Marriage and the Eucharist by Christopher West
intimate embrace: the union of the 2 in 1 flesh
Pope JP II: theology of the body - body, sexuality, and marriage
build a culture of true human life
the culture of death: very concrete and real
lived under the Nazi occupation
lived under the tyranny of communism
crucible of death & degradation
How can there be evil?
drink from the dregs of raw evil
root of the prob of evil: our rejection of God's plan for life and love that is stamped in our bodies as male & female
sacrament of the body
Sacrament: physical signs that reveal & communicate spiritual reality; reveals the spiritual mystery of God
sunset, starlit night: reveals the glory of God
contemplate the mystery of God through nature
men created as male & female in the image & likeness of God: the crown of creation
the invisible mystery of God made visible for us
the spiritual & the divine
hum beings are spiritual & phy creatures
physical makes invisible visible
invisible mystery of God: God is Love (bec He loves us and in the very rel of the Father & the Son)
God is an exchange of Love.
mystery of the Trinity: the Father giving Himself to the Son and vice versa (external exchange of love)
We believe in the Holy Spirit who proceeds from the Father & the Son.
We image God as individuals & in the communion of men & women in the intimacy of marital embrace (internal exchange of the Trinity).
a symbol of the very inner life of God
God's eternal plan of love: share in the Trinity
embodied when the Word becomes flesh so that we can become one with Him
Every longing we have for intimacy is simply a foreshadowing of the union of JC with the Church.
turbulent 60s: sexuality in full swing
consummated sex in marriage
This is My Body, given up for You: what marital love should express
The sign of marital love is a sign: one flesh.
what happened on the cross
self-giving love
In no way is God made in man's image: God is neither male nor female.
consummation of a mystical marriage
mysterious stuff we can't pin down
The Eucharist is the Sacrament of the Bridegroom and the bride.
The body reveals the spiritual reality of a person.
A call to holy communion.
The Eucharist was instituted to reveal the meaning of masculinity & femininity, the Sacrament of the Bridegroom & the bride.
As the Father has loved Me, so I have loved You: abide in My love.
call to love as JC loves: to find happiness
Pope JP II: Life is senseless unless we discover love (every human being is looking for God because every human being is looking for love.
You cannot give what you do not have.
Love of God should be abiding in your heart to give that love to others.
The heart is fully alive with the love of the Father.
receptivity: receive the gift
Be in a position of receptivity to conceive the gift of God (e.g. Mary).
Mary: our model & our hope
Abide in JC's love to discover the meaning of life.
The call to love as God loves us
Marriage is not the only way to live this out
Some sacrifice married life for the sake of the kingdom of Heaven
The celibate person is not rejecting his sexuality.
consecrated celibate men
Marriage is only a foreshadowing of a greater marriage to come.
Ephesians 5
We are called in union to one another and in union with God.
JC gives Himself totally to the Church.
No one is excluded from the marriage of the Lamb.
The true joys of married love
Spouses are not one another's ultimate fulfillment, only signs.
Peg your hat on the hook that can bear the weight.
To love with His love, we have to abide in His love.
He who eats My flesh and drinks My cup abides in Me.
There is one path to happiness: to learn to love as God loves (the 2 becomes 1 flesh).
Satan lies about the meaning of our bodies & our path to happiness
Vatican Council II: Man cannot find himself except through the sincere gift of himself.
conjugal union
A man & a woman become a mutual gift to each other.
marital union: the sacramental (a sign to proclaim the mystery of God: God is Love)
symbolizes eternal love of God
The whole of married love is this love.
All of married love is a gift.
participate in the very life of God
Pope: The marital embrace - the consciousness of gratification, participation in life of the Holy Spirit
We have not overcome the lies of the devil.
Satan is the great plagiarizer.
reclaim what satan has plagiarized.
Sex is inherently Catholic.
Marriage is the sacrament of sexual love (consummate expression).
Sex is not something you do.
vestiges of the proper use of the word
sex: male and female
The full meaning of love revealed in the Eucharist.
How does God love?
1. His love is free (w/o any reservation).
I lay down my life for you.
I have loved you to the last: JC.
2. It must be total.
3. It must be faithful.
4. It must be life-giving, fruitful.
having a full life
What the Eucharist is
free, total, faithful, fruitful love: marriage
Deacons ask the questions of the intention to marry: have you come here freely & w/o any reservation to give each other in marriage, do you promise to be faithful until death, do you promise to bear children God gives?
Marriage is a fulfillment of this great commandment.
Sexual union is where the words of the wedding vows become flesh.
The body possesses a language that proclaims the mystery of God's love.
The body speaks w/o opening the mouth.
The spouses are the ministers of the Sacraments of Marriage.
express the mysterious language of the body: Eucharistic
Eucharistic character of the marital embrace
marital union: foundation of the sacramental order, the way God makes Himself known/visible to us
marital union as Eucharistic
The Eucharist if the union of the flesh.
The Eucharist is the sign of the new covenant.
The Eucharist is the living out of our baptismal promises.
The marital embrace is the living out of our wedding vows.
The Eucharist is the source and summit of our union with JC, the Christian life.
Receive the Eucharist worthily
Men & women should receive each other worthily.
The Eucharist is a prayer of thanksgiving.
Marital intercourse is a prayer, the offering of the body.
Offer your bodies as a sacrifice.
How can sex be better if the Source of Love is not there?
Speak with the body the truth.
possible to speak lies with the body: the kiss of Judas in the Garden of Gethsemane
Are you speaking the language of your body truthfully.
A prophet is one who proclaims the mystery of love in human language.
Distinguish a true and false prophet.
Can you think of anything that will make you unfaithful to your marriage vows?
Renew vows on a regular basis.
teaching of the Church on sexual reality
internal problem of every marriage: the effort to renew marriage vows
The father of lies wants us to speak lies with our bodies.
non-marital sex vs marital sex
Even married people can have non-marital sex, not being faithful to marriage vows, blatant contradiction.
Love and the demands of love hurt.
Love involves suffering.
Spend time looking at the crucifix.
Only true love can fulfill you truly.
prefer the momentary pleasure of sterilized orgasm (condom)
What is the loving thing to do?
If today you hear the Lord's voice, harden not your hearts.
Abstaining from sex is not violation of married life.
The loving thing to do: abstain when sick
abstain after childbiirth
principle of natural family planning
Fulfill the being of your existence.
launch you into eternity
Don't live with your engines pointed at the ground.
a piece of God's own joy: to love as He loves
The marriage of the Lamb for all eternity
catholicity.com (OH): donations
The Mass needs to be the summit and source of our life.
nothing more impt than the Mass
intimate embrace: the union of the 2 in 1 flesh
Pope JP II: theology of the body - body, sexuality, and marriage
build a culture of true human life
the culture of death: very concrete and real
lived under the Nazi occupation
lived under the tyranny of communism
crucible of death & degradation
How can there be evil?
drink from the dregs of raw evil
root of the prob of evil: our rejection of God's plan for life and love that is stamped in our bodies as male & female
sacrament of the body
Sacrament: physical signs that reveal & communicate spiritual reality; reveals the spiritual mystery of God
sunset, starlit night: reveals the glory of God
contemplate the mystery of God through nature
men created as male & female in the image & likeness of God: the crown of creation
the invisible mystery of God made visible for us
the spiritual & the divine
hum beings are spiritual & phy creatures
physical makes invisible visible
invisible mystery of God: God is Love (bec He loves us and in the very rel of the Father & the Son)
God is an exchange of Love.
mystery of the Trinity: the Father giving Himself to the Son and vice versa (external exchange of love)
We believe in the Holy Spirit who proceeds from the Father & the Son.
We image God as individuals & in the communion of men & women in the intimacy of marital embrace (internal exchange of the Trinity).
a symbol of the very inner life of God
God's eternal plan of love: share in the Trinity
embodied when the Word becomes flesh so that we can become one with Him
Every longing we have for intimacy is simply a foreshadowing of the union of JC with the Church.
turbulent 60s: sexuality in full swing
consummated sex in marriage
This is My Body, given up for You: what marital love should express
The sign of marital love is a sign: one flesh.
what happened on the cross
self-giving love
In no way is God made in man's image: God is neither male nor female.
consummation of a mystical marriage
mysterious stuff we can't pin down
The Eucharist is the Sacrament of the Bridegroom and the bride.
The body reveals the spiritual reality of a person.
A call to holy communion.
The Eucharist was instituted to reveal the meaning of masculinity & femininity, the Sacrament of the Bridegroom & the bride.
As the Father has loved Me, so I have loved You: abide in My love.
call to love as JC loves: to find happiness
Pope JP II: Life is senseless unless we discover love (every human being is looking for God because every human being is looking for love.
You cannot give what you do not have.
Love of God should be abiding in your heart to give that love to others.
The heart is fully alive with the love of the Father.
receptivity: receive the gift
Be in a position of receptivity to conceive the gift of God (e.g. Mary).
Mary: our model & our hope
Abide in JC's love to discover the meaning of life.
The call to love as God loves us
Marriage is not the only way to live this out
Some sacrifice married life for the sake of the kingdom of Heaven
The celibate person is not rejecting his sexuality.
consecrated celibate men
Marriage is only a foreshadowing of a greater marriage to come.
Ephesians 5
We are called in union to one another and in union with God.
JC gives Himself totally to the Church.
No one is excluded from the marriage of the Lamb.
The true joys of married love
Spouses are not one another's ultimate fulfillment, only signs.
Peg your hat on the hook that can bear the weight.
To love with His love, we have to abide in His love.
He who eats My flesh and drinks My cup abides in Me.
There is one path to happiness: to learn to love as God loves (the 2 becomes 1 flesh).
Satan lies about the meaning of our bodies & our path to happiness
Vatican Council II: Man cannot find himself except through the sincere gift of himself.
conjugal union
A man & a woman become a mutual gift to each other.
marital union: the sacramental (a sign to proclaim the mystery of God: God is Love)
symbolizes eternal love of God
The whole of married love is this love.
All of married love is a gift.
participate in the very life of God
Pope: The marital embrace - the consciousness of gratification, participation in life of the Holy Spirit
We have not overcome the lies of the devil.
Satan is the great plagiarizer.
reclaim what satan has plagiarized.
Sex is inherently Catholic.
Marriage is the sacrament of sexual love (consummate expression).
Sex is not something you do.
vestiges of the proper use of the word
sex: male and female
The full meaning of love revealed in the Eucharist.
How does God love?
1. His love is free (w/o any reservation).
I lay down my life for you.
I have loved you to the last: JC.
2. It must be total.
3. It must be faithful.
4. It must be life-giving, fruitful.
having a full life
What the Eucharist is
free, total, faithful, fruitful love: marriage
Deacons ask the questions of the intention to marry: have you come here freely & w/o any reservation to give each other in marriage, do you promise to be faithful until death, do you promise to bear children God gives?
Marriage is a fulfillment of this great commandment.
Sexual union is where the words of the wedding vows become flesh.
The body possesses a language that proclaims the mystery of God's love.
The body speaks w/o opening the mouth.
The spouses are the ministers of the Sacraments of Marriage.
express the mysterious language of the body: Eucharistic
Eucharistic character of the marital embrace
marital union: foundation of the sacramental order, the way God makes Himself known/visible to us
marital union as Eucharistic
The Eucharist if the union of the flesh.
The Eucharist is the sign of the new covenant.
The Eucharist is the living out of our baptismal promises.
The marital embrace is the living out of our wedding vows.
The Eucharist is the source and summit of our union with JC, the Christian life.
Receive the Eucharist worthily
Men & women should receive each other worthily.
The Eucharist is a prayer of thanksgiving.
Marital intercourse is a prayer, the offering of the body.
Offer your bodies as a sacrifice.
How can sex be better if the Source of Love is not there?
Speak with the body the truth.
possible to speak lies with the body: the kiss of Judas in the Garden of Gethsemane
Are you speaking the language of your body truthfully.
A prophet is one who proclaims the mystery of love in human language.
Distinguish a true and false prophet.
Can you think of anything that will make you unfaithful to your marriage vows?
Renew vows on a regular basis.
teaching of the Church on sexual reality
internal problem of every marriage: the effort to renew marriage vows
The father of lies wants us to speak lies with our bodies.
non-marital sex vs marital sex
Even married people can have non-marital sex, not being faithful to marriage vows, blatant contradiction.
Love and the demands of love hurt.
Love involves suffering.
Spend time looking at the crucifix.
Only true love can fulfill you truly.
prefer the momentary pleasure of sterilized orgasm (condom)
What is the loving thing to do?
If today you hear the Lord's voice, harden not your hearts.
Abstaining from sex is not violation of married life.
The loving thing to do: abstain when sick
abstain after childbiirth
principle of natural family planning
Fulfill the being of your existence.
launch you into eternity
Don't live with your engines pointed at the ground.
a piece of God's own joy: to love as He loves
The marriage of the Lamb for all eternity
catholicity.com (OH): donations
The Mass needs to be the summit and source of our life.
nothing more impt than the Mass
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