Thursday, June 3, 2010

Katanungan Hinggil sa 'Masturbation'

Si San Jose at ang Binatilyong Jesus. Ang Panginoong JesuCristo ay isang tunay na lalaki: malusog at matapang. Subalit hindi siya naging babaero o kaya ay namuhay sa mahalay na pag-iisip at hindi rin nagpadala sa pita ng laman dahil siya ay ginabayan sa tapang paggabay at tinuruan ng tamang moralidad ng kanyang Ina na si Maria at ang kanyang kinilalang ama sa lupa... si San Jose. Pinakita ni Jesus na kaya nating pagharian ang mga tukso ng ating makalupang pagnanasa.

[Mark Santos: "father, question lang po. masama po bang magjakol? ang hirap po kasing pigilan at saan po ito mababasa sa bible. salamat"]

Dear Mark, ang issue ng masturbation ay isa sa mga topic na hindi directang sinasagot ng Biblia. Subalit kung ating titignan ang mga basic moral principles ng Banal na Kasulatan makikita natin na ito ay sumasalungat sa aral ng Panginoong Dios.

1. Ito ay labag sa kabanalan ng ating isip sapagkat ang Masturbation ay may kaakibat na paggamit ng malalaswang imahinasyon. Ang isang Cristiano ay dapat na may malinis na puso at isip:

Matthew 5:28 "Datapuwa't sinasabi ko sa inyo, na ang bawa't tumingin sa isang babae na taglay ang masamang hangad ay nagkakasala, na ng pangangalunya sa kaniyang puso."
Ang Masturbation ay hindi lang "tingin ng pagnanasa" kundi patuloy na pag-iisip ng malaswa na nagnanais gawin ang mga gawaing iyon sa actualidad upang bigyang tugon ang tawag ng laman. Hindi ito udyok ng pag-ibig kundi bugso ng damdamin at pagpaparaya sa kahinaan.
2. Ito ay labag sa kabanalan ng ating mga katawan na Templo ng Dios kung saan nananahan ang Espiritu Santo [1 Corinthians 3:16]. At dahil dito hindi natin ito dapat abusin para sa masamang pita ng laman kung saan ginagamit ang ating katawan at sexualidad hindi ayon sa kasagraduhan ng kasal kundi sa pansariling pagpaparaos lamang.

1 Corinto 3:16 "Hindi baga ninyo nalalaman na kayo'y templo ng Dios, at ang Espiritu ng Dios ay nananahan sa inyo?"

3. Ang pagtatapon ng Seed of Life ay kasalanan sa Dios. Ang Semilya o ang Seed of Life ay binigay ng Dios sa atin para gamitin sa asawa upang bumuo ng buhay. Dapat bukas tayo sa buhay na regalo ng Dios at hindi ito itatapon lamang:

Gen 38:9 "And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother."
Ang Santa Iglesia ay nagtuturo na dahil sa pagsalansang ng Masturbation sa mga pangunahing principio ng Christian Morality na nakasaad sa Banal na Kasulatan ang Masturbation ay isang "Intrinsically Evil Act"... Ibig sabihin ito ay masamang gawain ayon sa kanyang kalikasan dahil ito ay pagpaparaos ng pita ng laman ng labas sa Atas ng Kabanalan, labas sa intention ng pag-buo ng buhay at labas sa sitwasyon ng Sagradong Matrimonio.

24 comments:

  1. Paano po kapag ipapatingin sa doctor yung sperm count mo, then sabi ng doctor kailangan magmasterbate, kasalanan pa rin po ba yun?

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  2. Ang pagpapa check up sa Doctor for health reasons ay hindi masama. Subalit ang masturbation ay masama dahil ito ay makasariling pagpaparaos sa pita ng laman. Ang case na ito ay isang halimbawa ng classic case ng Mabuti ang Intensiyon subalit Masama ang Pamamaraan.

    Bagamat maganda ang intensiyon hindi pa rin maiaalis nito na imoral ang pamamaraan na walang iba kundi Masturbation. Kaya nga may moral principle na: THE END DOES NOT JUSTIFY THE MEANS.

    Isa pa, kung maganda ang Intensiyon tulad ng Medical Reasons babawasan lamang nito ang antas ng pagkakasala ng taong nagmasturbate subalit hindi nito ginagawang tama ang mali o ang masama.

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  3. father, is masturbation
    a mortal sin??

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  4. Dear Anonymous,

    The principle to be used in answering your question is written in Catechism of the Catholic Church #1857: "For a sin to be mortal, three conditions must be together met" What are these three conditions:

    1. The Sin must be Grave Matter
    2. The Sin must be committed with full knowledge
    3. The Sin must be done with deliberate consent

    Now, as regards the number 1. It is grave matter because it is an abuse of our body as Temple of the Holy Spirit and it is done with impure imaginations and desires.

    As regards the number two however, it is committed with full knowledge for those grown ups who have studied or are knowledgeable of Christian principles. But it is not with full consent for teenagers or those who are ignorant. It means, if it is done by an adult Catholic properly instructed in the faith, it is Mortal Sin but if it is done by a 15 year old boy it is not Mortal Sin but still wrong because it is self abuse and improper use of sexuality.

    The same thing for those who know fully well that it is wrong but they did it without full consent may be because they were half asleep and did it only instinctively or under the influence of alcohol, etc. Even without full consent it is still wrong.

    Absence of full knowledge and deliberate consent decreases the degree of culpability of the person but it does not make masturbation good.

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  5. ang panonood ba ng porn ay masama? san banda makikita ang verse sa Bible na masama ang manood ng porn?

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  6. ANG PANONOOD NG PORN AY MASAMA DAHIL ITO AY PAGYURAK SA DANGAL AT DIGNIDAD NG TAO. GINAGAMIT ANG KATAWAN HINDI AYON SA KALOOBAN NG DIOS KUNDI PARA SA TALIWAS NA PAGNANASA.

    BAKIT ANG PAGPATAY BA NA GAMIT ANG SAMURAI SWORD E MAKIKITA SA BIBLIA NA MASAMA? HINDI PORKE HINDI NASASAAD NG LETRA POR LETRA SA BIBLIA E OK NA.

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  7. Padre ! Sacristan po ako nun sa pinas at kinuha kami ng ate ko dito sa canada... Naalala ko pa noon ung tanong ko sa bishop namin na kung kasalanan ba ang pag mamasturbation ! At ang sabi nya normal lang daw yun sa mga kalalakihan at ayos lang daw po gawin ...lahat po kaming sacristan ay nandun habang sinabi po ni bishop na okay lang...kaya naguguluhan po ako ngayon kung ito po ba ay isang kasalanan...

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  8. DHOGZO6,

    ANG TURO NG SANTA IGLESIA NA MALI AT MASAMA ANG MASTURBATION AY CONSISTENT AT MALINAW. KAYA HINDI KAPANIPANIWALA NA MERONG OBISPO NA MAGSASABI NG GANYAN. MAHIRAP IYAN PANIWALAAN.

    ANG ARAL NA BINIBIGAY KO SA IYO AY HINDI GALING SA AKIN AT HINDI KO IMBENTO. ITO ANG OFFICIAL TEACHING OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON THE ISSUE OF MASTURBATION:

    CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

    2352 By masturbation is to be understood the deliberate stimulation of the genital organs in order to derive sexual pleasure. "Both the Magisterium of the Church, in the course of a constant tradition, and the moral sense of the faithful have been in no doubt and have firmly maintained that masturbation is an intrinsically and gravely disordered action."138 "The deliberate use of the sexual faculty, for whatever reason, outside of marriage is essentially contrary to its purpose." For here sexual pleasure is sought outside of "the sexual relationship which is demanded by the moral order and in which the total meaning of mutual self-giving and human procreation in the context of true love is achieved."139

    To form an equitable judgment about the subjects' moral responsibility and to guide pastoral action, one must take into account the affective immaturity, force of acquired habit, conditions of anxiety or other psychological or social factors that lessen, if not even reduce to a minimum, moral culpability.

    DIRECTA AT MALINAW NA INSTRINSICALLY DISORDERED ACTION ANG MASTURBATION. IBIG SABIHIN BY ITS VERY NATURE ITO AY MALI AT MASAMA. LIKAS NA MALI ANG GAWAING ITO.

    YAN ANG TURO NG SANTO PAPA AT LAHAT NG OBISPO SA BUONG DAIGDIG. YAN ANG OPISYAL NA ARAL.

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  9. fr abe

    i am taking a bath i only clean my genitals and suddenly it burst out...i dont know what to do upto now i am confused.i didnt think anything impure just to clean it...is that a sin?

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  10. fr i am confused...i think about notreceiving holy communion because i dont know if it is a sin.help me father

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  11. ANONYMOUS, IF YOU ARE CONFUSED GO TO CONFESSION AND ASK FOR THE LORD'S FORGIVENESS AND GUIDANCE THROUGH HIS MINISTER.

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  12. [i am taking a bath i only clean my genitals and suddenly it burst out...i dont know what to do upto now i am confused.i didnt think anything impure just to clean it...is that a sin?]

    IF YOU ARE NOT TOUCHING YOURSELF WITH INTENTION OF AROUSING YOURSELF AND YOU WERE NOT THINKING OF IMPURE THINGS AND AS YOU'VE SAID YOU WERE JUST CLEANING YOURSELF THEN IT IS NOT A SIN. IT WAS A NATURAL COURSE OR REACTION OF YOUR BODY. IT WAS NOT MASTURBATION WHICH IS AN INTENTIONAL TOUCHING OF THE GENITALS WITH THE PURPOSE OF ATTAINING ORGASM.

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  13. JAKOL? natawa ko dun sa word na ginamit ng nagtatanong...hehe

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  14. Is foreplay between a married couple a sin?

    Ang wet dreams ba ay kasalanan? During the dream i have sex sometimes with another woman, sometimes with my daughter. Grabe! Of course unconscious ako because I was sound asleep but inside the dream, it felt very real and it felt like I have full knowledge of it. But when I wake up I pray and say sorry to God. Is this a sin? Sometimes naman I don't dream at all but when I wake up my underwear is wet. Is this a sin that I should confess?

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  15. [Is foreplay between a married couple a sin?]

    NO. THE MARRIED COUPLE OR THE HUSBAND AND WIFE HAVE THE RIGHT AND PRIVILEGE TO ENJOY BODILY ENJOYMENT AND UNION. HOWEVER, EVEN SEXUAL UNION HAS ETHICAL STANDARDS. THEY SHOULD AVOID THINGS THAT IS DETRIMENTAL TO THEIR HUMAN DIGNITY AND CHRISTIAN VALUES OR THOSE THINGS THAT ARE CONTRARY TO HUMANR REASONS. FOR INSTANCE, MASOCHISTS ACTS OF HURTING OR WOUNDING EACH OTHER DURING FOREPLAY AND THE LIKE. EVEN SEXUAL ACTS MUST BE DONE WITH MODESTY AND DECENCY BECAUSE IT IS SACRED TO THE LORD.

    IT IS ALSO REQUIRED THAT FOREPLAY MUST END IN SEXUAL UNION, THAT IS, TO THE PENETRATION OF THE FEMALE GENITAL BY THE MALE GENITAL [OF THE WIFE BY THE HUSBAND]. ALL FOREPLAY ARE MERE PREPARATIONS TO THAT ULTIMATE SEXUAL ACT. THE KEY MUST BE INSIDE THE LOCK AT THE RIGHT TIME AT THE RIGHT PLACE. FOREPLAYS ARE MEANS TO AN END AND NOT THE END ITSELF OTHERWISE THEY BECOME MERE SELFISH SATISFACTION OF LUSTS SIMILAR TO MASTURBATION BUT DONE WITH ANOTHER PERSON'S HELP. SEXUAL ACT MUST END WITH THE PENETRATION THROUGH WHICH IT BECOMES BOTH CONJUGAL AND PROCREATIVE. THUS, WITHDRAWAL OR RELEASE OF THE SEED OF LIFE OUTSIDE THE NATURAL PLACE IS ABOMINATION TO GOD AS SHOWN BY THE SIN OF ONAN.

    [Ang wet dreams ba ay kasalanan?]

    WET DREAMS IF IT IS JUST A NATURAL RELEASE OF SEEDS WHILE YOU ARE SLEEPING IS NOT SINFUL BY ITSELF. BECAUSE IT IS OUR BODIES' NATURAL PROCESS OF RELEASING EXCESS CELLS LIKE PERSPIRING OR URINATING. BUT IF IT WAS ACCOMPANIED BY MENTAL ACTS WHICH IS SINFUL THEN IT BECOMES TAINTED WITH SIN AS WELL AND MUST BE CONFESSED.

    MANY SPIRITUAL MASTERS SUGGEST THAT IN ORDER TO BE SURE ALL WET DREAMS SHOULD BE CONFESSED AND LET THE CONFESSOR JUDGE IF THEY ARE SINFUL OR NOT.

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  16. [During the dream i have sex sometimes with another woman, sometimes with my daughter. Grabe!]

    GRABE TALAGA YAN. THESE SHOWS THAT THOSE WET DREAMS MUST BE CONFESSED. BECAUSE THEY ARE ACCOMPANIED BY SINFUL THOUGHTS.

    ALWAYS BEAR IN MIND THAT THOSE THOUGHTS WILL NOT ENTER YOUR MIND DURING SLEEPS IF THEY ARE NOT TRIGGERED BY SOMETHING YOU HAVE IMAGINED OR HAVE READ OR THOUGHT OF PREVIOUSLY WHILE YOU ARE AWAKE. MOST PROBABLY YOU WERE ATTRACTED TO OTHER WOMEN BESIDE YOUR WIFE AND YOU WERE LUSTING FOR THEM, IF NOT INTENTIONALLY AT LEAST UNCONSCIOUSLY SO THAT THEY RISES TO THE FORE DURING YOUR DREAMS.

    IT IS ALSO PROBABLE THAT UNCONSCIOUSLY ALSO YOU WERE NOTICING YOUR DAUGHTER GROWING BODILY AS A WOMAN AND SOMETIMES SHE WEARS SHORT CLOTHES AT HOME OR WERE CHANGING CLOTHES WITHOUT MALICE NEAR HER PARENTS FOR THEM TO SEE SO THAT SATAN USES THESE IMAGES TO LURE YOU INTO TEMPTATIONS. INDEED, SOME FATHERS OR GRANDFATHERS OR UNCLES OR BROTHERS WERE TEMPTED TO RAPE THEIR DAUGHTER, GRANDAUGHTER, NIECE OR SISTER BECAUSE OF THIS. THAT KIND OF TEMPTATION IS REAL AND VERY DANGEROUS. SO YOU MUST BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO FALL. YES, YOU MUST CONFESS THIS KIND OF DREAMS.

    [Of course unconscious ako because I was sound asleep but inside the dream, it felt very real and it felt like I have full knowledge of it.]

    AS I'VE SAID DREAMS OF THESE KIND DO NOT ARISE OUT OF VACUUM OR OUT OF THIN AIR. THEY ARE TRIGGERED BY SOMETHING. SO, BE MORE MODEST WITH YOUR DAUGHTERS. AND DON'T LET THEM WEAR SEDUCTED CLOTHES AT HOME. TEACH THEM TO BE MODEST.

    [But when I wake up I pray and say sorry to God.]

    THAT IS GOOD. NOURISH YOUR LIFE IN PRAYER AND THE SACRAMENTS. AND BE VERY CAREFUL AT HOME. BE A LOVING FATHER TO YOUR DAUGHTERS BUT AT THE SAME TIME PUT SOME DISTANCE AS WELL. LET THEM BE MORE CLOSE WITH THE MOTHER WITHOUT YOU BEING TOO FAR. BE NEAR BUT NOT SO CLOSE FOR SIN TO REIGN. FOR INSTANCE, WHEN YOU KISS THEM KISS ON THE FOREHEAD FULL OF LOVE AND RESPECT NOT ON THE CHEEK THAT ONE GIVE TO YOUR WIFE.

    [Is this a sin?]

    THE DREAMS ARE SINFUL: ADULTERY AND INCEST. IF THE EFFECTS ARE SINFUL THEN THE ROOT CAUSES MUST BE SINFUL AS WELL. SO, IT IS RIGHT THAT YOU SAY SORRY TO GOD AND PRAY FOR THEM AND ALSO CONFESS THEM SO THAT THE CHURCH COULD BIND THAT SIN AND REMOVE IT FROM YOUR SOUL.

    [Sometimes naman I don't dream at all but when I wake up my underwear is wet. Is this a sin that I should confess?]

    THIS IS THE KIND OF WET DREAMS THAT BY NATURE IS NOT SINFUL. HOWEVER, AS I'VE SAID IT IS SAFER TO CONFESS THEM STILL SO THAT IF THERE IS AN ELEMENT OF SIN INVOLVED IT CAN BE ERASED BY THE POWER OF THE CHURCH TO BIND AND LOOSE.

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  17. Hello po Father, tanong ko lang din po. Kong ang tao ba ay naka commit nang mortal sin, mapapatawad pa ba xa nang diyos if he asks forgiveness?Because in this world, maraming temptations and it is inevitable na magkakasala tau venial man or mortal. I would just like to know. Thanks.

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  18. I'll just pray for the person who deleted or rejected my comment on this particular topic. I am a catholic and it seems I'm not welcomed here. My comment used to be awaiting moderation but now, it went to a trashcan I guess. It's so sad. I'll pray for you Mr. Moderator or mr whoever you are. I commented because what I just wanted was an answer. Hmm. I also checked other topic where I commented and all those awaiting moderation comments are gone now.

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    1. YOUR QUESTION HAS JUST BEEN ANSWERED. I WAS SO VERY BUSY. I WAS OUT OF OFFICE FOR 4 DAYS DUE TO THE 1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF MY FATHER. SO BE PATIENT.

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  19. HABANG TAYO AY NABUBUHAY LAGING MERONG PAGKAKATAON NA MAGSISI SA KASALANAN AT MAPATAWAD. KAYA NAPAKAHALAGA NA ANG MORTAL SINS NATIN AY DAPAT NATING MAIKUMPISAL UPANG MAPATAWAD TAYO NG PANGINOONG JESUS SA PAMAMAGITAN NG AUTHORITY NA PINAGKALOOB NIYA SA SANTA IGLESIA [cf. John 20:21-23 and Matthew 16:18-19/ Matthew 18:18]

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  20. Good day Father Abe, thank you for responding to my comment. May God bless you all the time. By the way, forgive me about the other post. i am also a blogger and I should have understood that comments to be moderated will not be seen immediately. nakalimotan ko lang talaga father. So I apologize. I tried contacting u via email but sadly this Mailer-Daemon sent a delivery failure notice. Did you change your email address? Don ko inexplain about sa mistake ko. :) Sorry toalaga Father.

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  21. WELCOME MICHAEL... IT'S ALRIGHT I UNDERSTAND YOU. I DIDN'T BLAME YOU FOR COMMENTING AS SUCH. ITS NORMAL.

    YES, I CHANGED MY E-MAIL ADDRESS BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS ONE WAS HACKED BY SYNDICATES FROM AFRICA. THEY USED IT TO SOLICIT MONEY FROM MY FRIENDS THANK GOD NOBODY BELIEVED IT. JUST SENT ME YOUR E-MAIL. I WILL NOT POST AND I WILL CONTACT YOU. SEND ME ALSO THE LINK TO YOUR BLOG SO THAT I CAN CHECK IT. GOD BLESS YOU.

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  22. hello po father??,.,
    ako po ay nagrosaryo sa gabi o nagpe pray bago matulog,minsan po ay napanaginipan ko ang mga malalaswang bagay o sex,paggising ko po basa po ang brief ko,,nalulungkot po ako dahil hindi ko namn kagustuhan ito?bakit po ito nangyari?,.,naguguluhan po ako?anu pa ba ang mga dapat kung gawin?.
    .,,.joemar of rizal,,,.,

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  23. [hello po father??,.,]

    HELLO.

    [ako po ay nagrosaryo sa gabi o nagpe pray bago matulog,]

    VERY GOOD. THANKS BE TO GOD.

    [minsan po ay napanaginipan ko ang mga malalaswang bagay o sex,paggising ko po basa po ang brief ko,]

    ANG PAGRE-RELEASE NG SPERM CELL DURING OUR SLEEP IS A PART OF OUR NATURAL PROCESS. KAPAG PUNO NA ANG LALAGYAN NATIN NG SEEDS OF LIFE INILALABAS NG ATING KATAWAN ANG MGA EXTRA CELLS.

    YUNG PANAGINIP MO AY MAAARING BUNGA NG IYONG MGA HIDDEN THOUGHTS OR EFFECTS NG MGA NAKITA MO O NABASA PREVIOUSLY. MAAARING ITO AY MGA PERSONAL DESIRES OR THOUGHTS MO NA IBINABALIK NG IYONG ISIP SA ORAS NA IKAW AY NAKAHIMLAY.

    [,nalulungkot po ako dahil hindi ko namn kagustuhan ito?bakit po ito nangyari?,.,naguguluhan po ako?anu pa ba ang mga dapat kung gawin?.
    .,,.joemar of rizal,,,.,]

    BETTER INCLUDE THEM IN THE CONFESSION SO THAT YOU CAN BE FORGIVEN BY GOD THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH.

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