A moment to remember: Together for the first time

By Jokin de Irala

The wedding-night book Catholic couples were never given - written by a physician, with imprimatur.

You are getting married, or you just did. You want your first time - and every time after - to be joyful, tender, and free of fear. You also want it to be holy. A Moment to Remember is the first book in English that takes both wishes equally seriously.

A Catholic doctor's guide to sex and intimacy in marriage
Dr. Jokin de Irala is a physician and epidemiologist, professor of medicine, and a member of the Pontifical Academy for Life. For forty years he has spoken to more than half a million young people and couples about love and sexuality. Thousands of couples in Spain and Latin America have read the original edition before their wedding. This is the English edition, translated from the second Spanish edition and published with imprimatur.

Read it together - before the wedding and during the first years
Written to be read separately by each of you and then discussed together, it answers, with medical accuracy and Catholic faith, the questions engaged and newlywed couples rarely dare to ask: Does it hurt the first time? What if we can't manage it on the wedding night?What positions work best, and how can both of us reach orgasm?How do we handle pain, fear, premature ejaculation - or a partner who isn't a virgin?Anatomy, hygiene, the hymen, and the honeymoon: what a doctor would tell you in privateWhat is and isn't acceptable in a healthy Catholic sexual relationship?An introduction to natural family planning and conscious procreation in the first monthsHow faith deepens intimacy - including how to pray before, during, and after making loveExplicit where it needs to be. Faithful all the way through.
Neither a recipe book nor a theology treatise: a clear, warm, and frank guide from a doctor who has counseled thousands of couples, grounded in Theology of the Body and current scientific evidence.

A gift engaged couples will thank you for
Ideal for marriage preparation and Pre-Cana, for newlyweds, and for parents, educators, and mentors who want to give couples something more than a devotional. Also available in Spanish as Un momento inolvidable.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F5NSRKQL
• ISBN13: 9798314449844
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"