Hysterectomy questions

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I need to find some words from a pope that says having the marital embrace, and enjoying it, after a hysterectomy is fine even though it is no longer open to life. I know it is, dh knows it is, yet he still feels we should not since we are not open to life. So we are not, due to his thoughts about it. So ANY help would be greatly appreciated.
 
I suggest you review Humanae Vitae which discusses sterilization for a theraputic reason-- such as your hysterectomy.

You are mistaken in your idea that you are not “open to life”. EVERY unaltered marital act is ordered to life and unity. You have taken no action to render the act infertile.

The hysterectomy is not contraceptive, it was done for medical necessity.

You should also reflect on the fact that the Church specifically states sterility is NOT an impediment to marriage-- therefore, it clearly expects those who are sterile to engage in the marital embrace and views that embrace as both unitive and procreative.

It is the objective nature of the act which must be procreative, not the subjective result of the act.
 
I am not sure who I borrowed these quotes from, I thought it may have been “1ke”.😛 Anyway, I saved them.

From Corinthians we see:

1 Corinthians 7: 4-5

4 A wife does not have authority over her own body, but rather her husband, and similarly a husband does not have authority over his own body, but rather his wife.

5 Do not deprive each other, except perhaps by mutual consent for a time, to be free for prayer, but then return to one another, so that Satan may not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

From Pope John Paul II:
John Paul II also says that if the only reason a couple is having sex is to transmit life, then they may be in danger of using each other rather than loving each other (see Love & Responsibility p. 233).

Also, John Paul describes the “beatifying experience” of conjugal union as a foretaste of the joys of heaven (see TB, Dec 16, 1981 and Jan 13, 1982). In Love & Responsibility, by his detailed discussion of the husband’s responsibility - out of authentic love for his wife - to see that she achieves sexual climax (see Love & Responsibility pp. 270-278).
 
There you go

*Lawful Therapeutic Means
  1. On the other hand, the Church does not consider at all illicit the use of those therapeutic means necessary to cure bodily diseases, even if a foreseeable impediment to procreation should result there from—provided such impediment is not directly intended for any motive whatsoever. (19)
Neither the Church nor her doctrine is inconsistent when she considers it lawful for married people to take advantage of the infertile period but condemns as always unlawful the use of means which directly prevent conception, even when the reasons given for the later practice may appear to be upright and serious. *

vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_25071968_humanae-vitae_en.html
 
ChooseLove said:
I need to find some words from a pope that says having the marital embrace, and enjoying it, after a hysterectomy is fine even though it is no longer open to life. I know it is, dh knows it is, yet he still feels we should not since we are not open to life. So we are not, due to his thoughts about it. So ANY help would be greatly appreciated.
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Open to life is also about how the marital act is carried out. Does your husband think that once a woman goes into menopause a couple needs to stop having marital relations?
 
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