premarital sex. The following statements are my interpretations of his and the Church's

The Church does not believe that sex is dirty. The Church believes that sex is

sacred. It is intimately tied to the dignity of the human person, and that respect for sex

means respect for the human person. The Church’s teaching on human sexuality can be

distilled down to one simple concept: sex has a meaning. It’s not a random act performed

by the body, with no attachment whatsoever to the soul or the psyche or our emotional or

spiritual selves. It is a complete and total gift of self, man to woman and woman to man.

It is the act that brings new life into the world. The love of a man and woman, their self-

gift, is so real that it becomes someone.

It sounds so beautiful, but I do not believe that you have to be married to be able to

feel this way for another person. The most intense way we relate to another person is

sexually. Nothing so concentrates the mind about what will happen next, occasional

proven right or wrong, just opinions. It is good to have your own beliefs and to live by

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