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The Spousal Meaning of the Body and Chastity in Christian States of Life | Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P.

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What Is the Meaning of the Body?

Celibacy and virginity for the kingdom of God is a sign that the body tends towards this virginal meaning, tends towards glorification. John Paul uses the phrase, it will be a participation in the inner life of God himself,. A penetration and permeation of what is essentially human by what is essentially divine. This new spiritualization will be a fruit of grace," he says.

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