Introduction

Hello my name is George, I was born into a Catholic family, baptized and raised Catholic. I spent the first 20+ years of my life as a cultural Catholic. Catholic by title and not by practice. I was divorced at an early age and turned to my faith. I always believed in God, believed in the doctrines of the Church. I just was not living them out in my life. When my wife of 4 yrs took our daughters and left I was crushed. I'm not going to say I was all innocent and she was all to blame. Takes two to get married and it takes two to bring one to an end. So when I heard the words come from her mouth "I want a divorce" I thought I had died. I hung up the phone and while lying on the couch I looked up at the ceiling and sad "God, my dad is always telling me to offer myself up to you. To offer up my struggles to you. Well, I ain't much but here I am. I can't do this on my own. I need help"

A sense of comfort came over me. For the next two weeks I felt calm and like there was nothing that I coul