What is the meaning of Life?
The answer is stamped in your Body!
The Theology of the Body

At the beginning of his pontificate between September 1979 and November 1984, Pope John Paul the Great delivered 129 talks to present a fresh biblical theology of marriage and love. The working title of these talks was The Theology of the Body.

Pope John Paul the Great takes us back to the beginning to understand who we are. The Bible begins with a marriage, the marriage of Adam and Eve, and ends with a marriage, the marriage of Christ and the Church. All the way though the Bible, marriage is the predominate theme. Marriage is a road sign that point to the meaning of life. "From the beginning, the "great mystery" of man and woman's communion in "one flesh" foreshadows the infinitely greater mystery of Christ's communion with the Church." (Ephesians 5:31,32)

"The body, and it alone, is capable of making visible what is invisible: the spiritual and the divine." Every human desires one thing more than anything else: to love and to be loved. We are created in the image and likeness of God to love as God loves. This is the theology of the body.

Theology of the Body will teach you the meaning:

• of your body
• of being male or female
• of your sexuality

The effects of Theology of the Body:

• healing of relationships
  • within ourselves
  • with others
  • with Creation
  • with God

On-line Resources

• The Theology of the Body with Fr. Richard Hogan w/ Katrina Zeno (EWTN)
• General Audiences: John Paul II's Theology of the Body
• Mulieris Dignitatem (On the Dignity and Vocation of Women) Pope John Paul II
• Familiaris Consortio (On The Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World) John Paul II
• Letter to Families from John Paul II
• Deus Caritas Est (On Christian Love) Benedict XVI
• The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality The Pontifical Council for the Family
• Humanae Vitae (On The Regulation Of Birth) Paul VI
• Casti Connubii (On Christian Marriage) Pius XI
• Towards a True Sexual Liberation (COLF)

Recommended Books

• Man and Woman He Created Them, A Theology of the Body John Paul II
• Love and Responsibility Karol Wojtyla
• Crossing the Threshold of Love: A New Vision of Marriage in the Light of John Paul II's Anthropology Mary Shivanandan
• The Virgin Mary and Theology of the Body Donald H. Calloway