Conjugal Enjoy as well as the Elderly

Here are a few foolish but questions that are sincere.

Is a few designed to stay conjugally intimately active regardless if they may be senior, beyond fertility, yet somehow have the capability and desiring it?

Are elderly partners that engage in conjugal intercourse, but past their fertile years, in mortal sin by participating in the work — because of the non-procreative part of it?

Can there be point that couples started to inside their wedding once they just say “enough”, and mutually agree never to have relations any longer? And in case therefore, are not they sinning by maybe perhaps not offering by themselves completely to one another?

Think about partners which are round the “borderline” ages or about menopause? Will there be an “unwritten” intimate cut-off point someplace that partners should accept? Why or have you thought to?

The teachings on sexuality within the Catechism appear to be geared only towards young and couples that are fertile. Perhaps Pope John Paul II’s Theology for the physical Body might deal with this?

First thought: keep in mind that even yet in the Bible individuals at night chronilogical age of fertility conceived – Sarah within the OT & Elizabeth into the NT.Continue reading