The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) Day 304: Male and Female (2025)
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Oct 31, 2025 Explore the profound reasons behind God creating us male and female. Delve into the significance of human sexuality as a reflection of love and communion. Discover how sexual identity is rooted in our bodies and the importance of complementarity between the sexes. Fr. Mike highlights the equal dignity of men and women and discusses the vocation of marriage as an imitation of divine generosity. The conversation also confronts human brokenness in sexuality, offering insights into redemption and purity.
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Creation Shows Vocation To Love
- God is love and created man and woman in his image, so our vocation is to love and commune.
- Sexuality is inscribed in human nature as the capacity and responsibility to love and generate life.
Sexuality Shapes The Whole Person
- Sexuality affects the whole person because humans are body-soul unities.
- Your bodily sex determines sexual identity and permeates a person's affectivity and relationships.
Acknowledge Your Sexual Identity
- Acknowledge and accept your sexual identity based on your biological body.
- Resist cultural confusion by grounding identity in the body's reality, says Fr. Mike.
