TOB Tuesdays: Recent Episodes
John Paul II Resource Center
The John Paul II Resource Center for Theology of the Body and Culture was founded in the Diocese of Phoenix on January 30, 2006, by Bishop Thomas Olmsted and Fr. Charlie Goraieb. Katrina Zeno has served as coordinator of and principal speaker for the Resource Center since its inception in 2006.Our Mission:Honor St. Pope John Paul II and to promulgate his “theology of the body” along with his reflections on culture, life issues, and human dignity in an enthusiastic and approachable way in order to transform lives and renew culture.This life-changing teaching, based on embodied, human dignity as made in the image and likeness of a Trinitarian God, offers a powerful counterpoint to the current cultural confusion concerning human love and sexuality.Every week we’ll spend a few minutes reflecting on an aspect of St. John Paul II’s monumental work, Man and Woman He Created Them, otherwise known as the “Theology of the Body.” Let’s dive in!
Keynote Speaker Glenn Stanton speaks at the JP2 Celebration & Fundraiser on March 7, 2020
In honor of St. John Paul II’s feast day (October 22), Katrina adapted a recent talk entitled, “Four Life-Changing Nuggets from St. JPII.” In this blog, she only covers 3 nuggets, but if you’d like a pdf of the whole talk, please email our JPII Resource Center assistant, Zelda (zgraham@dphx.org) and request a copy. And please “share” this on your social media sites so all can be blessed by St. JPII’s insights.
This week, we continue with our special edition of TOB Tuesdays with Part 2 of Katrina’s experience of the death of her father. We’ve included the ending paragraph from last week so as to pick up where she left off.
In this Special Edition of TOB Tuesdays, Katrina reflects on the recent birth of her first grandchild followed by the death of her father. We hope it speaks to your heart.
In today's TOB Tuesdays podcast, Katrina Zeno confesses a Church teaching she has struggled to follow: celebrating the Lord's Day as a day of rest. Follow the link below to read the gems, convictions, and how she ties it into Theology of the Body.
Listen to today's TOB Tuesdays Podcast where Katrina breaks down what St. John Paul II told us, that the spiritual journey is like a great pilgrimage to the house of the Father.
Katrina explains the inseparable unity between the unitive and procreative meanings of the marital embrace through the lens of St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body.
In today's TOB Tuesdys podcast episode, Katrina shares her experience during the TOB Speaker Training she held in Australia and the variety of fruits and riches which flowed from it.
In today's TOB Tuesdays blog, Katrina Zeno relates Fr. Robert Spitzer's Four Levels of Happiness to a surprising conversation she had with her salsa partner.
Listen in as Katrina breaks down the four levels of happiness, plus an additional level she believes St. JPII would add!
"In John 6, Jesus says to his disciples, “It is the Spirit who gives life, the flesh is to no avail.” Sometimes we interpret this to mean the body is worthless, or even worse, that our bodily flesh is evil. Our flesh is the cause of sin.
But if the flesh were evil, how could Jesus command us to eat his flesh? For Jesus clearly states, “Truly, truly I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you” (John 6:53). The flesh, then, in God’s eternal plan is not the source of evil, but of life. In fact, flesh, spirit, and life are connected – and the connection is communion."
Listen to today's TOB Tuesdays podcast to hear Katrina explain the difference between the soul and the spirit.
"When it comes to his reflections on heaven, St. JPII throws his lot with the Enterprise: he boldly goes where no pope has gone before – and invites us to go with him." New TOB Tuesday is up! "Star Trek and Virginal Divinization" by Katrina J. Zeno, MTS
In a homily on Bl. Scotus’ feast day in 2010, Pope Benedict XVI offered a beautifully concise summary of this shift in perspective, “…in the opinion of Duns Scotus,” he said, “the Incarnation of the Son of God, planned from all eternity by God the Father at the level of love, is the fulfilment of creation.... [It] is God's original idea of ultimately uniting with himself the whole of creation, in the Person and Flesh of the Son.” This week on TOB Tuesday, listen to Katrina explain how Christmas is a wedding.
God’s love for you is eros; it desires and seeks union with the Beloved (that’s you). At the same time, God’s love for you is also totally agape; it always and only wills your good. This week on TOB Tuesday, listen to Katrina break down the question "What is Love?".
What distinguishes spousal love? It is the totality of the gift. Check out today’s TOB Tuesday and listen to how Katrina dives in to the meaning of spousal love and how Christ desires this love for us through the Eucharist.
Every person is created for a TOTAL gift of self in love through the body. Why are you created as a gift to be a gift? Because the inner life of the Trinity. Check out today’s TOB Tuesday and how Katrina uses something as simple as a cereal box to remind herself of the inner life of God. We also go deeper with the amazing truth that God is Love.