Brendan Roberts has a great Theology of the Body primer up at Catholic Exchange:
Sexual messages are thrust upon us almost everywhere we turn. The sexual content of most television programs are helping to form the morals of the young generation especially. Therefore there are constant themes of making marital infidelity, sex divorced from covenantal relationships, contraception, active homosexuality, lying, theft, and revenge as either morally neutral or morally good. However we know through Sacred Scripture and the teaching authority of the Church that they are contrary to the will of God.
But the mystery of sex is much broader than sexual activity. The Christian mystery is how we strive to live our lives according to our understanding and experiences of God. Because it is a mystery we can never come to the fullest understanding of it on earth. Therefore we can never solve it, but can always dive deeper into the wonderful mystery.
It’s funny that Roberts talks about the immoral sexual behavior that our current culture thrusts in our faces because just yesterday I read a post at the liberal Feministing blog lamenting the abstinence message of popular teenage movies like Twilight and High School Musical and from young singers like Taylor Swift and the Jonas Brothers. The author even went so far as to say that the abstinence-only side is winning the “culture war!” I think that’s a bit of a stretch, though I would certainly be happy if that was the case!!
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