Comments for Nuptial Mystery

Comment on Warning: NFP Could Ruin Your Marriage by Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:49:46 +0000

The timing here is interesting. Today, I posted about the struggles of using NFP for a long period of time (say 12-15 years) and whether I could even satisfy that call should it be what we’re called to. It definitely seems like it would be easier sometimes to sterilize or to take a pill and not have to worry about pregnancy…but of course, as you point out here, there are other problems inherent there. Now that we’ve lived a life with NFP for 11 years, I can’t imagine any other way. It doesn’t mean it is easy by any means…just that I don’t see how I could live any other way any more.

Comment on Evangelicals and the Marriage Bed by Michael Micek

Michael Micek — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:55:32 +0000

Perhaps some day there will be new ministries carried out by and for those living the sacrament of marriage. Indeed, in Humanae Vitae (paragraph 26) Paul VI called for this, and that is precisely why John Kippley founded the Couple to Couple League.

Comment on The Road Not Taken by andy

andy — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:05:04 +0000

Hi brian,

Sorry for the earlier comment, I made some mistake at the html code.

This is very interesting for me:

“The use of contraception to run away from self-mastery inevitably leads to the loss of consciousness of sin. It leads to the profound ignorance that causes someone to say “as long as I’m basically a good person I don’t need to go to Mass.”

Especially when there is a strong social pressure like : “everybody is doing that, so maybe its ok”, this post has become a reminder for me.

Thanks for sharing.

Comment on Trojan, Woody Allen and the Orgasmatron by Brian Killian

Brian Killian — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 13:10:35 +0000

Hi Kathleen. My wife still doesn’t believe the commercial is for real!

Comment on Trojan, Woody Allen and the Orgasmatron by Kathleen Quiring | Project M

Kathleen Quiring | Project M — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 13:00:49 +0000

Oh my goodness, I cannot believe that commercial!

Another great post. I especially appreciated your exploration of pleasure in context, and the danger of trying to separate it from that context. Lots of good questions here.

Comment on The Future of the Family: Fruit or Product? by Trojan and the Orgasmatron

Trojan and the Orgasmatron — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 23:37:43 +0000

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Comment on Sex Inside Out by Trojan and the Orgasmatron

Trojan and the Orgasmatron — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 22:25:36 +0000

[...] to perversely produce orgasms and babies, but only a real human being can transform sex into making love and bring into being children that are not products but [...]

Comment on The Curse of Narcissus by Trojan and the Orgasmatron

Trojan and the Orgasmatron — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 22:24:23 +0000

[...] In the Trojan commercial they try to tone down the narcissistic and anti-social aspect of their ‘massager’ by inviting women to ‘share’ their experience with a partner. But it doesn’t escape from the curse of Narcissus. [...]

Comment on A Quiet Revolution by Brian Killian

Brian Killian — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 12:51:03 +0000

Indeed Marc. The contraception revolution has re-defined the way we think about sex.

Comment on A Quiet Revolution by Marc Cardaronella

Marc Cardaronella — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 02:18:41 +0000

Great insights! Homosexuality and same-sex marriage is one of the hardest things to convince people on if they have friends living that lifestyle. They argue that they’re in love, they should be allowed to be married. The most success comes from an argument of anthropology and male/female complementarity but often that just goes on deaf ears. I wonder how much of this comes from what you’re talking about here. People are numbed to the idea that we’re made to be in man/woman relationships because sex has been so effectively removed from fertility.