For God, we are children. We have a name. He loves us and wants to be near us. On my retreat two weekends ago, the priest told us: Whoever does not know that she/she is a child of God does not know THE MOST IMPORTANT THING about him/herself! Sadly, for so many of our young people today, God is a … Read More
TOB Tuesday: Lent
“The body in fact and only the body is capable of making visible what is invisible: the spiritual and the divine. It has been created to transfer into the visible reality of the world the mystery hidden from eternity in God, and thus to be a sign of it.” (TOB 19:4, Feb 20, 1980) Lent is a very “bodily” season … Read More
TOB Tuesday: The National TOB Congress!
Mark your calendars: The National Theology of the Body Congress is set for this summer! The three day event, from July 28-30, will feature speeches, workshops, panels, drama, music and more with some of today’s top TOB speakers and educators, like: Justin Cardinal Rigali: is the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Fr. Richard Hogan: co-author of three books on … Read More
TOB Tuesday: Oprah Schooled on Celibacy
Today the Oprah Winfrey Show explored religious life with the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist – a thriving religious community located in Ann Arbor, MI. For the show Lisa Ling, an Oprah reporter, spent a day – and night – with the sisters at their monastery in Michigan. You can read her story online as well as … Read More
TOB Tuesday: Sex+God=Freedom!
In the name of freedom sex has very little to do with God or spirituality for people in our modern society. Heck, oftentimes it’s even devoid of any kind of real love or emotion! They consider themselves sexually free who see sex as nothing more than a physical sort of recreational activity and don’t let little things like God or … Read More
TOB Tuesday: The Purpose of Our Existence
As a young man marries a virgin, your Builder shall marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices in his bride so shall your God rejoice in you. (Is 62:5) A friend of mine had this as her Facebook status today: “If the human body is really God’s image in the visible world, then the deep and powerful attraction we feel … Read More
TOB Tuesday: The Word Made Flesh
Because we are still in the Christmas season and because it is so significant, I want to re-post some of what I posted last week from Steve Pokorny’s Catholic Exchange article on the REAL meaning of Christmas: Have you ever really listened to “Oh come, all ye faithful?” Check out the third verse: Yea, Lord, we greet Thee Born this … Read More
TOB Tuesday: The REAL Meaning of Christmas
Steve Pokorny writes at Catholic Exchange: Have you ever really listened to “Oh come, all ye faithful?” Check out the third verse: Yea, Lord, we greet Thee Born this happy morning; Jesus, to Thee be all glory giv’n; Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing. GLORY In the public square, the Second Person of the Trinity was proclaimed by … Read More
TOB Tuesday: Technology and Human Conception
After coming across another IVF horror story today, I thought this article from Christopher West would be fitting for today. Certainly we can see that there are some serious problems with IVF with regard to the hundreds of thousands of “left-over” embryos that are either destroyed, frozen for later “use,” or intentionally farmed for medical experimentation. But even if we … Read More
TOB Tuesday: A Real Priest Speaks to Real Men
There is no question that men today, more so than in previous generations, are challenged with mixed messages about what it means to be a man. This is especially true when it comes to love, marriage, sexuality and family life. In his book Man to Man: A Real Priest Speaks to Real Men about Marriage, Sexuality and Family Life, Fr. … Read More