Polycarp's Paradigm

Warning: This episode starts out rather intense. Stick with us as we unpack the good news of the Church's teaching on sexuality, contraception, and natural family planning. Understanding the beautiful design and nature of sex is much needed in our society. This episode seeks to shed light on this beauty.

Free, total, faithful, and fruitful. These are the pillars of the Sacrament of Marriage. In this episode, Peter and Taylor O'Brien talk with me about this wonderful Sacrament and how going into marriage with the understanding of its indissoluble nature and the necessity of being open to life help shape and give life to marriage.

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What is the nature of marriage? What does it mean for the husband to be the head of the wife and the wife to submit to her husband in the context of Ephesians 5? What does it mean for a marriage to be indissoluble?

Join me and my friend Michaela as we explore these questions through the lens of St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body.

Song "Ravished By A Glance" by Mary Clare Stroh:

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Jared Zimmerer is the Director of the Word on Fire Institute under the leadership of Bishop Robert Barron. He has been a good friend of mine since I met him about 5 years ago as my RCIA Director and sponsor into the Catholic Church. In this episode you get to hear Jared's journey of faith along with our discussion of authentic masculinity, the mystery of suffering, and a new asceticism.

Links:

https://www.wordonfire.org/

https://wordonfire.institute/

What is the endgame for mankind? Where is this all going? What is the purpose of marriage and sex and how do these things relate to the afterlife? What does it mean to abstain from marriage and sex for the sake of the Kingdom of God?

Join Michaela and I as we take a deep dive into "Theology of the Body" to answer these questions and more.

What is the difference between the naked statue of David or the naked people in the paintings of Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel and naked people in modern photography and pornographic film?

Michaela and I will explore what St. John Paul II said about this in his "Theology of the Body" as we continue to unpack the nature of the human person.

Original Innocence gave way to Original Shame through the Original Sin. Mankind has been under the cloud of sin and shame from that primordial moment of disobedience until now. Even after redemption through Jesus Christ we still fight sinful inclinations. In this episode, Michaela and I will unpack Jesus's call to sinful humanity to have a renewal of heart to where we see the other as gift rather than a means to an end.

Jesus appeals back to the beginning, the beginning of creation when God made them male and female in his image and likeness, when asked about divorce.What does the beginning tell us about marriage and sexuality? What was the experience of original man like?

In this episode we explore original solitude, original unity, and original nakedness. Get ready to see Genesis through the lens of Theology of the Body.

From 1979-1984 St. John Paul II delivered 129 papal audiences outlining a theology of the body (TOB). Why do we have bodies? What is the body for? What does the body mean?

To understand the nature of marriage and sexuality, we must rediscover the dignity of the human body by which we can know the dignity of the human person.

Due to the relevance of this teaching to our culture, I'm setting out to do this series to explain St. John Paul II's teaching on theology of the body. I'm joined by my friend Michaela Barta to uncover this gold mine. She has gone to the TOB Institute three times and teaches this topic to youth and young adults. Join us for TOB!

Blake Pellerin helped start the Arrows Rugby Football Club in Houston, TX in 2016. I met Blake through rugby and am excited for you all to hear his story, much of which I had not known before.

For more info on Arrows RFC check out the website:

https://www.arrowsrugby.com/