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Jackie and Bobby give their reasons for not using contraception in their marriage. While sharing the Church’s beautiful teaching on sex and marriage, they explain why sex is more than recreational. The biological and theological purpose of sex is to bear children. Whenever a husband and wife give themselves to one another freely, totally, faithfully, and fruitfully, they are saying “I do” just as they did on their wedding day. Further Resources: Read more about Pope Paul VI’s prophetic predictions in Humanae Vitae at media.ascensionpress.com/2018/07/23/hearkening-to-humanae-vitae-a-5-part-series/ “These two meanings or values of marriage (the unitive and procreative) cannot be separated without altering the couple’s spiritual life and compromising the goods of marriage and the future of the family. The conjugal love of man and woman thus stands under the twofold obligation of fidelity and fecundity” (CCC 2363). Also check out Fr. Mike’s video, “Catholic Teaching on Contraception and IVF Explained” MORE FROM ASCENSION Ascension’s main website: http://ascensionpress.com Ascension Media: https://media.ascensionpress.com SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AscensionPress/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/AscensionPress LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ascension-press Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ascensionpress/ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/ascensionpresents

Sister Maris Stella tells the story of how she found her vocation with the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia in Nashville. Beforehand she had a comfortable life with many friends, was in college and had a boyfriend. But when she chose the religious life, she began the greatest adventure of her life. She shares how she was attracted to the genuine joy of the sisters in Nashville, and how giving her life to God in such a way is more than worth the sacrifice. This video was taken from the Chosen study. Find out more at http://confirmationstudy.com. Visit Ascension Presents' website: http://www.ascensionpresents.com Learn more about study programs from Ascension Press at: http://www.ascensionpress.com Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/ascensionpresents MORE FROM ASCENSION: Ascension Presents website: http://ascensionpresents.com Ascension Press YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/ascensionpress SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AscensionPress/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/AscensionPress LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ascension-press

Fr. Mike Schmitz and Fr. Josh Johnson give their vocation stories in this clip from Ascension's best-selling study ALTARATION. To see more, go here: https://ascensionpress.com/collections/altaration-the-mystery-of-the-mass-revealed Fr. Mike is also a presenter in the following programs from Ascension: Belonging: Baptism in the Family of God (https://bit.ly/2vQgGRx) Chosen: This is Your Catholic Faith (https://bit.ly/2nCKKLK) Altaration: The Mystery of the Mass Revealed (https://bit.ly/2vG9KX2) YOU: Life, Love, and the Theology of the Body (https://bit.ly/2raspVB) MORE FROM ASCENSION: Ascension’s main website: http://ascensionpress.com Ascension Presents: https://blog.ascensionpress.com/category/ascension-presents/ Ascension Blog: https://blog.ascensionpress.com/category/ascension-blog/ Ascension Podcasts: https://blog.ascensionpress.com/category/ascension-podcasts/ SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AscensionPress/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/AscensionPress LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ascension-press Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ascensionpress/ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/ascensionpresents

Submitting to something or someone means you are “under the mission” of that someone or something; and in the case of husband and wife, the mission of the husband is to love his bride as Christ loved—and loves—the Church. Jackie says she is completely on board with being under the mission of Bobby if his mission is to love her as Christ loves the Church. If you look at Ephesians 5:21-33 passage more closely, you see it’s about a relationship of reverence and love. It’s not about who has the authority, or who wears the pants, in the marriage. It’s about the relationship between Christ and the Church. “Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, be subject to your husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. As the church is subject to Christ, so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. Even so husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no man ever hates his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ does the church, 30 because we are members of his body. “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This is a great mystery, and I mean in reference to Christ and the church” (Ephesians 5:21-33) “This unequivocal insistence on the indissolubility of the marriage bond may have left some perplexed and could seem to be a demand impossible to realize. However, Jesus has not placed on spouses a burden impossible to bear, or too heavy - heavier than the Law of Moses. By coming to restore the original order of creation disturbed by sin, he himself gives the strength and grace to live marriage in the new dimension of the Reign of God. It is by following Christ, renouncing themselves, and taking up their crosses that spouses will be able to "receive" the original meaning of marriage and live it with the help of Christ. This grace of Christian marriage is a fruit of Christ's cross, the source of all Christian life.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 1615) You May Also Like: Sunday Reflection: "Be Subordinate" (https://bit.ly/2SsOxbH) MORE FROM ASCENSION: Ascension’s main website: http://ascensionpress.com Ascension Media: https://media.ascensionpress.com Ascension Presents: https://blog.ascensionpress.com/category/ascension-presents/ Ascension Blog: https://blog.ascensionpress.com/category/ascension-blog/ Ascension Podcasts: https://blog.ascensionpress.com/category/ascension-podcasts/ SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AscensionPress/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/AscensionPress LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ascension-press Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ascensionpress/ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/ascensionpresents

In Široki Brijeg, a city of about 30,000 people in Bosnia-Herzegovina, there is a zero-percent divorce rate. What’s their secret? Is there something in the wine given out at receptions? No. Actually, local tradition has husband-and-wife-to-be say their wedding vows over a crucifix, and then they keep that crucifix over their bed. In this video, Jackie and Bobby, who followed this tradition when they said their vows, share how that crucifix over their bed serves as a daily reminder that they need to die to self in their marriage. They also offer some tips on how to help your spouse deal with the everyday stresses of marriage, so you’re not dying to self alone. Also, make sure you check out Ascension’s Joy-Filled Marriage program, which offers many great life skills for marriage couples: shop.ascensionpress.com/products/joy-filled-marriage-couples-set MORE FROM ASCENSION: Ascension’s main website: http://ascensionpress.com Ascension Presents: https://blog.ascensionpress.com/category/ascension-presents/ Ascension Blog: https://blog.ascensionpress.com/category/ascension-blog/ Ascension Podcasts: https://blog.ascensionpress.com/category/ascension-podcasts/ SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AscensionPress/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/AscensionPress LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ascension-press Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ascensionpress/ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/ascensionpresents

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"Married love and celibate love goes together to keep us ordered in the right direction."

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In this video, we'll look at how John Paul II's Theology of the Body provides compelling, eye-opening, life-changing answers to these questions and more. Ever ask yourself questions like "Who am I?", "Why am I here?", "How can I be happy?", "Why do I have all these longings in my body and soul?" and "What am I suppose to do with them?". "What does it mean to be a man?", "What does it mean to be a woman?", "What does it mean to be human?". 00:00 Introduction 00:50 What is the Theology of the Body? 02:20 Eros 03:26 Part 1 of TOB 04:01 First Key Word of Jesus 06:35 Second Key Word 07:54 Third Key Word 09:08 Part 2 of TOB ============================================ 🔥 Get 3 FREE sessions of our flagship course on Theology of the Body: https://www.tobforfree.com/ ⚡️ Click the link to join our Patron Community! Your monthly gift helps us continue to put out the message of Theology of the Body to the world. Thank you! https://www.tobpatron.com/ 📚 Want to attend a course at the Theology of the Body Institute online or in person? Click the link to view our schedule: https://tobinstitute.org/programs/tobi-schedule/ 📍 We might be coming to a city near you! Check out our Made for More event schedule: https://tobinstitute.org/live-events/ 🏔️ Want to join Christopher on one of our pilgrimages? Click here: http://tobpilgrimages.com/ 🛍️ Check out our store! https://shop.corproject.com/ ============================================ Social Media: 📸 TOBI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tobinstitute/ 🟦 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TOBInstitute/ 📸 Christopher's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cwestofficial/ 🟦 Christopher's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cwestofficial 📸 Discerning Marriage Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discerningmarriage/reels/?hl=en

"[The human body] includes right from the beginning…the capacity of expressing love, that love in which the person becomes a gift – and by means of this gift – fulfills the meaning of his being and existence." St. John Paul II

God made the world—and you—on purpose. What is that purpose? Well, that’s what St. John Paul II went to great lengths to explain in his Theology of the Body talks, which Fr. Mike sums up beautifully in this video. With profound simplicity, Fr. Mike—inspired by St. John Paul II—shares the fundamental truths of this ingenious vision of humanity and sexuality. Made in God’s image and likeness, you are your body, and you are made for love. What you do with your body matters. You’ll have to watch the video to get the last and most powerful point. It’s amazing. More Theology of the Body items from Ascension: Joy-Filled Marriage (http://bit.ly/2zx2Inf) The Gift: Your Call to Greatness (http://bit.ly/2E7xI06) An Introduction to the Theology of the Body (http://bit.ly/2Brs1bD) Into the Heart: A Journey through the Theology of the Body (http://bit.ly/2zzpSJO) Freedom to Love (http://bit.ly/2ieTyIP) YOU: Life, Love, and the Theology of the Body (http://bit.ly/2lSmxjp) Theology of the Body for Teens: Middle School Edition (http://bit.ly/2rIOHUe) Books The Love That Satisfies (http://bit.ly/2Aewa4O) Heaven’s Song: Sexual Love As It Was Meant to Be (http://bit.ly/2AjdOh1) Theology of the Body for Beginners: Revised Edition (http://bit.ly/2BkPH0s) Fr. Mike is also a presenter in these faith formation programs from Ascension: Belonging: Baptism in the Family of God (https://bit.ly/2vQgGRx) Chosen: This is Your Catholic Faith (https://bit.ly/2nCKKLK) Altaration: The Mystery of the Mass Revealed (https://bit.ly/2vG9KX2) YOU: Life, Love, and the Theology of the Body (https://bit.ly/2raspVB) Get 18 of Fr. Mike’s best Ascension Presents videos in this exclusive DVD from Ascension: Ascension Presents … Fr. Mike Schmitz (http://bit.ly/2sKUnJN) Fr. Mike spoke at the Ascension Cafe during the World Meeting of Families. Watch him and other speakers get fired up over the gospel in the Ascension Cafe DVD (http://bit.ly/2sYtQaW). — MORE FROM ASCENSION — 🔸Ascension App: https://link.ascension-app.com/lMuyddWAqHb 🔸The Great Adventure Bible: https://tinyurl.com/y6lfxzyt 🔸 Catechism of the Catholic Church, Ascension Edition: https://tinyurl.com/25nskztb — SOCIAL MEDIA — Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AscensionPress/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/AscensionPress LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ascension-press Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ascensionpress/ #theologyofthebody

John Paul II, thank you for standing out like a light in the darkness of this generation, reminding us of who we are.