Only the chaste man and the chaste woman are capable of true love…Conversely, it is only through love, i.e. the affirmation of the person, that chastity becomes a virtue. -JP II, Love and Responsibility See also: Love = Affirmation of the Person
TOB Tuesday: The Task of Every Man and Woman
Christ – who in the Sermon on the Mount gives his own interpretation of the commandment “You shall not commit adultery”…assigns the dignity of every woman as a task to every man; at the same time (although this conclusion follows only indirectly from the text) he assigns also the dignity of every man to every woman. -JP II, TOB 100:6 … Read More
TOB Tuesday: A Symposium Recap
Things got a little busy for me towards the end of last week and I did not get a chance to post the last couple of articles from National Catholic Register’s Theology of the Body Symposium. So I thought today I’d just offer a recap of the entire symposium and link to all of the great articles that were featured … Read More
TOB Tuesday: I Believe in Love!
Today’s contribution to the Register’s Theology of the Body Symposium comes from Fr. Jose Granados: Is it possible to believe in love? To our culture, love seems funny, interesting, desirable, maybe necessary … but certainly not trustworthy. It does not seem to be solid and lasting enough so that one can build one’s entire life on it. Pope John Paul … Read More
TOB: Past, Present and Future
Two more articles to highlight at the Register’s Theology of the Body Symposium. Last week Sr. Prudence Allen wrote about how the TOB is important in understanding “the complementarity of marriage and continence for ‘the Kingdom of heaven’ in their meaning and manifold importance.” In the early autumn of 1979, Pope John Paul II introduced to the universal Church his … Read More
Theology of the Body, Chastity and the New Evangelization
A few more articles added to the Register’s Theology of the Body symposium. Janet Smith on how the TOB’s teaching on chastity affects pastoral practice, and how do we teach and live chastity as a result: It is important to remember that the theology of the body was not written to provide a program for teaching chastity. John Paul II … Read More
How Can Pastors Use the TOB?
I told you I would highlight the latest articles that are part of National Catholic Register’s Theology of the Body symposium. The latest comes from Fr. Brian Bransfield on how the Church can use the Theology of the Body, which was the product of a concerned pastor, more for effective pastoral practice: Karol Wojtyla regularly escaped. He escaped from not … Read More
TOB Tues.: The Register’s TOB Symposium
The National Catholic Register is in the midst of examining the rich catechesis of JP II’s Theology of the Body through a series of articles. It started with an introductory article from Cardinal Justin Rigali: The theology of the body is not over our heads. It is deep in our hearts. Teachers do not take shortcuts. In fact, every great … Read More
TOB Tuesday: TOB for Dummies :)
For the average person, the idea of reading about or studying the Theology of the Body can seem like a daunting task, even if they really want to know more about it. If this describes you, Creative Minority Report‘s Matthew Archibold has a suggestion: I read Marcel Lejeune’s book Set Free to Love and it’s great. I’m an idiot so … Read More
TOB Tuesday: Understanding Celibacy
Fr. Kyle Schnippel has an article up at Catholic Exchange on Understanding Celibacy Through the Theology of the Body In the early parts of his papacy, Pope John Paul II delivered a series of Wednesday catechesis talks on spousal love. Built on his reflections of the first chapters of the Book of Genesis and refined during his trips as a … Read More