“Through the fact that the Word of God became flesh, the body entered theology- that is, the science that has divinity for its object- I would say, through the main door.”
Pope St. John Paul II, TOB 23.4
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MAXIMIZE: A Discipleship Retreat Course
This 6-day/5-night all-inclusive experience will focus on maximizing your relationship with God and with others through the lens of Theology of the Body and the Holy Spirit. Held on the beautiful grounds of Mount Saint Francis Retreat Center in Southern Indiana (less than 30 minutes from Louisville, Kentucky) the retreat will offer Daily Mass, Adoration, Confessions, 3 meals […]
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It is Jesus in fact that you seek when you dream of happiness; he is waiting for you when nothing else you find satisfies you; he is the beauty to which you are so attracted; it is he who provokes you with that thirst for fullness that will not let you settle for compromise...
15th World Youth Day, Vigil of Prayer, Tor Vergata, Saturday, 19 August 2000