The man said that the past does not let him go. Is it possible to pray for us to be together?translated

Reader question:

Hello, I fell in love with a good man. Kind, caring. He helped and we relaxed together. He admitted that his past had not let him go. What to do? I can't find peace. Can I ask God to have feelings for me? I really want him to be around. They didn't do anything bad to each other. It's very hard that he can't be near me.

Lily

Priest's answer:

Archpriest Andrey EFANOV

God bless you, dear Lily!

Your situation is clear. When a feeling and some kind of close relationship arises, it is very difficult to then accept that, it turns out, the other person does not want to be together. I believe that since you were on vacation together, most likely you communicated not in a friendly format, but also as a man and a woman - this is very common now.

Why is the Church against intimacy outside of marriage? Because people begin to be close before both have decided that they will definitely be together until the end. What are the benefits of registering a marriage? The fact that a person is so ready to be with another person as a family that he calmly and even with joy and pride declares this to society and is ready to document it. Everything else is bad or years of lasting uncertainty of status (we live...