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Theology of the Body

IN GRACED FRIENDSHIPS
with Fr Samuel Medley, SOLT

Blessed Pope John Paul II


Theology of the Body: Human Love in the Divine Plan

What is the Theology of the Body?


A Collection of 129 Wednesday Audiences given by Pope John Paul the Great during the rst six years of his ponticate. A bible study, or scriptural reection, on the theological meaning of the human body. Theology - , or the study of God, which is the primary thing studied.

Theology of the body:


an Encounter with the Living Jesus Christ

STRUCTURE
Encounter with Christ in: WORD and SACRAMENT

STRUCTURE
Part I: Words of Christ
A. Christ Appeals to the Beginning B. Christ Appeals to the Human Heart C. Christ Appeals to the Resurrection

Part II: The Sacrament


A. The Dimension of Covenant and Grace B. The Dimension of Sign

Final Part: Humanae Vitae

Fundamental Intuition or Thought in the Theology of the Body: Man is made in the image of the Trinity- for Communion

Just as the Father and the Son eternally beget the Holy Spirit in a Communion of life and love Man and woman beget the issue of life in child bearing.

Man became the image of God not only through his own humanity, but also through the communion of persons

Man and Woman He Created Them


Genesis 1:27: So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. TOB clearly lays out the basis of trinitarian communion is being masculine and feminine.

Man and Woman He Created Them


A human person is not only brought about, co-created with man and woman, but they come to their full maturity of the same love of man and woman that has created them.

The Sound of Your Voice by Third Day

I ran away from your love but you waited for me, yes, you waited for me and then I heard your song, singing over me, singing over me Now that I hear you Lord, I want to know you more. I want to know you more. Chorus : Sing your song to me. Oh, theres no greater thing than to listen to the sound of your voice When I hear your song I want to sing along and listen to the sound of your voice, the sound of your voice Lord, I am calling your name and Im waiting for you, yes Im waiting for you So wont you show me your way and I will follow you, yes I will follow you Chorus Singing over me bringing peace and mercy with a song that never ends Sining over me marvelous and holy, Lord, I want to hear your song again Chorus

The Voice of A Father:

The Voice of A Mother:

The Masculine Voice


Caused infants to: -increase heart rate -increase brain activity -sweeping eye movements -kicking of legs and thrashing of arms -excited emotional response

The Feminine Voice


Brought About: -decrease heart rate -steadied brain activity -closing of eye lids -calm body movements -some even began to fall asleep

The Man Hold


Studies show there is a These studies show that universal tendency for the of every culture to: men way a man uses his body to arm the person -Throw their children high of the child engenders: up in the air. -Condence, Daring -Hold them out away from -Trust, Courage them for eye contact -Adventure, Excitement -Perch them up above their shoulder -Sense of Freedom

The Woman Hold


Mothers more frequently use touch to calm, soothe, or comfort infants Bring the child toward her breasts providing warmth, comfort, security and protection Engenders gentleness, calm, intimacy, tenderness, comfort, and humility

Human Development
It has clearly come to the popular culture that each human person needs love and acceptance to develop as a mature and well-adjusted person.

Human Development
Dr Conrad Baars, PhD, expert psychiatrist and consultant for the Vatican Has shown that each person needs the armation of their personhood in order to come to full aective, or emotional maturity. Man have Emotional Deprivational Disorder which comes from being unloved. Most people suer not because of what someone did to them, but but of what someone didnt do- LOVE THEM.

Human Development
YET HUMAN LOVE because it is given and received by men and women can never be neuter, or without gender. Man and Woman, through the perceived bodily contact, voice, touch, and overall expression of love, bring about the armation and maturation of the human person.

Why do we need both feminine and masculine love to grow?


Theology of the Body - THEOLOGY From Divine Revelation (Genesis 1-2): The image of the Trinity was revealed in: -One Man and One Woman -Exclusive, Mutual, Covenanted Conjoining of the Two

Why do we need both feminine and masculine love to grow?

Lets Look Within the Human Person

PSYCHOLOGY OF THE BODY

Lets Look Within the Human Person

PSYCHOLOGY OF THE BODY


The human soul: Intellect Will- Spiritual Appetite Reason Energy Appetite
Hope, Courage/Trust Despair, Fear, Anger

M A Focus on single point N Logically conclude W Intuition O M Contemplate Whole A Grasp Meaning N

Pleasure Appetite
Love, Joy, Desire Hatred, Sadness, Disgust

Lets Look Within the Human Person

PSYCHOLOGY OF THE BODY


MASCULINE AFFIRMATION OF THE HUMAN PERSON
LACK OF MASCULINE AFFIRMATION: (From Gender Study)
-Exhibited a general lack of courage and condence, especially in accomplishing dicult goals -"there may be something unique to fathers that provides children with dierent opportunities to regulate their emotions" -Were statistically more promiscuous and found it dicult to live chaste relationships well, which is particularly dicult for women in later years who develop daddy issues -Showed high sense of aggression and could not express anger in a healthy way or found it highly uncomfortable when someone is angry with them

-Condence, Daring -Trust, Courage -Adventure, Excitement -Sense of Freedom

Lets Look Within the Human Person

PSYCHOLOGY OF THE BODY


FEMININE AFFIRMATION OF THE HUMAN PERSON
LACK OF FEMININE AFFIRMATION:
(From Gender Study)

-Gentleness/Calm -Intimacy/ Tenderness -Humility

-Found it dicult speak about their feelings, experience connectedness, and found intimacy awkward -showed high insecurity and need for attention, physical contact, emotional and armation -Had diculty showing aection, warmth and developing depth in romantic relationships with their spouses.

BAD NEWS?

This is where the little unloved and unarmed child inside each person may start crying.

I AM UNAFFIRMED

I AM UNWANTED

REJECTED

UNLOVED!

But wait, there is

GOOD NEWS!

Redemption of the Body HOPE- Diagnosis - Cure


Theology of the Body speaks of a triptych, or a three part revelation of each persons body.
Beginning- Original Meaning of the Body- Communion ABBA Father- thought of you before the world began Now- Historical Meaning of Sin and Grace, Fallen yet Redeemed JESUS Saviour- loves you exactly as you are right now Future Glory- Your body is made for eternity HOLY SPIRIT- lls in the gap between time and eternity

Redemption of the Body

HEALING THROUGH GRACED FRIENDSHIPS WITH THE TRINITY


ABBA Father- thought of you before the world began JESUS Saviour- loves you exactly as you are right now HOLY SPIRIT- lls in the gap between time and eternity

Redemption of the Body


This is why one of the most conducive and healing environments is to receive the Sacraments frequently and devoutly, practice the life of prayer and penance, living the virtues of faith, hope, and charity, expressed in whole hearted service.

Redemption of the Body


HOWEVERWe do not fully experience deep healing unless the spiritual graces we receive are lived in human love. We are created to live the image of the Trinity in human relationships. We need to experience masculine and feminine armation in graced friendships with others. To love and be loved by dierent men and women in community life and communion.

Catechism of the Catholic Church 2347


The virtue of chastity blossoms in friendship. It shows the disciple how to follow and imitate him who has chosen us as his friends, who has given himself totally to us and allows us to participate in his divine estate. Chastity is a promise of immortality.

Graced Friendship

Chastity is expressed notably in friendship with one's neighbor. Whether it develops between persons of the same or opposite sex, friendship represents a great good for all. It leads to spiritual communion.

Man and Woman He Created Them


A human person is not only brought about, co-created with man and woman, but they come to their full maturity of the same love of man and woman that has created them.

No Fact More Certain:


There is no fact that has been established by social science literature more convincingly than the following: all variables considered, children are best served when reared in a home with a married mother and father. David Popenoe (1996) summarized the research nicely: "social science research is almost never conclusive, yet in three decades of work as a social scientist, I know of few other bodies of data in which the weight of evidence is so decisively on one side of the issue: on the whole, for children, two-parent families (p. 176). (Gender Complementarity and Child Rearing by Dr A. Dean Beard PhD)

Are People Born Gay?


NO! - There is no study where anyone even claims to have found a gay gene, meaning no gene that like hair colour, will determine ones sexual orientation. Even Dr Dean Hamer, who invented the phrase, gay gene, says, We have not found the gene - which we dont think exists - for sexual orientation. Scientic Research - shows that Critical review shows the evidence favouring a biological (genetic) theory to be lacking. - Archives of General Psychiatry. The only thing that some claim is, not that it is inherited, but it MAY BE heritable, meaning, there might be a genetic predisposition for it like there is for alcoholism of mental illness.

Implications for Same Sex Marriage


If a person is not only created in the image and likeness of God, but brought to the fullness of that image and likeness only in a one-man, one-woman, exclusive, permanent, reciprocal, covenanted union, then anything other than that cannot bring the health and well being of persons.

Implications for Same Sex Marriage


The HUGE problem is now people are attempting to equivocate by law other unions that are not Gods plan. His plan is not only accessible by the Church or Bible, it is written into the fabric of our beings by natural law. Try going against gravity or inertia in the physical realm and you can see its equivalent in the moral realm.

Implications for Same Sex Marriage


By saying that same sex unions are the same as the one-man, onewoman, covenant of communion, you are attacking the image and likeness of God.

Implications for Same Sex Marriage


We have a social and political responsibility to defend marriage and family when it is attacked.

THANK YOU

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