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By Catholic reasoning, then if they are having sex knowing that no procreation is going to happen that is contributing to the moral collapse of our culture and society.

Someone forgot to tell the Holy Spirit of the sole purpose of sexual activity, or the only justifying reason for it:

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? (Proverbs 5:18-20)

How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman. Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies. Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins. (Song of Solomon 7:1-3)

This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes. I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples; And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak. I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me. (Song of Solomon 7:7-10)

The Scripture excel in euphemisms, but i do no think the married lovers are speaking of gardening in SoS, nor did they treat marital union as an unclean thing as Jerome, or their relations as necessarily involving sinful lust as Augustine, even if new imputed to the elect.

The Scripture excel in euphemisms, but I do no think the married lovers are speaking of gardening in SoS, nor did they treat marital union as an unclean thing as Jerome, or their relations as necessarily involving sinful lust as Augustine, even if new imputed to the elect.

Daniel, how dare you tell the truth?😀😃😄🇵🇭😱😂. You mean to say married people are authorized (what a word) to enjoy sex, and they can enjoy doing the dirty deed for reasons other than having babies? Oh, the horror of horrors. Then, therefore, I wonder if it even remotely possible, Heaven forbid, that Mary and Joseph actually enjoyed doing the evil deed? Oh, double the horror of horrors. I guess they must have, being as they had so many kids. It reminds me of something Groucho Marx said, which will remain unsaid.

Elsie, do you think Joseph really asked, "Mary, are you awake?"🇵🇭😀😄😃🙊🙉🙈😎😊😆😃😀