by Monica Ashour | Jun 24, 2022 | by Monica Ashour, TOBET Blog, Culture
On June 24th, 2022 Roe V Wade was officially overturned by the Supreme Court of the United States. “Monica, pull over here. I want to buy something,” Norma McCorvey (“Roe” of Roe v. Wade) said to me as I was driving her back to Dallas after she had given an...
by Monica Ashour | Mar 21, 2022 | by Monica Ashour, TOBET Blog, Lent
My favorite day in Lent is March 25. No, it’s not my favorite since I can eat dessert because it is a solemnity (though that’s a bonus)! Rather, it is the day that “the body entered theology…through the main door” (TOB 23:4). What does Pope John Paul mean? And how...
by Monica Ashour | Feb 11, 2022 | by Monica Ashour, TOBET Blog, Marriage and Love
“I love you.” Those are powerful words—or they ought to be, if “luv” becomes love. What is “luv?” We all recognize “luv” as that attraction and infatuation for someone else and the intense feelings that come it. Now, I don’t mean to criticize “luv.” Not at all. In...
by Monica Ashour | Jan 12, 2022 | by Monica Ashour, TOBET Blog, Catholic Life
One of my dearest friends knows that I try to grow in self-understanding by continuing to see my faults, weaknesses, and sins…and “walk away” from them toward the path of virtue and holiness. That’s why she sent me a gift called “Self-Authoring,” a guided reflection...
by Monica Ashour | Dec 8, 2021 | by Monica Ashour, TOBET Blog, Catholic Life
As we begin the new Liturgical Year (which always points us to eternity), a central concept in the Theology of the Body comes to mind: Gift. “All of creation is to be received as a gift.” Notice the word received. Not just some things but everything is to be received...