Interior Integration for Catholics

Dr. Andrew Sodergren returns to guide us what it means to love our bodies, and we discuss psychological impediments to loving our bodies.

Show Notes

Episode 13:  Bodyset:  Loving and Reverencing Our Bodies – With Dr. Andrew Sodergren

John Paul II, in Theology of the Body.  The body is the sacrament of the person – there is a certain sacramentality of the body.  A sacrament makes something present, manifest in a concrete way.  The Body reveals the personhood. 

The body is essential for human beings in order to relate.  The body is essential for prayer.

Some heresies devalue the body (e.g. Manicheanism).  

God in his infinite holiness took on our human flesh.  This elevated the dignity of the human body.  

Our bodies are designed for a sacred purpose, like the sacred vessels for the liturgy.  Like we care for the sacred vessels, we need to care for our bodies.  

The way we dress can adorn the body or debase the body.  

It is valuable to reflect on how I have fallen short of honoring my body and those of others.  


 

What is Interior Integration for Catholics?

The mission of this podcast is the formation of your heart in love and for love, Together, we shore up the natural, human foundation for your spiritual formation as a Catholic. St. Thomas Aquinas asserts that without this inner unity, without this interior integration, without ordered self-love, you cannot enter loving union with God, your Blessed Mother, or your neighbor. Informed by Internal Family Systems approaches and grounded firmly in a Catholic understanding of the human person, this podcast brings you the best information, the illuminating stories, and the experiential exercises you need to become more whole in the natural realm. This restored human formation then frees you to better live out the three loves in the two Great Commandments – loving God, your neighbor, and yourself. Check out the Resilient Catholics Community which grew up around this podcast at https://www.soulsandhearts.com/rcc.