Het lichaam maakt het onzichtbare zichtbaar: JPII

A man’s body makes no sense by itself. Nor does a woman’s.

“The body, in fact, and only the body, is capable of making visible what is invisible: the spiritual and the divine. It has been created to transfer into the visible reality of the world, the mystery hidden from eternity in God, and thus to be a sign of it” (TOB 19:4).

This is John Paul II’s thesis statement, the brush with which he paints his entire catechesis on the body. We can’t see spiritual and divine realities. By definition, they’re invisible. But the body makes them visible. If we are seeing the body correctly, what we see is the divine and spiritual story being told. What is that story? In a word – communion. A man’s body makes no sense by itself. Nor does a woman’s. But seen in light of each other we discover the glorious call to life-giving communion. And this is a sign of the inner life of God. Which brings us to my next favorite…

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Het gaat om één van de drie favoriete citaten van Christopher West uit de Theologie van het Lichaam van paus Johannes Paulus II, namelijk het bovenste.