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It’s always been a love story… and I knew it in second grade

Jesus turned, saw them following, and said to them, “What Do you seek?” And they said to him, “Rabbi” (which means teacher), “where are you staying?” He said to them, “Come and see”   (John 1:38-39)

 I’ve been studying, teaching and speaking on Pope John Paul II’s work, especially his theology of the body for almost 17 years now and as dense as his extensive body of work can seem at times it dawned on me that it’s not that difficult to understand… really. 

You just have to keep in mind that it’s about God’s plan for us and God’s plan has always been a love story.  We were created for one main purpose, and that’s to make God’s own eternal love story visible in the created world.

In a sense I already knew this in second grade. I was born on the South Shore of Chicago, the oldest of five boys. We lived on the second floor of my grandparents two-flat, and they lived beneath us. In the back was a small yard with a gate that opened to the alley, our main artery to the rest of the world. It was here that my brothers and I were awakened to the three core themes that are built into the very DNA of a man. That life is to be an adventure, that’s going to be a battle, and finally that the meaning and purpose behind it all is beauty, especially the beauty of love.

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