"Is the single life part of God’s plan too?, How can I love my husband when I don’t desire him?, Should I tell my kids about my sexual past?" | ACW328
Ask Christopher West
Theology of the Body Institute
4.9 • 549 Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Questions answered this episode:
- How can I affirm the single life as a valid and holy vocation, especially for those who feel overlooked in typical vocation stories?
As a wife with low sexual desire due to hormones (e.g., postpartum), is it okay to engage in intimacy for my husband's sake even if it's uncomfortable—and is it wrong to show enthusiasm I don’t truly feel?
When teaching my kids about sexuality, should I share my own past sexual sins—or could that send the wrong message, even though I’ve been forgiven?
Ask Christopher West is a weekly podcast in which Theology of the Body Institute President Christopher West and his beloved wife Wendy share their humor and wisdom, answering questions about marriage, relationships, life, and the Catholic faith, all in light of John Paul II’s beautiful teachings on the Theology of the Body.
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| 0:00.0 | From the Theology of the Body Institute, this is the Ask Christopher West podcast. |
| 0:16.2 | Hey, Wendy. |
| 0:17.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:18.6 | It's the week of the bridegroom. |
| 0:20.8 | The week of the bridegroom. The week of the bridegroom. |
| 0:22.1 | That's what the Byzantine church calls Holy Week. |
| 0:25.3 | Wow. |
| 0:26.1 | Yeah, everybody's listening to this during Holy Week. |
| 0:29.6 | At least that's when we've released this episode. |
| 0:31.9 | But we're recording it the week before Holy Week. |
| 0:36.4 | But for those listening, it's the week of the bridegroom. |
| 0:40.4 | Pretty special. |
| 0:41.7 | Christ himself describes Holy Week as the time when the bridegroom is taken away. |
| 0:49.6 | I gave a parish mission recently. |
| 0:51.9 | You came to it. |
| 0:52.9 | Yes. |
| 0:54.0 | Near where we live here in Pennsylvania. |
| 0:57.5 | And I was diving into this spousal imagery of Holy Week, how Holy Thursday, of course, is the institution of the Eucharist. |
| 1:09.1 | And John Paul II describes the Eucharist as the |
| 1:12.7 | sacrament of the bridegroom and the bride, which of course is sacramentally presenting what Christ |
| 1:21.1 | does the next day on the cross, which is consummating the marriage. And in the Jewish |
| 1:27.3 | ceremony of the wedding, there is this night of consummation, |
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