The Spousal Meaning of the Body and Chastity in Christian States of Life | Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P.

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🗓️ 10 March 2023

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This talk was given on January 28, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the intellectual retreat entitled, "Theology of the Body." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Thomas Petri, O.P. is the President of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, where he also serves as an assistant professor of moral theology and pastoral studies. Ordained a priest in 2009, he holds a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from The Catholic University of America.

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0:51.5	This afternoon in my talk, I want to return a little bit and amplify something we talked about this morning,
0:58.3	just the nature of sin in the spousal meaning of the body and the redemption of the body,
1:02.7	then how that sort of leads to the virginal meaning of the body and St. John Paul II's understanding
1:08.5	of the vocations and the spousal meaning of the body.
1:13.8	Most especially the relationship of what he uses the word continents for the kingdom of God.
1:20.3	We might use the word celibacy for the kingdom of God and marriage.
1:25.6	And I will be throwing in occasionally and then towards the end some more observations
1:30.6	just on the nature as we talk as we conclude just a little bit about marriage, just the nature
1:36.8	of male and female living the spousal meaning of the body and just give you some concluding
1:42.2	thoughts about that to think about. And I know we'll have some time tomorrow to continue these kinds of discussions together.
1:48.3	So maybe to prime you for some possible questions and topics for tomorrow's discussion.
1:55.6	As I said this morning, one of the fundamental tenets of the theology of the body, if not the tenet,
2:02.6	is that the body expresses the person. Dr. Grabowski reiterated that in his lecture and his talk earlier
2:09.6	today. The body has meaning. And so the conjugal union is more than sexuality, but it's
2:16.6	an expression of love. In John Paul's words,
2:20.2	the body is therefore a sort of, he uses the word, a primordial sacrament. If you remember,
2:26.8	a sacrament is a visible reality that bears invisible meaning, that conveys invisible meaning.
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