Pope’s Address Address of the Holy Father Benedict XVI to the participants to the International Meeting of Retrouvaille Venerable Brothers in the Episcopate and in the Priesthood, dear brothers and sisters! I welcome you with joy today, on the occasion of the world meeting of Retrouvaille Movement. I greet you all, couples and presbyters, together…
I had several times given up hope that our relationship could be repaired. I came to Retrouvaille for the same reason that I had not walked away and had gone to marriage counselling.
“My husband was the unwilling spouse.
One of the main reasons I did not want to attend a weekend was I figured they would want me to change. I was not ready for a change.
‘What’s the worst thing that could happen?’ The worst thing that could happen is that nothing happens and you’re back where you started from, but maybe, just maybe, something positive will happen.
my husband and I had been separated for more than three months and he was actively involved with another person.
We were in the middle of divorce proceedings. At this point, you have nothing to lose
“I am a control freak. I lived in this perfect little world where nothing was wrong because I wouldn’t let it go wrong. My wife had asked me to attend Marriage Encounters in the past, but I just took the attitude of ‘Why should we attend that, we’re not in trouble?’. Boy was I ever wrong!
“My husband tried for a year to get me to go to Retrouvaille. A weekend would come up and he would ask me again to attend. I would have an excuse (“a good excuse”) each time.
“I did not want to go on the Retrouvaille weekend. My brother and his wife were involved with Marriage Encounter at the time and they are the ones who convinced me to go. My husband asked me to go and I said “”No way, I just want out.”.
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