Theology of the Body Institute

Achieving true purity is not a mere act of willpower or avoiding lust. A negative approach is okay at the beginning of the journey but we are called to much more than that. 00:00 How To Go From Negative to Positive Sexual Purity? 01:19 If You Look Lustfully You've Committed Adultery 02:19 Steps for Purity: Indulge, Repress or Sublimate 04:55 What to Do About It 06:15 The Redemption of Sexual Desire 06:54 Prayer for Sexual Purity 07:56 St. Paul's Advice for Purity 08:55 The Journey Worth Undertaking 09:51 Practical Advice: Fasting 11:11 Walking on the Water 12:26 Book of Daniel, CH 13 13:24 What is the Woman's Body? ====================================== 🔥 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/ 🛍️ 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

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What do we do with our sexual needs? As John Paul II says, “The very manner in which we conceive of our sexual desires must be, from the start, to the greatest extent possible, freed from purely impulse-oriented, naturalistic presuppositions and shaped personalistically. To put that in layman’s terms: “You’re not an animal.” In order to answer the question, “What are we to do with our sexual needs,” we must first look at our understanding of sexual needs. Do we truly have sexual needs? Or are our sexual longings an expression of a deeper human need: the need for love. ====================================== 🔥 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/ 🛍️ 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 Check out our store! https://tobinstitute.shop