Why may people find it hard to follow the Catholic teachings on contraception?

Answer 1

Many people find it hard to follow the Catholic Church's teaching on contraception because it is based on the acceptance that all sexual intercourse must be within marriage and must be open to the possibility of a new life. In practice this means that the couple must be prepared to practice abstinence when the woman might be fertile and only have sexual intercourse when it is unlikely to produce a pregnancy, often towards the end of the woman's cycle. In today's world we are used to having whatever we want on demand and for many people the practice of abstinence is too much of a challenge, especially in a loving relationship. Some people claim that the Catholic church's recommendations are impossible to implement, but modern methods of natural family planning mean that most couples can plan with a great deal of accuracy and still follow the Catholic teaching. For Catholic couples who work together on natural family planning there is a great deal of blessing and affirmation for the relationship.

Roman Catholic AnswerPeople find it "hard" to follow the Church's teaching on contraception, or anything else for that matter because of sin. Original sin has darkened our minds, and we are subject to concupiscence. We tend to confuse pleasure with good, in addition, we tend to confuse our "wants" with God's desires. God made us a certain way, to spend a few years on earth to choose whether we want to live with Him for ever in eternal happiness, or whether we want to choose ourselves, and spent eternity in eternal separation from all that is good - living alone with ourselves. It is hard to follow the Church's teaching because we get confused as to why we are here, what are purpose is, how we were created, what we created for, and what is for our own good. Because we have darkened minds, and skewed wills, the only thing that we can trust is the Holy Catholic Church with Our Blessed Lord left on this earth to guide us. Everything in this life is hard, if you do it right. so say a prayer to God, ask for His light and strength, and then resolve to do His Will, not your own.