Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Love vs. Use

Emily Bissonnette has once again written a fabulous article on Theology of the Body over at catholicexchange.com.  Here are some snippets that I enjoyed.  Read the whole article here.
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"Because a person has a rich inner life and has free will that allows him to be a unique person, he can never be used as a means to an end. Central to the Church’s teachings about sexual morality is the understanding of the human person as a body/soul unity. John Paul summarized, “Sexuality morality comes into being not only because persons are aware of the purpose of sexual life, but also because they are aware that they are persons” (Love and Responsibility 33)."
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"In his encyclical, Evangelium Vitae, John Paul II said that the root of this type of society [a society that embraces the culture of death and use] is an “eclipse of the sense of God and of man” (#21).  When our vision of God is obscured, then we are unable to discern the greatness and the call of the human person.  Without a proper vision of what it is to be human, we have difficulty discerning the beauty and goodness of our Creator."
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"The challenge for us is how to communicate the beauty of life as a gift and the joy of treating others with love to a world that seems to have lost sight of our call to greatness. When we share this gift with the world, we will eventually see the culture, music and media begin to reflect this vision."

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