Divorce Lawyer’s #1 Question for Couples!

[@Storyteller2078]

This makes so much sense. “Marriage solves the problem of selfishness.” But no one looks at it that way, if the marriage doesn’t fulfill their selfish needs, they end it 😢

[@JeannineG80]

I totally agree. I was married for 58 beautiful years. Thank you Father for your ministry.

[@FatherDavidMichael]

58 years! Beautiful!

[@victoriaeinbinder9487]

The problem is that in secular society, where the purpose of life is one's own happiness, there's no reason to stay married when it becomes difficult. The only reason to get married is because a Catholic has discerned a call to the vocation.

[@FatherDavidMichael]

🙌

[@kate_700]

This is powerful.

[@elimerc84]

Very well said father, as a single mother what I’ve seen in people I’ve dated is self centered behavior. Many don’t think about the well being of the other and when only one does it drains your soul. I’ve seen people going through divorce because one thinks they deserve more, they end up cheating thinking they found what wasn’t at home and in the end they’ll carry a heavier cross than the one they had… I lived it in my own flesh and family. The story repeats each time and there’s one word to name it SELFISH, when instead we needed to be selfless, and having Christ as The Center.❤

[@angiegarcia3541]

Awesome perspective. Thank you ❤

[@thomasehrhardt6769]

I really appreciate your perspective on this, Father. I am one of those selfish people who, while good at serving, also expect too much to be served. Sacrificial love!

[@LaraRegis777]

Words of wisdom. Thank you Father!

[@marcusmagnificus1984]

A divorce lawyer who's also divorced himself giving advice about marriage. Take everything he's saying with a grain of salt. Thank you father for setting the right frame of mind looking at it from God's perspective.

[@joane24]

Well, at least he knows what _doesn't_ work. 🙃

[@marcusmagnificus1984]

@@joane24 What about the things that does work?

[@joane24]

@@marcusmagnificus1984 I guess he didn't figure them out yet, did he. My point was, there is something one can learn from everyone, even if that's only a negative example. And as for the lawyer, observing recognizing what doesn't work is at least _something._ I've never said it's a whole story, obviously, but it's a part of the story. Work in progress, maybe. 🙃

[@lupecantu2571]

I think some people look for perfection and no one’s perfect. Compromise is an important factor in a good marriage. My Dad is my mom’s third husband but she had very good reasons to divorce her first 2 husbands. They’ve been married for 42 years now. I’m trying to help her with her annulments now.

[@josettesalang7662]

Heard this from a priest today in mass, “loving God first and foremost in life, will be a way of loving 🥰 and keeping married couples be together for always because their love for God makes their love for each other more and more binding 😊”. Lovely ❤️😇😊 this was the homily today, 6th October, Sunday. Good night, Fr. David 😅

[@paolacontreras4321]

Our lives are made to serve others. God bless you father

[@rheansanchez4093]

Thank you Fr. That was very well thought of topic.

[@FatherDavidMichael]

Glad it was helpful!

[@rheansanchez4093]

@@FatherDavidMichael it was so helpful🎉

[@Nunwannabe1234]

​@@FatherDavidMichaelYou are such a gift to all of us, I love that you're showing how joyful being a priest can be❤❤❤

[@joannebywaters4154]

What a question to ponder!! & relevant for every vocation & path of this journey

[@coG139]

BEAUTIFUL! Thank you, Father, for your BEAUTIFUL response! 😊🙏🏼♥️

[@ChiefNabster]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts Fr Michael Moses! God be your reward :) Best wishes from Ireland,

[@anthonydimeglio5236]

Beautiful words Father. God bless you always!

[@user-mv2tg8hc8c]

Beautiful and true! Thank you father!

[@TnOrchidguy]

Thank you, Father, thank you.

[@laurenk1853]

Great message! Thank you Father

[@sajinighosh6365]

Beautiful. God bless. Love you Lord

[@JenniNJeff]

Great video. Thank you for that refreshing perspective

[@POPgoesTheWeasle601]

You are very refreshing to listen to

[@firstttfoundation]

Comit today- you don't know of future. THANK YOU PRIEST

[@CONDACOCLIPS]

Thank you Father...

[@mmudisefoka6154]

Value your insights fr Michael Moses

[@traditionalgirl3943]

Brilliant, Father. 👏👏👏😊

[@andreanease4215]

I thought you were going to say the problem marriage solves is concupiscence. I’ve always heard marriage is a remedy for concupiscence. I also believe people who lack desire for each other or who can control their urges but marry anyway have difficulties in marriage.

[@angelamria]

Thank you Father!

[@rudolphmendoza9931]

Spitting fire through this whole vid 🗣️🔥

[@lindacolandrea9752]

Thank you Father excellent definition of marriage!❤

[@dianesimoes8943]

Thank you

[@ThePianoFortePlayer]

This was pretty cool

[@FatherDavidMichael]

Thanks for watching!

[@Nunwannabe1234]

Amen to that!❤❤❤

[@Paul9443]

"What is the problem to which, marriage is the solution"... This is why I'm so glad to have gotten out of that world and into Religion. If you get into marriage to escape something, it's game over. Because, you're getting into something different to what use you want. Example: You're getting a Violin and using it for brick layering constructions. Marriage should be entered only if fit to be tied. Free from slavery to sin/death. Free to give the Self to the beloved. Instead of using the beloved to gratify the self. Those two are different types of love. One is Carnal, the other Sacrificial.

[@JJ-rp7do]

Beautiful!!!

[@FatherDavidMichael]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@KellyS_77]

I sometimes wonder how many of these 50% of divorces are people that it's their 2nd or 3rd (or greater) marriage. I seem to have known quite a few people that have been married 3 or 4 times (and having had 3 or 4 divorces). How much are the "repeat divorcers" driving that percentage up?

[@FatherDavidMichael]

Very very true!

[@victoriagoluch9659]

I think you don't know what you are talking about and that you never will know.

[@MrsKimani26]

I’ve read a statistic that shows first marriage chance of divorce is 50% and it goes up after subsequent divorces. So a second marriage divorce chance may be 60%, third marriage 70%, and so on.

[@KellyS_77]

@@MrsKimani26 That makes a certain amount of sense I guess. If you have abandoned your marriage once it’s probably easier to do it again?

[@vercingetorix5708]

Even thought most MARRIAGES end in divorce. Less than half of the people who get married, end up getting divorced.

[@bernob9770]

Amen!

[@aracelirobinson8319]

Beautiful

[@martymcfly4464]

From a purely secular perspective, there is no reason to get married.

[@magicbeLLe08]

❤❤❤❤

[@stephenburns3678]

Bravo.

[@mediamaniac898]

Thanks! Wonderful insight. In college, I had a girl in my class who was cohabitating. But even though she was set in her ways, she wasn’t happy.

[@FatherDavidMichael]

Glad it was helpful!

[@khoalam888]

🎯

[@FatherDavidMichael]

👍

[@piojsanthosh7009]

Amen🙏

[@marksandsmith6778]

If you listen to a celibate priest vs an expert ... you deserve the result. I believe in marriage btw.

[@r.m5883]

Im glad you only go to oncologists who have had cancer themselves, etc

[@marksandsmith6778]

@@r.m5883 Insulting comparison

[@Bodine22infp]

Priests regularly council couples throughout their marriages. A divorce lawyer only sees what doesn't work. How does that make him a marriage expert?

[@marksandsmith6778]

@@r.m5883 Doctors ,having been ill, ofter relate better to patients. A priest cannot even imagine the swings and roundabouts of this important relationship. These professional fantasists are only qualified to enrich and recruit for their corrupt ,irredeemable organisation .

[@albertomunoz6762]

You remark celibate as if marriage is only about sex. Anyway, the divorce lawyer expert gets to know the married couple or only one of them when the marriage is already falling apart, they don’t go through every step with the couple or anything, and has to focus only on getting everything done legally for the marriage to be over, so..?

[@sarahamaral2931]

Marriage only works when the two people love God.

[@Ryan15beast]

Love your partner as much as God wants you love your partner

[@traditionalgirl3943]

Brilliant, Father. 👏👏👏😊