I just ran across this Homily-turned-blog-entry by Father Martin Fox in Ohio, and love what he has to say, so I share it here.

The title is "What my Grandma knew about Saint Paul", and it's good stuff... his grandma's main message was "Being Catholic is a hard life - but it's an easy death."

Here's a clip:

You and I must be bold to say,
it is not living for Jesus Christ that is wrong;
it is our culture that is wrong--it is sick, and dying.

More and more couples live together before marriage.
If they are intimate and using contraception,
that will likely continue in their marriage.
No wonder what the Church teaches about
keeping that intimacy open to the gift of life
seems such a impossible ideal.

Yet studies show that couples living together
before marriage are more likely to get divorced.
That is also the case for those using contraception.

One of the many things couples practicing
Natural Family Planning discover
is something new and powerful in their intimacy.
They report it is better, fresher, more enduring,
because it's less about self-fulfillment,
and more about giving oneself away.

Give the whole thing a read.