May 3, 2016 | Theology of the Body
Are you striving to be sacramental, that is, striving to make visible spiritual realities? JP II wrote: “The body, and it alone, is capable of making visible what is invisible: the spiritual and the divine. It was created to transfer into the visible reality of the...
May 3, 2016 | Theology of the Body
How can something invisible be real? Many invisible things are real. Thoughts, dreams, hopes, desires, wind, determination, virtues. The spirit of a person, their animating life force, is invisible: God, pure spirit, is invisible. Yet, God is not less real than the...
May 3, 2016 | Theology of the Body
“God created man in his image; in the divine image he created him; male and female he created them.” The first and second use of man refers to the human race, then we are told the race is male and female. Humans are created with two distinct genders, two...
May 3, 2016 | Theology of the Body
A communion of persons exists when two or more persons gift themselves to one another in love. A husband and wife gift themselves to each other and thus form a communion. God is a communion of persons, the Father, the Son and the flame of love between them, the Holy...
May 3, 2016 | Theology of the Body
God is love. What is necessary for love? …at least three things, a lover, the beloved, and the love between them. So love is never in isolation and never promotes isolation, rather love promotes unity and harmony.
