By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture - Many couples do not want to have children nowadays, having been conditioned by the psychoses of a society which fears the restriction of our ability to exercise the fullest possible autonomy. I wish more of those who have gone down this essentially barren path would write honestly about their sense of emptiness as they age. Of course, this wish does not imply that everyone is called to marriage and family. A vocation, to be discerned well, must be discerned in prayer.