"Sexuality, by means of which man and woman give themselves to one another through the acts which are proper and exclusive to spouses, is not something simply biological, but concerns the innermost being of the human person as such. It is realized in a truly human way only if it is an integral part of the love by which a man and woman commit themselves totally to one another until death."
In crude language what that means is: sex is not just a physical action; it has a deep spiritual and emotional element to it, and it is only right in a marriage.
Sex is not just actions...it's a language.
It is a full giving of yourself to one other person, and a full recieving of another person in return.
and because of that, sex is ONLY authentic and appropriate in a context in which two people are fully and totally joined together and thus are ABLE to unreservadly give their whole selves to one another...and that is marriage.
In any other conext sex is a lie.
and no matter how much anyone argues, no matter what religious beliefs they have...that applies to all human beings.
(on a related note, this is also why contracepted sex is a lie...because it stops you from giving your whole self to your spouse...you are intentionally holding something back of yours, and intentionally rejecting something of theirs..their fertility.
Natural Family Planning is not the same as this. NFP totally respects the other person as a whole, and it respects their God-given fertility.).
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11 comments:
Amen, Amen!!
Nice and succinct. That expresses in a few short lines what I've been trying to explain to one person for weeks. :)
I would like to ask you a question since you probally have considered this.
I know that some women have real trouble with their periods. I mean it is occuring all the time or it is so irregular that it causes problems I have been told
Now Doctors I think really recommend the "pill" and push it on them to correct that problem. IT seems to work.
First I am guessing that if one is married that the Chruch says even for medical reasons like that it is a no no. Maybe I am wrong
Second is there a alternative to the pill as a remedy for that
Thanks
Hi James!
I started writing you an answer but it became so long that I have decided to turn it into an entire post!
What you have brought up is actually an issue, and rather coincidently, the Catholic doctor's mailing list I am on is discussing it right now!!
So I will post a long reply with some of their words of wisdom!
Thanks for asking!
God Bless!
Thanks
No problem! It is actually a pretty important issue and I am very glad you stimulated me to write about it.
God Bless
xxx
good post antonia, i was having this exact conversation with a dear friend of mine from church last night!
Amen! Preach it Sister.... how come it took me a series of about six or seven extremely (for me) lengthy posts to say what you have said in a paragraph!
I've been listening to Dr Janet Smith-she has done a few radio programmes for Catholic Answers and then her two part debate with Charles Curren.
It really struck me in the debate that Curren has not moved from 1970 and has not even read The Theology of the Body.
I am sooooo glad I discovered all this.
God bless
Save journey home.
BY the way here is another interesting yet pretty bad ethical and moral quandry over using birth control this Catholic blogger is having to think about
http://et-tu.blogspot.com/2007/08/coumadin-clotting-disorders-and.html
Not to add too that post you are writing on this subject :) but boy do I feel for that lady.
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