As someone enthralled by Pope St. John Paul’s Theology of the Body, I love the Solemnity of the Annunciation, the day where the words of the “Hail Mary” prayer were first spoken by the Angel Gabriel (see Luke 1:26) to Mary. This was the moment when the Word became Flesh—the Son became embodied as a…
Our bodies deserve respect. Why should we be worried of AI “deepfakes” (highly realistic looking but fraudulent videos) mimicking our voices and names? Because they violate the truth of our bodies. This is what Pope Leo means when he writes, “Faces and voices are sacred… Safeguarding faces and voices ultimately means safeguarding ourselves.” In other words, as we say at TOBET, the body matters!
Here’s one simple yet profound lesson from working at TOBET: when working, set aside the things distracting you from the task at hand. Keeping your attention on your phone is like keeping one foot in the door: your mind isn’t willing to focus when your body could leave at a moment’s notice. Be where your body is!
If you only had ONE hour of mandated formation every year to teach over 2.5 million Catholic children and youth, what would you give them? We at TOBET know. We’d have them learn from our new program called Bridges and Boundaries.
On this the Feast Day of our beloved Pope St. John Paul II, we at TOBET continue to trust in his
intercession for the Church and for the first organization (TOBET!) established to promulgate the Theology of the Body (TOB), especially geared toward families, children, and youth.
I often hear Catholics say, “God made us for relationship.” That sounds great, but what does it mean? What does a relationship look like? And beyond that, what does a good relationship look like? Thankfully God not only made us for relationship, He also gave us a good teacher: the body! All photos are either…
This post discusses the basis of good music, and how are bodies can let us know it’s good by the way it makes it feel and the way it can change our moods.
While death is a subject we don’t like to think about, we often make an effort to attend funerals with our bodies, as our physical presence comforts those mourning the dead.
The author reflects on their internship with TOBET, exploring how Pope John Paul II’s quote about living with Christ aligns with the importance of the body in spiritual life, enhancing their understanding of the Theology of the Body.
Dayspring Brock is our newest TOBET blogger! Today she blogs about a hot topic on college campuses and in the public square, the idea of consent in sexual ethics. Most sex education programs approach sexual ethics like this: the goal is to reduce risky behavior and encourage young people to make autonomous, free choices. It…
