Forming Middle Schoolers with the Truth of the Body & Sexuality Body & Heart

Social networking; false messages,

RR Reno rightly argues that the BODY is seen as an ENEMY to FREEDOM Body as “Enemy”? RR Reno rightly argues that the BODY is seen as an ENEMY to FREEDOM

NUMBER 1 WORD OF THE DAY…

BODY!!!

Outline of Main Points of Talk Introduction: “This is my Body!” Pope St. John Paul’s Thesis & Overview II. The Body Matters— Foundational Concepts and Basics with application to Sexuality (Body and Heart) III. TOB Tips for Teaching 6th – 8th Graders

We might ask ourselves why we believe the things we do about love We might ask ourselves why we believe the things we do about love. Why do we think that love puts the other first, is given freely and completely, etc.? As believers, we find the answer in the nature of God. The Mystery of the Trinity—that God is three distinct Persons who give the gift of self to each other from all eternity— is the blueprint of all love. Love as the gift of self is represented in this book by arrows of reciprocal giving and receiving, which is always open to another. In this diagram, the Father and Son give the gift of self to each other, and the Holy Spirit, Who always existed, is the “fruit” or bond of their union. THIS IS THE BLUEPRINT, THE BRANDING, THE STAMP OF EVERYTHING THAT EXISTS! The Gift of Self for Fruitful Communion

Outline of Main Points of Talk Introduction: “This is my Body!” Pope St. John Paul’s Thesis & Overview II. The Body Matters— Foundational Concepts and 3 Basics, with application to Sexuality (Body & Heart) III. TOB Tips for Teaching` 6th – 8th Graders

FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPT: THE BODY MATTERS! I Am My Body – Kindergarten (from Lesson Book, The Body Is Good) The Body as Teacher – 1st Grade (Story Book—Nick’s Night at the Zoo) The Body as Gift—2nd Grade (Story Book—Lizzy’s Greatest Gift)

All Ages

All Ages Certain bodily actions mean certain things.

All Ages

I’M MARRIED TO YOU & READY TO HAVE KIDS! ’Tweens & Teens I’M MARRIED TO YOU & READY TO HAVE KIDS!

’Tweens & Teens

All Ages

All Ages

’Tweens & Teens

’Tweens & Teens Tainted Heart–Tainted Look

All Ages

All Ages

All Ages

Questions for you to discuss: 1. Which side do you think movies/TV depict relationships? How has that impacted your understanding of marriage? 2. What areas of marriage might be the most difficult to remain firm in seeing the other as a person?

’Tweens & Teens

’Tweens & Teens

Archetype vs. Stereotype Dr. Peter Kreeft: How do we know which is which?

The BODY!!!

’Tweens & Teens

All Ages All Ages All Ages

Teens

Kids+

’Tweens & Teens

’Tweens & Teens

NUMBER 2 WORD OF THE DAY…

HEART!!! 6th and up

“In search of their Identity” and… ’Tweens & Teens “In search of their Identity” and… BUT IF WE ONLY GIVE THEM….NEXT SLIDE

“The Church teaches…”

“The Bible says…” WE WILL LOSE THEM—NOT APPLICABLE

“Search your heart, Luke.” THE OTHER EXTREME IS THE WRONG UNDERSTANDING OF THE HEART

“Listen with your heart…”

“Tell me, Princess, when did you last let your heart decide?”

TOB: An “Adequate Anthropology” “…man gradually experiences his own dignity...and gradually experiences the freedom of the gift” TOB 49:6

Outline of Main Points of Talk Introduction: “This is my Body!” Pope St. John Paul’s Thesis & Overview II. The Body Matters— Foundational Concepts and 3 Basics, with application to Sexuality III. TOB Tips for Teaching 6th – 8th Graders

Finding One’s Identity “Concupiscence brings with it…difficulty in identifying oneself with one’s body... in one’s own subjectity, but even more so...of other human beings.” TOB 29:4

InCORPorating the BODY RESPONDING TO A PERSON BULLYING SEXTING PORNOGRAPHY 2 MOMMIES MY FRIEND JOHN NOW THINKS HE’S A GIRL ABORTION

InCORPorating the BODY RESPONDING TO A PERSON SEX OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE CLONING MASTURBATION TRANSGENDER ISSUES EUTHANASIA

CS Lewis, the closest object to our eyes besides the Blessed Sacrament: others—tempted to worship!

Another area that people don’t think through is sterilization Another area that people don’t think through is sterilization. We would think it is absurd to deliberately cut off a perfectly functioning hand or gouge out an eye. Yet, when it comes to doing damage to our sexual organs, we forget. Our bodies are not shells—they are integral to us. One of my friends told me with great sadness in his voice, “I knew getting a vasectomy was wrong, but I was worried about my wife’s health. I did it for a good reason, but I know the end does not justify the means...and our marriage suffered.”   Another friend, a surgical nurse, tells the story of holding a uterus in her hand while the doctor “tied the patient’s tubes” when my friend realized, “I am assisting in a procedure that does damage to a woman. What am I doing!?” She never helped with such a procedure again, the hospital respecting her views. Another woman told me with tears how she felt after her sterilization, sitting in the hospital bed, feeling empty, regretting her decision, wanting to be a mom again. There’s a sure way of not getting pregnant. Abstinence. It may seem old-fashioned, but we can also call it “green”: respecting, not damaging, creation.

Throughout this book, we have tried to convey the significance of the body as a sacrament of the whole person, and that the body has deep meaning, which guides us in our search for identity and purpose.   Proponents of gender theory tell us that our bodies do not guide us regarding the truth...we can simply decide what gender we are. Yet, our sex—as male or female—is based on the body and its meaning. As future parents, you are the most formative influences on your children. Although it will difficult to challenge prevalent ideologies (seen in Facebook's 50 gender options), help them to see the greater truth that the body matters, and to accept the body for what it is, a revelatory gift from God. Meanwhile, teach them that every single person we encounter deserves a response of love. This is equally true for people who consider themselves to be the opposite gender from the sex of their bodies, or persons who says they are homosexual, transsexual, etc. Love is the only fitting response

InCORPorating the BODY WHERE DID CHRISTIANITY BEGIN? HOW DID CHRISTIANITY BEGIN? WHAT’S THE CLOSEST WE CAN BE TO GOD ON EARTH? WHAT IS THE CENTER OF OUR FAITH?

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