As I was reading through some of JP II’s writings on the Theology of the Body for today’s TOB Tuesday post, I came across this passage: The theology of the body is not merely a theory, but rather a specific evangelical, Christian pedagogy of the body. This pedagogic character comes from the character of the Bible and above all of … Read More
TOB Tuesday: TOB Video Series
I found a great little video series on the Theology of the Body from Fr. Roger Landry of the Diocese of Fall River Mass. – excellent for anyone picking up the teaching for the first time. Here is part one: See part II, part III, part IV, part V, part VI, part VII and part VIII TOB Tuesdays
TOB Tuesday: Sex and Natural Law
JP II comments on Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae and the nature of the marital act: “The Church…teaches that each and every marriage act must remain through itself open to the transmission of life. That teaching, often set forth by the magisterium, is founded upon the inseparable connection, willed by god and unable to be broken by man on … Read More
TOB Tuesday: Is Celibacy a Life of Sexual Repression?
Christopher West has a great article up at Catholic Exchange: The difference between marriage and celibacy…must never be understood as the difference between having a “legitimate” outlet for sexual lust on the one hand and having to repress it on the other. Christ calls everyone – no matter his or her particular vocation – to experience redemption from the domination … Read More
TOB Tuesday: Time for a Sexual Counter Revolution!
This is a great article from Jennifer Hartline at Catholic Online: With our government on the verge of passing health care legislation that, absent explicit language placed within it prohibiting Federal funds from being used for abortion, will mandate abortion coverage paid for by you and me, I figure now’s a good time for a radical discussion about sex. We’ll … Read More
TOB Tuesday: Desire’s True Light
This is a really nice post from Brian Killian exploring the two different experiences of sexual desire: Sexual desire can propel us upward, or it can pull us down. When it ascends to heaven it is good and holy and fulfilling, but when it drags us down it is degrading and leads to a fall. This fall can be called … Read More
TOB Tuesday: God’s Plan for Life and Love
For this week’s TOB Tuesday check out Robert Colquhoun’s podcast on Seeking God’s Plan for Love and Life. Says Colquhoun: The main aim, purpose and meaning of our lives is to love. God calls us to this exceptional challenge to live our lives as a gift for others. Get this widget | Track details | eSnips Social DNA Colquhoun is … Read More
U.N. Report Advocates Teaching Masturbation to 5-Yr.-Olds, Abortion to 12-Yr.-Olds
This is just evil: The U.N.’s Economic, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) released a 98-page report in June offering a universal lesson plan for kids ranging in age from 5-18, an “informed approach to effective sex, relationships” and HIV education that they say is essential for “all young people.”… The UNESCO report, called “International Guidelines for Sexuality Education,” separates children … Read More
TOB Tuesday: Human Beings as Objects of Use pt. II
In a previous TOB Tuesday post I pointed out the beginning of a three part series of columns over at Catholic Exchange in which Dale O’Leary attempts to answer the challenge posed to traditional sexual morality by the “Sexual Revolutionaries” of the last thirty years. In part one he reviewed the examination of the fundamentally anti-person Sexual Revolution made by … Read More
TOB Tuesday: Caritas in Veritate on Sex and Marriage
I thought for today’s TOB Tuesday post it would be appropriate to point out what the pope has to say about sex and marriage in his most recent encyclical. In paragraph 15, Pope Benedict comments on Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae: The Encyclical Humanae Vitae emphasizes both the unitive and the procreative meaning of sexuality, thereby locating at the … Read More