This talk was given at St. Joseph Catholic School, Salem, OR, on April 29, 2025.
Required Reading: Ephesians 5:21–33; TOB 87:1–5
Supplementary: TOB 95b, 96–99:3, 60, 62–63, 126–127, 131–132
Key concepts:
Marriage as the primordial sacrament and image of Christ’s love for the Church
The spousal meaning of the body and the language of free, total, fruitful self-gift
Chastity as a virtue at the service of self-gift
“Loving in truth”
The integration of the body and sex into authentic love
Responding to the objectification of the body and the problem of lust
Gender identity and sexual difference in light of Catholic anthropology
Whole-person affirmation: integrating body and soul with reverence and compassion
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