#517: TOB 13: The Gift of the Body

How can we affirm the body as good?

Dec 19, 2023

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The affirmation of the body as God’s gift begins with seeing it as God does. The “nakedness” of humanity is not simply an absence of clothes, but the fullness of the person’s presence before the eyes of God. In a footnote, John Paul II cites Hebrews 4:13 to this end: “And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of…

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