. For everything there is a season.. Just remember that. Essc 1-8

I take much comfort in those scriptures.. They are so true...

WOW GOD IS GOOD! AMEN

I have been in pretty close contact with Rachael over the last few months and she is dealing with everything that life throws at her with heroism indeed. As a divorced Catholic myself, I know how especially painful it is to have to face divorce in our Church where the impression left with us is that the Church now feels that we have failed to live up to the matrimonial ideal that because a priest performed the Sacrament of Matrimony (with a high percentage of these priest child pedophiles and homosexuals themselves) that we have failed God and all His Creation by divorce, so in other words we lose more than just a relationship with our significant other ... we also lose our relationship with the Church that blames us for being a failure because we didn't fulfill the sacramental prophecy of marriage until death or else ... I know Ryan and Rachael Lampa would forgive me for saying all of this, but indeed the point is because we are treated as outcasts by our Church when divorcing, our next natural impulse is to feel that we are treated as outcasts by God when in fact nothing could be further from the truth, and in 100,000 years or whevever the end of time will come, divorced Catholics will rise to the Throne of God when a whole lot of our priests will watch the solid ground they think they are on fall out from under them as they fall to hell.

I want to say to Rachael and her parents ... if the Church turns its back on you ... don't believe for a second this means that God will, because He won't. There will someday be a day when the Church will meet God's more realistic expectation of the married life, and how it takes two parties to say yes to marriage, but only one to say no ... and Rachael my offer still stands ... as I've said to you earlier this year ... we would love to have you at our Parish the next time you're in our part of the country ... and I've told our new 31-year old religious director all about you. My new obsession in life is to get 20-40 year olds back to Church of all denominations ... they're missing, and with more Rachael Lampa music out there, perhaps we would solve what is simply a marketing problem to the missing youth. While we may think we have great problems with sinful priests or the dogma of divorce, the far greater problem is that in almost every Parish in the U.S. 20-40 year olds are missing in action, and it's not because Christ is not worthy of praise and worship by them - because as we know, He is. We have a serious fundamental problem in modern Catholicism, and I am praying every day for Rachael Lampa to be a part of the solution.

Rant mode off.

because sometimes guys are idiots trust me my dad is one and has taken the name idiot to a whole new level.

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Originally posted by ismael:
oh! man that sucks!!!
I hate it everytime I hear someone is getting divorced... It seems like we have forgotten out principles. The bible stablishes the union in a marriage to be broken by death only.
"Why can't we all just get along?"
That piece from "Rubber House" keeps jumping inside my head!

Hi John, Christ said that men should not try to separate what God has unite.. Marriage is not an easy path as to be a priest is not an easy path too. The catholic Church doesn't turn the back to anyone. They just applicate God's word. Remember what Christ said to Peter in Mt16,19 :"I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven." Today, the pope is doing the ministry given by Christ to Peter by being his successor. we are sinners, and that is why we need the Lord help with the sacrements. The priests are not perfect as Christ was, as neither you are. But there is holy priests and priests who need your prayers. Divorce is the worst thing that can happen in a family. True love, loves without condition, even if you are bearing a heavy cross. That's why we have to leave marriage till we get to Heaven as Christ did His Father's will even if it was hard. (dying on the cross). God teachings will never change, so Church's teaching will neither. Love is demanding.

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...As a divorced Catholic myself, I know how especially painful it is to have to face divorce in our Church where the impression left with us is that the Church now feels that we have failed to live up to the matrimonial ideal that because a priest performed the Sacrament of Matrimony (with a high percentage of these priest child pedophiles and homosexuals themselves) that we have failed God and all His Creation by divorce, so in other words we lose more than just a relationship with our significant other ... we also lose our relationship with the Church that blames us for being a failure because we didn't fulfill the sacramental prophecy of marriage until death or else...

John,

I'm sorry that you feel this way. That said, I think you are being unfair when you say that a "a high percentage of these priests child pedophiles and homosexuals themselves." The fact is that researchers believe there to be only between 1.8 to 3.2 percent of priests are pedophiles and maybe a bit higher percentage homosexual (there is a difference).

Divorce is a hard thing. My parents were divorced. I think most Christians look down upon divorce as we should. For the reasons stated by François above. We live in a world where divorce is becoming more and more normal. This is a problem, not just on a faith level, but on a societal level. Divorce can be very destructive to a society.

Sometimes divorce is necessary and the church understands this. When you were divorced did you seek an annulment? Many parishes have small groups for those who have had a divorce or who are in the process of being divorced, because it can be an extremely emotional time. There are also many wonderful groups and retreats that couples considering divorce can attend to strengthen, bring healing, or get to the real problems causing the marital problems. Retrouvaille is a great thing for couples who are strongly thinking of divorce and there is probably one in your diocese.

So don't think that the church doesn't care, because she does. God bless.