John Paul II gave a long series of pontifical addresses summarized under the heading “The Theology of the Body.” The idea is simple: God made us in His Image, and this means that when God gave us bodies and then Incarnated one Himself, He was telling us that we could learn truths about Him by studying our bodies. This is a pretty grand idea, but I wanted to start a bit more simply. If the body is supposed to teach us about God, then we can ask two simple questions. First, what part of the body amazes you the most and why? Second, if you were to teach someone about God using a part of the human body, what would you use and what would you teach?
Links on the Theology of the Body:Theology of the Body by Wikipedia
Body language by TheologyOfTheBody.com
Reading the body by ThenewAtlantis.com
John Paul II's theology of the body by Ewtn.com
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