In our post-sexual revolution world, we are experiencing a total eclipse of the meaning of the body. A darkness has been cast over our humanity and we simply can no longer see the fundamental significance of the human body to human identity. What has passed in front of the sun blocking the body’s meaning? And are there any “astronomers” out there who can explain this phenomenon, who can help us understand why this has happened and if, when, and how the darkness will pass? In this presentation, Christopher West will point to three: Our Lady of Fatima, Pope Paul VI, and Pope John Paul II. He will demonstrate how Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae properly recognized the modern embrace of contraception as the cause of the eclipse, and then demonstrate how Saint John Paul II’s Theology of the Body provides a solid basis for hope that we won’t remain in this darkness indefinitely – the eclipse of the body will pass when, as Mary promised, her Immaculate Heart triumphs.
11/15/2018
