Class Notes

Fr. Mike's Theology of the Body Crash Course - Video Series Link from Bulldog Catholic and Ascension Press

Theology of the Body Basics

1. God created this world and you on purpose and out of love.

2. Human beings are made in God’s image and likeness, and originally (before the Fall), Man and Woman had “right relationship” with God, others, and self.

3. Human beings are made of soul and body (“you are your body”)

4. What you do with your body matters.

5. Jesus reveals the innermost secret of God: He is an eternal exchange of love (this means that your innermost identity is love as well).

6. The body has a language and we can either use that language for the purpose for which we were created (love) or we can tell lies with our bodies.

7. Jesus reveals and makes possible loving as God loves (through His self-offering in the life and on the Cross…and in the Eucharist and by giving us the Holy Spirit that can untwist what has been twisted by sin: restore the relationship with God, others, and ourselves.)

More Theology of the Body Resources:

For Adults: Christopher West, Theology of the Body Institute

For Teens: Jason Evert

For Parents: LoveEd - Colleen Kelly Mast

Made This Way - Leila Miller / Trent Horn

Wonderfully Made - Giangiordano

For All: More2Life - Dr. Greg and Lisa Popcak - Daily Radio show on EWTN/GRN and also available everywhere as a podcast

True God and True Man - Day 66 in Catechism in a Year