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Freedom to Love The Theology of the
Body Applied t o Our Lives
Our Lady Of Peace
yOung aduLt grOuP
Review of Sex and the Meaning of Exist ence
Desire
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Theology of the Body
“The body, and in fact, it alone, is capable of making visible what is invisible: the spiritual and divine. It was created to transfer into the visible reality of the world, the mystery hidden since time immemorial in God, and thus to be a sign of it”
(TB, 76).
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Review
The body alone is capable of making visible what is invisibleWe must understand the true meaning of sexual love if we are to build a culture of lifeThere’s more to the Catholic view of sex than “Don’t do it”The body is a theology because God made man in the image of the TrinityOur culture lies to us about sex and fertility
The Pill Commercial
Underst anding the Body as a“Theology”
Who you’re looking for
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A Profound Unity of Body and Spirit
“As a being at once body and spirit, man expresses and perceives spiritual realities through physical signs and symbols” (CCC, n. 1146)
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The Body is the Sign
The human body is the original sign in the world of the ultimate spiritual mystery.
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Flesh
Christianity is the religion of the Word made flesh.
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The Body
“Through the fact that the Word of God became flesh the body entered theology… through the main door” (TB, 89)
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The Body
“The body, and in fact, it alone, is capable of making visible what is invisible: the spiritual and divine. It was created to transfer into the visible reality of the world, the mystery hidden since time immemorial in God, and thus to be a sign of it” (TB, 76)
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The Ultimate Spiritual Mystery
“God has revealed his innermost secret:God himself is an
eternal exchange of love, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and he has destined us to share in
that eternal exchange of Love”
(CCC, n. 221).
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, Servant of God Pope J ohn Paul I I t heGreat
pray for us
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