Marriage is a mystery. A mystery in which the couple receives and experiences the grace of God. Sexual intercourse is the consummation of this marital bond. The potential outcome of sexual intercourse is a new life. It\'s a unit and a process. If we attempt to pick and choose what to enjoy and what not to enjoy, what to experience and what not to experience, according to our own limited knowledge and ability to manipulate our body functions, what we\'re actually doing is taking away from the richness and harmony of this unit, this process. We deprive it of its mystery, from being a mean to the grace which can only come from God. We tend to remove all ascetism from marriage, because we favor its short term pleasures over its long term pleasures which can only be had by bearing its full responsibilities. There are two ways to deal with a beautiful tree: 1) To live under its shade, delight in its beauty, eat from its fruits and take care of it or 2) To cut it down, take it to the lab , understand every detail of its functioning in a futile attempt to explain its beauty. If we seek to benefit to the fullest extent from this mystery of love , this beautiful shadow of the Mystery of Christ and the Church, then we must allow ourselves to experience, enjoy and live all of it without cutting and pasting, with self-control, balance and love. A person can\'t know what he or she is missing unless he or she experiences otherwise. Everyone gets from God what he or she asks for, to one more sexual pleasure is enough, to the other a fulfilling mystery. To each according to his or her faith, and the gift is always in proportion to the faith. God bless you all.
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