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The opposite of hope; the resolve to give up pursuing whatever was initially pursued.
Many of us feel despair when it comes to finding true love; we don't believe it will ever happen.
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The study of God as He is revealed through your body and sexuality.
Theology means the study of God. Think of it as Theology "through" the body.
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The inherent and unchanging value of all persons as a direct result of their being created by God and in His image and likeness.
Treat everyone as if he/she were God.
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The inherent ability of the body to act as a visible sign of God's invisible love.
We are visible signs to one another of God; we bring God to one another, and therefore are like the sacraments.
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Judging whether an acton is right or wrong, based upon the truths that God has revealed to us.
Our parents, teachers, and the church have taught us to know right from wrong.
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Gods life within us, which is a gift from God that helps us grom more like Him.
God has given us grace so that we may get to heaven.
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Disordered desire for an inordinate enjoyment of sexual pleasure;
"Lust seeks to get; love seeks to give."
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Recognizing the good of another person; seeing the inner and outer beauty of another person.
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In spirit, we are connected with those who have died and are still being purified in purgatory. In prayer, we have communion with the saints in heaven. In the Resurrection, we will experience fullness of communion as human members of the church, sharing eternity together as persons perfectly intergated in bodies and souls.
All of us will always be a part of the Communion of Saints in spirit, in prayer, and through the Resurrection.
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The principle that recognizes that the only proper and adequate attitude toward human persons is love. The best attitude to have towards another person is love.
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The perfected state of resurrected body as it will be at the end of time; it will be radiating the glory of God.
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| The period that begins with original sin and ends when christ returns. Historical men and women are simultaneously fallen and redeemed in christ; It is the time period that happens until Chris returns to earth and how everybody falls into temptation and in the end is faced with Christ; Danielle Bradsky. |
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| Nuptial Meaning of the body |
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The Call to Love as God Loves;The Nuptial Meaning of the Body is the body’s capacity of expressing love
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The deliberate stimulation of the genital organs in order to derive sexual pleasure, and this trains your body to be selfish.
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| A practice or norm instituted by the Church that should be followed but which could be changed by the Church in the future. An example is obstaining from meat every Friday. Stachia Reuwsaat |
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| The Blessed Virgin Mary's "yes" to the Lord, which demonstrated her faithful obedience to God's will. Mary said "yes" to God and so should we. Erica Krump |
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The original sin that caused Adam and Eve to prefer themselves to God. This is the root to all moral evil. Many of us feel pride when we do something great, such as get a good test score or do really well in a game or competition.
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The attraction that a man or a woman has to a member of the same sex. It is a disordered inclination, but it is not sinful in and of its self.
Some people feel attracted to a person of the same sex the same way we feel about a boyfriend or girlfriend of the opposite sex.
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Nakedness that exists within the context of innocence and pure freedom, apart from lust. This is what Adam and Eve experienced before the fall.
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The joining, at the end of time, of the bodies of the saved with souls in heaven, at which point they will participate bodily in a face-to-face encounter with God within the marriage of Christ and the Church.
The best way to achieve this is to obey God and love him.
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Discernment of God's plan
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Listening for the voice of God through prayer and the counsel of others in an effort to discover his desire for our lives.
When you focus on what God is trying to say to you.
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A compulsive and frequent habit of seeking sexual pleasure, including fornification, intercourse, pornography, cybersex, masturbation, and other sexual behaviors.
Some people struggle alot with sexual addiction. |
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| Love that is not controlled or manipulated by another person or by a disordered desire. No one is forcing you to love. You love freely because you want to. Jay Cooper |
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Concupiscence is the tendency to sin.
If one reduces his/her concupiscence, they will live a life much closer to God for less sin will be separating him/her from God.
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The law or purpose that God has "written" naturally into the hearts, minds, and bodies of men and women. To love all of our brothers and sisters.
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| The sacrament of marriage as it was in the beginning, the original revalation of God's love. Adam and Eve took part in the primordial sacrament. |
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The common union between two or more persons who give themselves to one another in love. They see each other in the image and likeness of God and want the best for the other.
John Paul II refers to Adam and Eve as the "prototype" for the communion of persons, through which man and woman become more fully the image of God.
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From the latin vocare(to call), this is the call that God speaks to each of us, asking us to live for Him and love Him in a particular way in a particular state of life.
My vocation is to live as Jesus did and love as he loved. That is how God calls all of us to live.
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The first sin of Adam and Eve, when they distrusted God's plan and chose their own will over the will of God.
Mary was conceived without original sin.
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The decision to "will the good of another person." Pope John Paul II talks about this definition when he would talk about love.
Love is a sincere gift of oneself to others. You can love your spouse, your family, or even the church as a priest by giving yourself to others.
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The most widely accepted statment of christian faith's, the Nicean Creed was first adopted at the council of Nicaea in AD. 325
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The most widely accepted statment of Christian faiths, the Nicean Creed was first adopted at the council of Nicaea in AD. 325
~~~~~~~~~Clay~Adams~~~~~~~~~ |
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Pictures or stories created with the direct intention of arousing lust in the viewer or reader. Pornography takes away human dignity that we were born with.
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"Under the mission," of another. In marriage, deferring to each other in love. To force another into something they do not want.
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| This is love that is life giving, because it is free, total, and faithful. It is open to procreation in the physical realm and is life giving in the spiritual and emotional realm as well. Sex in marriages should be life giving, because we are totally giving every part of ourselves to the other person. |
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| Your vocation is what you are called to be in your life. There are many different calls, some of us will be called to priest hood or the sister life. Dominic |
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The human body not only as living with a soul, but also being a dwelling place for the Holy Spirit, through the grace of redemption.
We all have spiritualized bodies.
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| Self restraint or moderation in action or words; God helps us restrain against tempations |
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Laws of God and society that protect us from abusing our free will and hurting ourselves and others.
You could think of this a a conscience. This is like when someone asks you to take alcohol, your external constraints would keep you from doing so.
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| The philosophy of maximizing pleasure and minimizing pain, often at the expense of others. When applied in relationships, one ends using a person for ones own gain. If ones goal for sex is pleasure, the other person becomes a means to that end. |
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The loving embrace of a married couple through sexual intercourse, in which they become "one flesh". This prefigures commmunion with God in Heaven.
-Elizabeth Carreiro
Example. When there are two married people they become one when they come together. |
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| The term referring to various effective, natural and moral methods for achieving on postponing pregnancy. |
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| The wanting of good for yourself; desiring goodness and happiness. |
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Love without strings attached that holds nothing back. In total love, you make a gift of yourself to another - total self donation.
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