A friend of mine had this up on facebook recently and I can’t think of a better TOB kind of thought for this Tuesday in the octave of Easter: “I am always astonished at the emphasis the Church puts on the body. It is not the soul she says that will rise but the body, glorified. I have always thought … Read More
TOB Tues.: True Love and Virtuous Chastity
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 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 Tues: NFP and Red Hot Catholic Love
Last week I highlighted Catholic theologian, writer and spiritual director Tim Muldoon’s post candidly sharing how he and his wife discovered Red Hot Catholic Love by following what the Church recommended when it came to sex. In a follow up post, Muldoon shares he and his wife’s experience with Natural Family Planning (NFP): Natural family planning was wonderful because it … Read More
TOB Tuesday: Red Hot Catholic Love
When they were dating, Tim Muldoon and his wife asked, “what if we did exactly what the Church recommended when it came to sex?” What they found was: Red Hot Catholic Love! Yeah, it’s possible. We dated. We talked about sex. Of course we wanted it. But we waited. Ours was a transcontinental romance nourished by letter-writing (which I recommend … Read More
TOB Tues. Bonus: Life-Long Married Love is Possible
In honor of Valentine’s Day coming up next Monday, this is a nice reminder that life-long married love is still possible, despite what our culture tells us: Worldwide Marriage Encounter has announced that Marshall and Winnie Kuykendall of Lordsburg, New Mexico, are the national winners of its “Longest Married Couple” contest. The couple will celebrate their 82nd wedding anniversary on … 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