If there's extenuating circumstances for missing mass, why not for marital act?

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Lucy_1:

Wouldn’t killing someone be part of the natural law?

This is an interesting point. Maybe there is something about the way in which the natural law is violated which makes it either a necessity to violate it (like self-defense), as opposed to a desire to violate it.

At any rate, I think there is also something to be said for the fact that man, or the Church, has to define what natural law is, and, what is and is not a violation of it, or a disorder of it. So there is some inherent room for error there.

Start here:
Human beings have a right to exist and flourish. Killing per se is not necessarily immoral if it’s done to protect someone else. The point of your killing is to protect the right of someone to exist and flourish.

Taking innocent life is another story.
Morality is not about prohibitions per se. You have to identify the good the prohibitions serve.

 

[Lucy_1]

OK thanks. Sorry for the redundancy.

 

[Mrchatsworth]

Yes love covers a multitude of sins. Love of God, His Church, and His design.

 

[JamesATyler]

Yes love covers a multitude of sins. Love of God, His Church, and His design.

And His love for us.

 

[Mrchatsworth]

What specifically does that mean in context of the thread. Because just putting that out there with no examples sure sounds a lot like advice to sin sexually.

 

[JamesATyler]

What specifically does that mean in context of the thread. Because just putting that out there with no examples sure sounds a lot like advice to sin sexually.

What specifically does that mean in context of the thread. Because just putting that out there with no examples sure sounds a lot like advice to sin sexually.

You probably don’t intend to come off as draconian but some Catholics often do. While this person tries to grit their teeth through the pain, if they can’t finish to climax, before they worry being reprimanded, they should remember God is a real person with a real heart who actually cares about more than the letter of the law. He understands the spirit of it and its intention.

I think a lot of you live in fear of wrath for not following the law to the letter. They are not doing anything wrong. It is a medical problem.

 

[Mrchatsworth]

Then just say that. Express the mercy of God. But don’t drop in something so ambiguous that it could be construed against the teaching of the Church. There is no value in that at all!