Sexual arousal in prayer, Did the Holy Spirit become a sperm?, Artist tempted by nude art | ACW343
Ask Christopher West
Theology of the Body Institute
4.9 • 549 Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Questions answered this episode:
- I’ve broken free from porn and masturbation since returning to the Church, but now I experience arousal during deep prayer. It distracts and disturbs me—how can I pray through it without shame or confusion?
- My kids ask: If Mary conceived by the Holy Spirit, did the Spirit become physical—like a sperm? How do I explain this?
- As a virgin in an art class drawing nude figures, I feel shame, fear, and temptation. How can I see the body with purity and maturity without falling into lust or fantasy?
Resources:
JPII Legacy Foundation Website
What to Do With Your Sexual Needs YouTube Video
Sexual Needs Into Prayer YouTube Video
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | From the Theology of the Body Institute, this is The Ask Christopher West Podcast. |
| 0:16.2 | Welcome to another episode, everybody. |
| 0:18.2 | Yes, hi, podcast listeners. |
| 0:20.0 | Hey, Wendy. |
| 0:21.2 | Yeah. I hear you just podcast listeners. Hey, Wendy. Yeah. |
| 0:22.1 | I hear you just took this course by this guy named Christopher West, who seems to think that the theology of the body can illuminate the whole catechism or something. |
| 0:32.1 | Right, right. |
| 0:33.9 | I did. |
| 0:34.6 | It's true. |
| 0:35.1 | Is it true? |
| 0:36.4 | Can the theology of the body illuminate the whole catechism, like for reals? |
| 0:40.3 | Absolutely. |
| 0:41.4 | What did he say? |
| 0:44.8 | Listeners, what we're talking about here is that I did get to go to the theology of the body and the new evangelization course this past week. We had 100 students from |
| 0:56.5 | around the U.S. and from multiple countries, Europe, South America, Canada, where else, |
| 1:05.6 | across Europe, Croatia, Spain, Poland, Australia. Australia. |
| 1:11.9 | Yeah, Australia. |
| 1:13.9 | Gosh, it was a great, great week. |
| 1:15.6 | But I'm going to stop now because I want to hear what you think. |
| 1:17.2 | It was great. |
| 1:20.1 | And I did meet many podcast listeners. |
| 1:24.0 | So if you're listening now, I've seen your face. |
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