Pints With Aquinas Asking Christopher West 10 Questions about Sex | Ep. 440
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Dec 20, 2023 
Christopher West, an expert in the Church's teachings on sexuality, answers 10 controversial questions. They discuss leaving the gay and lesbian lifestyles, John Paul II's impact on the Church, purpose of genitals, language of the body, cohabitation, premarital sex, contraception, sincere repentance, unjust discrimination in the priesthood, and celibacy's relation to sexuality.
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Sex Has A Purposeful Design
- Christopher West argues genitals have a design: to generate life and unite spouses, so separating pleasure from procreation disintegrates the person.
- Masturbation trains sexual desire toward self-gratification and undermines learning to give oneself to another.
Use Prayerful Sacrifice In Temptation
- In temptation, Christopher West recommends offering urges to God and physically adopting a cross-shaped posture as a prayerful resistance.
- Persist in confession and conversion because grace can reorient sexual desire toward self-giving.
The Body Speaks Marital Meaning
- John Paul II's theology: sexual difference encodes a spousal meaning so sex naturally signifies total, faithful, fruitful self-giving.
- Nonmarital sex contradicts that bodily language and undermines fidelity to wedding vows.