Canadian Catholic bishops are cautioning married couples to not get too focused on sexual acts other than intercourse, calling them a potential misuse of sex that ignore God’s intentions.
A pastoral letter released this week by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops calls on married couples to lead “chaste” lives — not meaning “celibate” but approaching sex with “purity of mind as well as body” and respecting the dignity of the other person.
“That is why the sexual act has to be unitive and procreative and why some kinds of activity are not chaste,” the letter said. “Though pleasure may be present, some acts are a misuse of sex when they fall short of what God intended.”
"...some acts are a misuse of sex..."
ReplyDeleteWell, I guess they should know.
You tell 'em, sister!
ReplyDeleteI'm in the mood to be unitive and procreative,
ReplyDeleteSimply because you're near me!
Funny, but when you're near me,
I'm in the mood to be unitive and procreative!
Beautifully crooned, Mark.
ReplyDeleteDo you think anyone other than satirical blogs take notice of this?
ReplyDeleteI actually think the bishops aren't going far enough. If we made use of modern technology and used IVF only, we could eliminate the whole dirty pleasure business and be pure and holy for the whole of our lives.
Apart from those awful gays, of course, who never have grasped what sex is for and who are a bad example to us all.
Erika
ReplyDeleteThe only way to be really sure would be to use artificial, laboratory-produced sperm. That, or cloning.
Gay men never have abortions. I think the Canadian bishops should give them some credit for that.
ReplyDeleteOne can only hope no one is paying any attention to these fools.
ReplyDeleteFWIW
jimB
Well, the news here has reported that the Muslim population is increasing faster than u can shake a stick......
ReplyDeleteI think they want to speed up the numbers game. I'm sure they don't understand why Christian women aren't volunteering for baby duty!!
Nij
Perhaps the Canadian Bishops think that "God intended" sex only for the purpose of keeping warm in the North.
ReplyDeleteAnd doesn't "respecting the dignity of the other person" necessarily entail not limiting oneself to intercourse alone?
"And doesn't "respecting the dignity of the other person" necessarily entail not limiting oneself to intercourse alone?"
ReplyDeleteI don't know the answer, but I trust an old celibate man to know the answer.
Don't these catholics know anything about oral tradition!
ReplyDeleteKindly leave the stage, Boaz!
ReplyDeleteOh good grief -- he needs a hobby to keep his mind off what others are doing.
ReplyDeleteAchtung!
ReplyDeleteHerr Heilige Vater wants you to know
You cannot make babies w/ spit!
Repeat, you CANNOT MAKE BABIES mit der schpit!
Das ist alles!
[And not w/ the "Santorum" either. ;-X]
I suppose by the same reasoning, consumption of dark chocolate is a misuse of eating.
ReplyDeleteCute, cute boy. He needs a haircut.
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