My ‘early’ miscarriage feels unreal, Desire makes me spiral into fantasy, and Why didn’t they recognize risen Jesus? | ACW367
Ask Christopher West
Theology of the Body Institute
4.9 • 549 Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
–This episode is sponsored by Truthly–
Questions answered this episode:
- I’m experiencing my third very early miscarriage, and I’m having a lot of difficult feelings because the loss is so early. I never saw a doctor to confirm pregnancy—just a few days of faint positive tests that never got darker and eventually turned negative—and I’m dreading the coming bloodshed. I’m struggling with feeling like I shouldn’t grieve; I know life begins at conception, but I’m confused, and it feels unfair to people with “real” miscarriages. My husband doesn’t really understand, and I feel alone with two toddlers. Any insight appreciated.
- I understand God gave us sexuality as a gift, making us sexual beings. If he knew we’d be tempted to misuse it, why didn’t he make it so we’d be attracted to beauty but not feel sexual desire until after vows in the sacrament of marriage? Since that’s not how he designed it—and many look forward to that day—how do we look forward without unchaste thoughts or fantasies? My love language is touch, and I ache to be held, but my yearning slips into fantasies and then self-abuse. Any encouragement or advice would be welcome.
- Why did the apostles not recognize Jesus after the resurrection?
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of the Ask Christopher West podcast hosted by Wendy West is sponsored by Truthly. |
| 0:07.8 | Have you guys heard of this new AI app called Truthly? |
| 0:12.3 | Yes, I want to put a plug in for this AI app, not only because they're sponsoring this episode. |
| 0:19.1 | I wouldn't have them sponsor this episode if I didn't believe in what they were doing. |
| 0:23.5 | You know, we've had other people approach us to do sponsorships, |
| 0:26.3 | and I'm like, I don't want to promote that to our audience, |
| 0:29.8 | because I don't really believe in it myself. |
| 0:31.9 | But the AI era is upon us, and there are concerns about it. |
| 0:37.3 | In fact, we are in the midst here at the |
| 0:40.2 | Institute of developing a program, including a little book I'm working on to address the whole |
| 0:45.7 | AI question, and there are concerns. There are concerns about it, but there are also great |
| 0:50.4 | benefits in this technology, and we can and should take advantage of them to promote |
| 0:55.7 | the Catholic faith. And that's what Truthly, Truthly, which is TRU-T-H-L-Y, that's what these guys |
| 1:03.8 | are doing. And you can go on to Truthly and ask any question about the Catholic faith. |
| 1:10.0 | And since we are a Q&A podcast, I thought |
| 1:13.6 | our listeners are obviously people who have questions about the Catholic faith and they want |
| 1:18.6 | to grow and learn. And I thought this could be of great value to them. It's devoted to |
| 1:24.6 | authentic Catholic teaching, everything you're going to be receiving when you ask truthly a question is rooted in scripture, in tradition, in the saints, in the great theologians, everything is faithful to the church. |
| 1:37.7 | I've asked truthly some questions of my own. |
| 1:41.0 | This was interesting. |
| 1:41.8 | I asked truthly, what is truthly? And this is what I got. Truthly is |
| 1:49.1 | artificial intelligence through a Catholic lens. Truthly is built to stay faithful to the |
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