All day this past Saturday I attended Christopher West's seminar on Pope John Paul II's teaching called the "Theology of the Body" held at
St. Theresa's parish in Sugar Land, TX. It is a profound course that talks about human sexuality in light of what God wants it to be, not as the secular society has made it out to be.
We've been lied to.
For years we have allowed our culture tell us that a woman is only beautiful if she is looks like a supermodel. That sex is all about "me" and that's ok. That God should stay out of our bedrooms.
Well, thank God for Pope John Paul II. He loved us enough to not remain silent. Instead, he delivered his magnificent work of Theology of the Body over the course of many many Wednesday audiences to gently remind us that God had a plan for all of us in the beginning, and it wasn't like it is now.
Thank God for Christopher West for putting the Pope's great work in a way that simple everyday Joes and Janes can understand.
Please visit his website which is linked above. He has audio, video, books...you name it. If you need resources, they are all available right there.
As a side note, I have also linked to St. Theresa's Parish website. It was a nice church with an absolutely incredible adoration chapel. Unfortunately there are no pictures of the chapel, except that the image of the stain glassed window shown on their front page is the central backdrop behind the altar in the chapel. They do have the pastor's homilies available for download. I haven't listened to them yet, but I've heard they are very good. Let's all check them out.
God is VERY Good.
And, so far, no major wipeouts!! We took Evan's training wheels off yesterday afternoon and this morning he was riding all by himself - starting off, turning, and stopping - with no help from me. It was very fun watching him go. He fell once but he wasn't even moving. He was trying to get his pedals right for take off!
