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What if the ache you feel isn’t your enemy but a compass that points you to true north? We take a clear-eyed look at desire, identity, and destiny through the lens of Scripture and John Paul II’s theology of the body, asking how eros can be lifted into real love without denying the body or the heart. Starting with our origin as image-bearers—male and female—we unpack why reason, freedom, and the call to self-gift are the core of human dignity, and how forgetting this origin twists desire into confusion. 

Romans 1 doesn’t shame the body; it warns what happens when truth is suppressed and love loses its aim.

From there, we turn to the Bridegroom who doesn’t do sin management, but brings power. Blood and water from Christ’s side signal the birth of the Church, and the Eucharist becomes the key to understanding love: “This is my body, given for you.” Eros, like rocket fuel, needs a flight plan, and Christ charts it—toward protection, fidelity, and self-gift. We share a pastoral moment with a young man questioning his belonging and make it plain: your deepest identity is beloved child of God. Attractions don’t define you; grace refines you. 

The resurrection reframes everything. Jesus’ answer to the Sadducees shows earthly marriage as a sacred sign that points beyond itself to communion with God, where desire finds its true home.

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