{"id":6636,"date":"2005-11-30T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-30T17:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doxaweb.com\/blog\/?p=6636"},"modified":"2021-08-13T19:58:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T00:58:09","slug":"a-positive-vision-of-priesthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doxaweb.com\/blog\/2005\/11\/30\/a-positive-vision-of-priesthood\/","title":{"rendered":"a positive vision of priesthood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There has been much talk in recent weeks about what the priesthood should not<\/em> look like. As important as this is, I would say that such discussion needs some context — especially given the media’s complete lack of context in discussing such issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Theology of the Body<\/strong><\/a> provides a great context for reflecting on what the priesthood could and should look like in the third millennium. The Theology of the Body is not really an innovation, but a restatement for our own times of something ever ancient and ever new: the Gospel of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Theology of the Body resources that are concise and practical, I have not seen any parallel to the resources provided by Fr. Roger Landry<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out this article (PDF format) on the Theology of the Body as it relates to the spiritual and pastoral life of priests<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of John Paul II’s lasting legacies will be, I think, his Theology of the Body, which is a great resource to help us rise above the myopia of “hot button” issues and to give us a broad, generous view of the Christian life\u2026 a radical anthropology that has the power to reframe the discussion and which could serve as the basis for the new springtime of evangelization in the Church and in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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