Fill These Hearts
This is a book about Desire. Not just trivial wants or superficial cravings, but the most vital powers of sexuality and spirituality that haunt us and compel us on our search for something. Along the way, Fill These Hearts blows the lid off the idea of Christianity as a repressive, anti-sex religion and unveils the hidden truth of life – that the restless yearnings we feel in both our bodies and our spirits are the very cry of our hearts for God.
Desire
Discover why as human beings we feel this universal “ache” for something more. Where does this hungry void in us come from? Why do we have it? What are we supposed to do with it? The sexual relationship holds out a seemingly irresistible promise of happiness. For many, sexual love seems to offer the one chance of finding satisfaction, of filling that void. We live in a culture sated with sex, but we remain starved for love. Why is that? What role does sexuality play in our search for happiness?
Design
Learn what the very design of our bodies as male and female tells us about God. Why were we created as sexual beings? Why is sex designed to be so alluring and attractive? Was it only to dangle a carrot in front of our noses and then forbid us the satisfaction of eating it? Is the purpose of sex just to continue the species? Perhaps there is something deeper at work here, something grander beyond the merely physical that reveals the very meaning of existence.
Destiny
Find out how we are created for bliss and why our hearts know this somehow. Desire has a trajectory. Wherever we aim it, that’s where we will ultimately arrive. According to the Christian faith, the happiness we yearn for is precisely what God wants to give us— eternally. That’s what makes the Gospel “good news.” But the destiny of bliss is not a given. We must learn how to direct our desires according to the divinedesign if we are to reach our destiny.
This is a book about Desire. Not just trivial wants or superficial cravings, but the most vital powers of sexuality and spirituality that haunt us and compel us on our search for something. Along the way, Fill These Hearts blows the lid off the idea of Christianity as a repressive, anti-sex religion and unveils the hidden truth of life – that the restless yearnings we feel in both our bodies and our spirits are the very cry of our hearts for God.
Desire
Discover why as human beings we feel this universal “ache” for something more. Where does this hungry void in us come from? Why do we have it? What are we supposed to do with it? The sexual relationship holds out a seemingly irresistible promise of happiness. For many, sexual love seems to offer the one chance of finding satisfaction, of filling that void. We live in a culture sated with sex, but we remain starved for love. Why is that? What role does sexuality play in our search for happiness?
Design
Learn what the very design of our bodies as male and female tells us about God. Why were we created as sexual beings? Why is sex designed to be so alluring and attractive? Was it only to dangle a carrot in front of our noses and then forbid us the satisfaction of eating it? Is the purpose of sex just to continue the species? Perhaps there is something deeper at work here, something grander beyond the merely physical that reveals the very meaning of existence.
Destiny
Find out how we are created for bliss and why our hearts know this somehow. Desire has a trajectory. Wherever we aim it, that’s where we will ultimately arrive. According to the Christian faith, the happiness we yearn for is precisely what God wants to give us— eternally. That’s what makes the Gospel “good news.” But the destiny of bliss is not a given. We must learn how to direct our desires according to the divinedesign if we are to reach our destiny.
REDISCOVER CATHOLICISM
Over the past 20 years, Matthew Kelly has seen more of the world than most presidents and more of the Church than most bishops. Now, in this unique and timely book, he proposes that Catholicism is not a lifeless set of rules and regulations , but a way of life designed by God to help each person reach his or her full potential. With remarkable insight, Kelly dispels dozens of myths that surround the rejection of Catholicism today and provides a profound and practical vision of what will lead the Catholic Church to thrive again in the future. Rediscover Catholicism is quickly becoming the most read catholic book of our times. From the spellbinding opening story, Kelly grips his readers and takes them on a life-changing journey to rediscover the genius of Catholicism.
Over the past 20 years, Matthew Kelly has seen more of the world than most presidents and more of the Church than most bishops. Now, in this unique and timely book, he proposes that Catholicism is not a lifeless set of rules and regulations , but a way of life designed by God to help each person reach his or her full potential. With remarkable insight, Kelly dispels dozens of myths that surround the rejection of Catholicism today and provides a profound and practical vision of what will lead the Catholic Church to thrive again in the future. Rediscover Catholicism is quickly becoming the most read catholic book of our times. From the spellbinding opening story, Kelly grips his readers and takes them on a life-changing journey to rediscover the genius of Catholicism.
Theology of the Body Explained
If Blessed John Paul II’s Theology of the Body is a “theological time bomb set to go off” (George Weigel), this book lights the fuse. With clarity and precision, theologian Christopher West takes you on an in-depth, point-by-point tour of John Paul II's original text, John Paul II's Man and Woman He Created Them, also known as the Theology of the Body. This newly-revised and expanded edition is the perfect accompaniment to Michael Waldstein’s much-improved translation of Blessed John Paul II’s catechesis.
If Blessed John Paul II’s Theology of the Body is a “theological time bomb set to go off” (George Weigel), this book lights the fuse. With clarity and precision, theologian Christopher West takes you on an in-depth, point-by-point tour of John Paul II's original text, John Paul II's Man and Woman He Created Them, also known as the Theology of the Body. This newly-revised and expanded edition is the perfect accompaniment to Michael Waldstein’s much-improved translation of Blessed John Paul II’s catechesis.