Theology of the Body – a Fresh Perspective – Part 4 (The Nuptial Meaning of the Body: a Response to Homosexual Marriage) – Part IV reflects upon the Theology of the Body in Response to Homosexual Marriage, The Nuptial Meaning of the Body, and The Human Body as a Gift

Part 3 of this series reflects upon lectures 8 thru 13 of John Paul II’s Catechesis of Human Love. Topics include Adam is Alone, The Communion of Persons, The Theology of Sex, Man Clings to His Wife, and Shame.

Part 2 of this series reflects upon lectures 5, 6 and 7 of John Paul II’s Catechesis of Human Love. Topics include The Purpose of Solitude, the Difficulty of Solitude in the Modern World, and Not Good for Man to be Alone.

Part 1 of this series reflects upon lectures 1, 2, 3 and 4 of John Paul II’s Catechesis of Human Love. Topics include What is the Theology of the Body, From the Beginning, and The Biblical Accounts of Creation

Ever since I wrote my article Tim Tebow and Catholics – the Emerging Love Hate Relationship I’ve come across a troubling number of other articles about Tim Tebow written by Catholics and other Christians about him that fall into the category of being ‘Dude Worship’ [...]

Beloved: If you are patient when you suffer for doing what is good, this is a grace before God. For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example that you should follow in his footsteps. He committed [...]

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy gave us a new birth to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in [...]

- – – An excerpt from Chapter Sixteen (‘The Fourteeth Didactic Mystery’) of my book Cooperating with God: Life with the Cross – Matthew 27:62- 28:15 The next day, the one following the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate [...]

WOLF UPDATE: On December 8, 2006 the Vatican upheld Bishop Fabian W. Bruskewitz’s 1996 decision to excommunicate all Catholics in his diocese that held membership in Call to Action (CTA), stating that the organization “is totally incompatible with the Catholic faith” . To my knowledge, [...]

According to ANS (Ronda), the Salesian Info Service, last month (August 2010) Michelle Obama, the wife of President Barack Obama, visited Spain with her their oldest daughter Sasha. During her stay in the Salesian house in Ronda, Michelle told the parish priest of Santa Maria, [...]