Jesus, Mary and Joseph was the favorite ejaculation of catholic school children of the 1950's because it carried more indulgences than other short quick prayers like Jumpin Jehosophat and Mama mia Duse Botsa. After the Vatican council the sequel the practice of Catholic ejaculations for indulgences fell out of favor.
In the new liberal church Catholics indulged in ejaculations to relieve tension and stress or to make Mary Margaret Murphy their steady date.( In the Pre Vatican II church a simple hickey would have sufficed!). Then ejaculations and indulgences took on a whole new meaning as pedophile priests introduced generations of altar boys to new and deeper penetration into the mysteries of the faith.
Apparently feeling that those disgraceful days are behind , the church is now intent on reviving ejaculationa as a source of indulgence. A dry ejaculation brings a partial indulgence but a full on come shot to the heavens brings a plenary indulgence. The vatican't Handbook to Ejaculating Indulgences notes that only one plenary indulgence is allowed per sinner per day. Theologian Reginaldo Marrarino however is cited in a footnote in the Handbook suggesting that each sinner has their own unique recovery rate:" Ay when I wuz eighteen, I could ejaculate ten timez ah day...You tellin me dat God didn't admire dat and give pleny ov indulgences for my indulgence? Fuhgetaboutit, spiritually speakin,dat iz!"
