Pick an age. Any age. Pick a culture. Any culture. Pick a time, pick a place and then...pick a person.
Whoever they are, wherever they are, and whenever they are, the same questions haunt them:
Who am I?
Do I matter?
What will make me happy?
What is the meaning of my being and existence?
Those are eternal questions. Their answers have eternal ramifications. They determine how we love and how we live. They shape the choices we make, the work we do and the time we spend. They can give or they can take life.
That’s why it’s imperative that we find the right answer.
And do not be mistaken, there ARE right answers.
Not just good ones.
But true answers that always and everywhere give peace, happiness and life.
Where are these answers found?
IN OUR BODIES.
Let me explain...
Pope St. John Paul II gave us a revolutionary teaching called the Theology of the Body. It’s more than a book or a collection of teachings from our Holy Father. It’s the Catholic vision of what it means to be a human person made in the image and likeness of God.
It conveys the ancient truths of the faith in a new, accessible and relatable way,
explaining for humanity the relationship between
body and soul,
man and woman,
the human person and God.
It is in fact, the antidote to a culture that has all but lost the understanding of what it means to be human.
The “Theology of the Body” is St. John Paul II's integrated vision of the human person. The human body has a specific meaning, making visible an invisible reality, and is capable of revealing answers regarding fundamental questions about us and our lives:
His reflections are based on Scripture and contain a vision of the human person truly worthy of man. Emphasizing the theme of love as self-gift, they counteract societal trends which view the body as an object of pleasure or as a machine for manipulation.
Instead, the body shows us the call and gives us the means to love in the image of God. His earlier book Love and Responsibility, and other papal documents, such as Familiaris Consortio and Mulieris Dignitatem also touch on these and related themes.
John Paul II encourages a true reverence for the gift of our sexuality and challenges us to live it in a way worthy of our great dignity as human persons. His theology is not only for young adults or married couples, but for all ages and vocations, since it sums up the true meaning of being a person.
Ultimately, the Theology of the Body is the answer to all the yearnings of the human heart.
Are you ready to find out
who you are,
whose you are
and the meaning of why you are here?
If you answered yes to those questions,
the Theology of the Body is for you.
Whoever they are, wherever they are, and whenever they are, the same questions haunt them:
Who am I?
Do I matter?
What will make me happy?
What is the meaning of my being and existence?
Those are eternal questions. Their answers have eternal ramifications. They determine how we love and how we live. They shape the choices we make, the work we do and the time we spend. They can give or they can take life.
That’s why it’s imperative that we find the right answer.
And do not be mistaken, there ARE right answers.
Not just good ones.
But true answers that always and everywhere give peace, happiness and life.
Where are these answers found?
IN OUR BODIES.
Let me explain...
Pope St. John Paul II gave us a revolutionary teaching called the Theology of the Body. It’s more than a book or a collection of teachings from our Holy Father. It’s the Catholic vision of what it means to be a human person made in the image and likeness of God.
It conveys the ancient truths of the faith in a new, accessible and relatable way,
explaining for humanity the relationship between
body and soul,
man and woman,
the human person and God.
It is in fact, the antidote to a culture that has all but lost the understanding of what it means to be human.
The “Theology of the Body” is St. John Paul II's integrated vision of the human person. The human body has a specific meaning, making visible an invisible reality, and is capable of revealing answers regarding fundamental questions about us and our lives:
- Is there a real purpose to life and if so, what is it?
- What does it mean that we were created in the image of God?
- Why were we created male and female? Does it really matter if we are one sex or another?
- What does the marital union of a man and woman say to us about God and his plan for our lives?
- What is the purpose of the married and celibate vocations?
- What exactly is "Love"?
- Is it truly possible to be pure of heart?
His reflections are based on Scripture and contain a vision of the human person truly worthy of man. Emphasizing the theme of love as self-gift, they counteract societal trends which view the body as an object of pleasure or as a machine for manipulation.
Instead, the body shows us the call and gives us the means to love in the image of God. His earlier book Love and Responsibility, and other papal documents, such as Familiaris Consortio and Mulieris Dignitatem also touch on these and related themes.
John Paul II encourages a true reverence for the gift of our sexuality and challenges us to live it in a way worthy of our great dignity as human persons. His theology is not only for young adults or married couples, but for all ages and vocations, since it sums up the true meaning of being a person.
Ultimately, the Theology of the Body is the answer to all the yearnings of the human heart.
Are you ready to find out
who you are,
whose you are
and the meaning of why you are here?
If you answered yes to those questions,
the Theology of the Body is for you.