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: 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
TOB Tuesday: A Real Love Song
Matt Maher sings his song “Set Me as a Seal” based on the Song of Songs (See lyrics.): A few years ago, Pauline Books and Media released a revised version of the Theology of the Body text – a collection of 129 Wednesday audiences delivered by John Paul II on God’s plan for human love. The biggest difference in this … Read More
TOB Tuesday: The Virgin Mary And Theology of the Body
As the month of Mary draws to a close, I want to draw your attention to a book that has been on my (very lengthy) “to read” list for quite some time. A compilation of 10 essays by some of the world’s foremost Mariologists and experts on the Theology of the Body, The Virgin Mary and the Theology of the … Read More
Jason Evert on EWTN Tonight!
For all of you interested in Theology of the Body, which I talk about on here quite often, Jason Evert, will appear on EWTN’s Life on the Rock tonight (May 7) at 8 PM Eastern to talk about his new book, Theology of His Body/Theology of Her Body. This book is a 2-in-1 presentation that every teen should read, as … Read More
TOB Tuesday: Called to Love
Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, has written a new book with the help of Father José Granados explaining John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. Here is a description of the book titled “Called to Love“: Christianity has long been regarded as viewing the body as a threat to a person’s spiritual nature and of denying … Read More
TOB Tuesday: What is Marriage?
A few years ago Pope Benedict said: There are some who believe that it is legitimate to destroy human life in its earliest or final stages. Equally troubling is the growing crisis of the family, which is the fundamental nucleus of society based on the indissoluble bond of marriage between a man and a woman. Experience has shown that when … Read More
TOB Tuesday: Eighth Grader: “They’re Abusing God’s Gift”
A very proud mother recently passed along to me her son’s topic for his current events assignment at school a few weeks ago. It was on the 3/5 Fox News article “States Move Away from Abstinence-Only Sex Education as Teen Birth Rates Rise“. His summary: Students from Connecticut and California could be learning about a no-abstinence only sex education soon. … Read More