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Catholic Teaching on Sexual Morality
Like any good parent, the Church reminds her children not only what is forbidden but also why it is so. To understand why contraception is immoral, we need to remember our Church’s teachings on the essence and meaning of sex.
- Sex is sacred.
This has often been said but what does it mean? We say this mainly because through sex, God creates the miracle of life; through sex, God made co-creators of husband and wife. Therefore, to use contraceptives, is to contracept not only God’s creative powers but ultimately, God Himself.
- Sex is for procreation.
We need to remember that the natural purpose of sex is for procreation. Sex, if we let nature takes its course, creates babies – new persons with immortal souls. Therefore, to hinder conception by the use of contraceptives is a perversion of nature.
- Sex is an act of spousal love.
During sex, spouses mutually surrender themselves to one another; 9 months later, the love between husband and wife becomes another person. In Theology of the Body, Pope John Paul II tells us that in a profound way, sex, as an act of spousal love, mirrors the eternal exchange of love within the Blessed Trinity. Therefore, the use of contraceptives reduces sex from an expression of agape to that of mere pleasure; from an act of selflessness to that of selfishness; from a reflection of the Divine Love to that of an animal impulse.
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