Darren on Nostr: If an illicitly divorced-and-remarried (i.e., adulterous) couple asks a priest for a ...

If an illicitly divorced-and-remarried (i.e., adulterous) couple asks a priest for a blessing as a “couple,” the unsuspecting priest will surely offer a blessing, because, unless it is revealed or discovered, their true marital status is not evident.

But if a good priest knows the man and woman are living in an adulterous second or third “marriage,” then he will not bless them as a “couple” (maybe individually). He will be quick to advise they immediately cease from their sin, repent, and go to Confession with a firm purpose of amendment.

That’s also how it should be with two people who sodomize each other. They can’t be blessed when presenting themselves as a "couple” -- only individually (to help their endeavor to repent). They can’t receive any of the sacraments until they repent and go to Confession.

Anything else is from the evil one.