Part II: Thoughts on Validity, Consummation, and Navigating NFP on the Honeymoon

Yesterday, I responded to an email question which expressed a common issue couples may face when using Natural Family Planning: the possibility of a fertile honeymoon and wedding night. If a couple has serious need to postpone pregnancy, this may mean abstaining for a while when they first get married.  And let's face it: that idea is no fun. 

So I talked about how lack of sex doesn't make a marriage invalid, in case that's a concern. 

Today, I'm going to offer some resources and tips for praying about and navigating the question of abstinence during the honeymoon.

RESOURCES
When it comes to particular devotions, habits, or other resources to help couples pray together through difficult times, I sort of feel like the best method is to fling spaghetti at the wall and see what sticks. 

In other words: what works really well for one couple is not going to work well for another, so as the resident "resource person" my approach is to give you various ideas and let you sort out which ones are meaningful for you. This means that if any of these suggestions is clearly not helpful, you not only have my permission but you also have my wholehearted blessing to ignore it! 

Now, let's fling some spaghetti: 

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