by Monica Ashour | Mar 1, 2024 | by Monica Ashour, TOBET Blog, Catholic Life, Virtues, Lent
Pope Benedict, in continuity with Pope St. John Paul’s Theology of the Body (TOB), speaks of three main aspects of the human person: communal, historical, and bodily. Does this mean that these two great popes don’t believe in the spiritual dimension of the person? Of...
by Monica Ashour | Oct 19, 2023 | by Monica Ashour, TOBET Blog, Pope John Paul II, Catholic Life, Culture
“War against the body means we must do this with a clear emphasis upon the theological importance of the body. This will not be news to some. Pope John Paul II’s rich legacy on the theology of the body is meat and drink to thoughtful Catholics, yet it is not something...
by Monica Ashour | May 17, 2023 | by Monica Ashour, TOBET Blog, Saints and Holy People, Femininity
For Mother’s Day, I decided to reflect on what Mother Mary teaches all of us—women and men—about the feminine posture of receptivity. So, I read Pope Benedict’s Mary: The Church at Her Source regarding the Magnificat. Mary speaks of “magnifying the Lord.” What does...
by Monica Ashour | Apr 6, 2023 | TOBET Blog, by Monica Ashour, Easter
G.K. Chesterton once quipped, “The greatest thing the human body can do is to rise from the dead” (quoted by Dale Ahlquist from the TOB Congress audio). That’s what we celebrate today—Easter Sunday. Jesus Christ was the first human to rise from the dead bodily. Quite...
by Monica Ashour | Mar 20, 2023 | by Monica Ashour, TOBET Blog, Virtues, Lent
Do you remember your childhood days when your mom would guide you in moderating your helpings for a meal or dessert? “Only two pieces of candy.” “Only one helping of spaghetti.” “Only two helpings of ice cream.” (How good that two helpings of ice cream were allowed!)...
