Class Blog Archive

Class date: 03/03/2019

What is marriage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWIhZ5xJJaQ

Questions about marriage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWC22S8FtJs

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Class date: 03 Mar 2019

Opening prayer: Come Holy Spirit

Class will NOT be meeting next Sunday.
Our next class date is Sunday, Mar 3.

Last time, we studied TOB for Teens, Chapter 8: Marriage. This chapter draws together the threads of several previous chapters. We also spent some focused time the qualities that one would desire in a marriage or spouse, and then discussing the history contraception and addressing a couple of questions on that topic.

Key points on marriage:

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Quotes to ponder:

Class will not be meeting this Sunday.

Our next class is scheduled for Feb 17.

Last time, we covered chapter 7 of Theology of the Body for Teens: "Free, Total, Faithful, Fruitful." Key points:

Personal update:

Some of you may have heard this already, but my mom passed away this past Friday morning. We are grateful that it was peaceful. Thank you so much for your prayers and support, and please pray for the repose of her soul.

Class will be meeting next Sunday, February 3.

There is a small chance that mom's funeral may end up being on that Sunday morning, though I have asked my brother to try to schedule around it. If so, I will let you know what will happen instead.

Last time, Mr. Kevin Doran led the class in completing the sixth chapter of Theology of the Body for Teens: "The Language of the Body." Key points:

Class date: 1/20/19

Class will be not meeting next Sunday.
Our next class meeting will be January 20.

Last time, the class met with Mr. Kevin Doran to discuss the fifth chapter of Theology of the Body for Teens: "Truth and Freedom." There was an equipment snafu because someone had borrowed the TV / DVD cart and not returned it. Kevin soldiered on and worked creatively around it. Thank you, Kevin!!

Key points:

Class will be NOT meeting for the rest of 2018.
We'll be back January 6, weather permitting.

Last time, we discussed the fourth chapter of Theology of the Body for Teens: "Hope & Redemption in Christ." Previously, in chapter 3, we looked at the beauty of the original plan and how it sadly went wrong. Now we see how Christ redeems and restores. Key points:

Class date: 12/16/18

Quotes:

“That, for both the wise ancient pagans like Aristotle and the even wiser Christian moral tradition, was the real horror of vice or sin: it turned the potential glorious thing, a human being, into a deformed parody, a mockery, a pitiful creature enslaved in his own self-destructiveness, body and soul. To put it in St. Augustine's concise terms, sin is its own punishment.” - Dr. Benjamin Wiker, "Addiction or Sinful Habit?"

“In order to see Jesus, we first need to let him look at us.” – Pope St. John Paul II

“Confession is an act of honesty and courage. It's an act of entrusting ourselves beyond the sin to the mercy of a Loving and Forgiving God.” – Pope St. John Paul II

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