Holy Sex!: A Catholic Guide to Toe-Curling, Mind-Blowing, Infallible Loving

Gregory K. Popcak, PhD
The Crossroad Publishing Company (2008)
ISBN 9780824524715
Reviewed by Olivera Baumgartner-Jackson for Reader Views (6/08) 


Gregory K. Popcak’s “Holy Sex!” is the ultimate guide to a fulfilling, happy, yet virtuous sexual life. While written with the Catholic couples in mind, the author’s insight should prove helpful to just about anybody desiring a stronger, more fulfilling sexual experience within their marriage.

Debunking the myths and exposing the lies about the role of sex in Christianity, this book shows you the path to Infallible Loving, a very freeing experience that will bring the partners closer together as well as closer to their God. The author explains how eroticism differs from Holy Sex and why the latter is so much more fulfilling. Through a series of questionnaires the reader is guided to better understanding of what the Infallible Lovers are made of and with the help of well-thought-out exercises given a powerful tool to become one of them.

The second part of the book deals with the five great powers of Holy Sex, namely:

1.  Holy Sex has the power to make the common holy.
2.  Holy Sex has sacramental and redemptive power.
3.  Holy Sex has the power to be a physical sign of God’s passion for us.
4.  Holy Sex has the power to unite.
5.  Holy Sex has the power to create.

Supported by a number of personal stories as well as quotes from a vast array of notable writers, this is an intensely thought-provoking section. I challenge any reader to read it and not feel changed in some way.

The third and fourth parts mostly deal with practical matters, from Natural Family Planning to technicalities of intercourse and solving of common sexual problems, infidelity and more. Always down-to-earth and written in an easy-to-follow and easy-to-understand style, these two parts should probably be the ones most people will refer to more than once.

While this book should be particularly helpful to engaged couples and newlyweds, I do believe that the lessons taught inside could provide positive changes for couples regardless of how long they’ve been married. With advice that is both practical and well researched, witty and wise, Gregory K. Popcak’s “Holy Sex!” should find a permanent place on the bookshelves of people wishing for stronger foundations of their marriage, showing everybody why good sex is not only compatible with the Catholic teachings, but highly desirable as well.

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