Knowledge, Procreation, & the Primordial Sacrament
In recent articles, we have reflected on the logic of gift and the spousal meaning of the body. We saw…
Motherhood: A Total Gift of Self
A young mom I know had her first baby last week. I was thinking about and praying for her this…
Gift, Self-gift, and the Meaning of Life — Part 3: The Spousal Meaning of the Body
We saw in previous reflections that all of creation is a gift held in being at every moment by God,…
Gift, Self-gift, and the Meaning of Life — Part 2
Last month, I reflected on the logic of gift and how it is a golden thread woven throughout Pope St.…
Design, Order & Meaning: TOB Undergirds Tough Moral Truths
If the very meaning of our identity, is to become a saint by being a gift and receiving others as…
Unite or Untie? I Get to Choose.
The Two Shall Become One FleshMy daughter got married last month. Leading up to the wedding there was a lot…
Original Nakedness: Receiving One Another as Gifts
Last month, I introduced Pope St. John Paul II’s concept of original nakedness. In that reflection, we saw that our…
The Gift-of-Self
“Man is the only creature on Earth which God willed for itself, [and he] cannot fully find himself except through…
Original Nakedness: Seeing as God Sees
I began several months ago to explore the three “original experiences” Pope St. John Paul II pondered in his Theology…
The Mystery and Reality of the Incarnation
Advent is almost upon us. Christmas is coming. In our preparation during the season of Advent for the coming of…