Prompted by Theology of the Body
St. Joseph Was Not an Old Man with No Libido!
By Christopher West. With St. John Paul II’s help, I’d like to clear up a common misconception about St. Joseph, whose feast day is March 19. In a little-known address given on Aug. 21, 1996, Pope John Paul II spoke about the difficulty for many of accepting “the...
Film showing: Sexual Revolution
Free film showing Oct 21, 4 pm, at Cedar Lee Theater, 2163 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118 Second film showing Oct 23, 7 pm, at Holy Rosary Parish, 12021 Mayfield Road, Cleveland, OH 44106 Both followed by Q & A, with Fr. Patrick Schultz and Kyle and Katie...
Freedom or Deception?
Rules. Yes, rules are good. We sometimes admire the rule breaker, perhaps because we are careless, but sometimes because the rule breaker has new insights. But these are exceptions, in general the rules aid us. Stop lights and traffic signs, being polite, don’t get...
The Gateway of Love
For some the emotions constitute the primary indication of love. Then when they have lost these emotions… ”Disaster! All is lost!” “I no longer feel anything (perhaps I even feel revulsion).” (He only had emotions, now with these transitory feelings gone nothing...
Love: to will the good of another
In this world thoughts are often muddled. “For now we see in a mirror dimly”; love is often falsely described as a feeling rather than ‘a decision to “will the good of another”’ (Saint Thomas Aquinas). Is it difficult?... more than you expected? Smile… courage...
Recognizing God as creator
Recognizing God as Creator, and oneself and others as created, gives rise to awareness that there are distinctions and the distinctions clarify and illumine the good. This awareness gives us awe and pause to consider our spouse and others as distinct souls with...
Are you striving to be sacramental?
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...
Invisible made visible
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...
Made in the image of God
"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 sexes, from...