Class Blog Archive

Class will NOT be meeting next Sunday, December 9.
We will meet the following Sunday, December 16.

Last time, we went over the third chapter of Theology of the Body for Teens: "Naked Without Shame." Key points:

Class date: Dec 2, 2018

Quotes:

“The spousal meaning of the body refers to the body’s power to express love: precisely that love in which the human person becomes a gift and—through this gift—fulfills the very meaning of his being and existence."
~ Pope St. John Paul the Great (TOB 15:1).

Article:

In class, I used a portion of the following article in analyzing and explaining the use of story as a teaching method in Genesis --

• "Parables in the Boat and in the House: What the postmodern mind misses in Scripture" by Mark Shea, Catholic Answers Magazine, Nov-Dec 2015, pp. 30-33.

You were made for communion:

Next class will meet Sunday, December 2.
(No class this Sunday.)

Last time, we worked through the second chapter of Theology of the Body for Teens: "Love Defined." Students should understand and be able to explain these key points:

Class date: November 4, 2018.

Brian Butler uses this analogy in the presentation. At first, the stereogram looks like just a bunch of random dots, just as life might look random, with no pattern. But if you look at it in the right way, then suddenly a pattern, picture, or message emerges, analogous to looking at life through the lens of the Theology of the Body can bring into view a true picture of life with depth and meaning.

No class this Sunday.
Our next class meeting is Sunday, Nov 04.

Summary of last time:
God loves us and wants us to be happy, so He gives us rules to help us make the kinds of choices that will in fact make us happy. There is a connection between happiness and holiness -- the choices that will help us become the best versions of ourselves are the same choices that will also bring us happiness. (Video: God's Dream for You.)

Class date: 10/21/18

“You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free!”
~ Jn 8:32

“The trouble about argument is that it moves the whole struggle onto the Enemy’s own ground.”
~ C.S. Lewis

Our next class meeting will be Sunday, October 21.

Last time, we watched and discussed two brief Matthew Kelly videos: "Your Choices Matter" and "The Best Way to Live." Choices have consequences, and your choices determine who you become. The keys, then, are to choose what leads to being the best version of yourself, virtue, and self-control.

Class date: Sep 30, 2018