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Title: Sex and the Sacred City by Steve Kellmeyer ISBN: 0-9718128-1-0 Publisher: Bridegroom Press Pub. Date: January, 2004 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.88 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An Excellent Study With Profound Insight!
Comment: Steve Kellmeyer's book "Sex and the Sacred City" was a profound guide through the Trinity, the Sacrements, and God's plan for marriage, human sexuality, family life, and our vocation in life.
Mr. Kellmeyer utilized the ability to make a deep theological belief understandable through a layered approach using anticdotes and common daily occurrences to help the reader clearly understand his points. The insights were very in-depth and thorough and the end of each chapter contained thought-provoking questions and Catechetical and Biblical references.
This would be an excellent tool for a private or group study session, with the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the Bible well used to bring the book together with Church teachings.
His direct-approach with the truth in human sexuality is eye-opening for all in the Catholic Church and should be a mandatory for high school students and pre-marriage couples.
Thank you for establishing a new deeper understanding of our Faith!!
Rating: 5
Summary: Finally - An easy to read guide to the Church's view on sex
Comment: Sex and the City - this book is not. However, if you are interested in the Catholic Church's view on human sexuality, this is a MUST read. It will change your perspective on the Church and will make you an INFORMED Catholic the next time someone approaches you at the water cooler about something they have read in the paper concerning the Church's view on human sexuality.
Rating: 5
Summary: Our Bodies--God's Plan
Comment: Sex and the Sacred City
If you think that "original sin" means to be born of a sinful act, you've got it wrong, but this book will set you straight. Even if you know your catechism, Sex and the Sacred City will take you on a surprising journey through the mysteries of Divine love, marriage and human sexuality. In this slim volume, Kellmeyer distills Pope John Paul II's "Theology of the Body." He writes with a lucid style, using contemporary analogies, humor and persevering logic to bring to the lay reader the pope's meditations about the human person.
Beginning with an explanation of the Trinity-a "communion of persons, a family whose life is love" (cf. Eph. 3:14-15)-the book skillfully navigates through such mysteries as the meaning of "nature" and "person," God as Pure Existence and God as Perfect Love, how we are "made in His image and likeness" and why we need, therefore, to love. Furthermore, it delineates how this love must be lived out in the body and how conjugal love mirrors God's love for us.
"When we consider Adam and Eve," Kellmeyer writes," when we consider how God has inscribed Himself both upon our very bodies and upon the communion of persons that our bodies make possible, we realize that we must allow that same grace to teach us how to live out in our bodies the power God has given. Having the power is not enough. We have to learn how to use it. We learn this by service."
But service does not mean servile. Quoting from the Italian movie, Life is Beautiful, Kellmeyer give an example of the uncle who explains to his nephew, a waiter who bobs up and down excessively, "Think of sunflowers. They bow to the sun. But if you see some that are too bowed down, that means they are dead. You are serving; you are not a servant. Serving is a supreme art. God is the first servant. God serves man but He is not a servant to men."
Using the communal love within the Trinity as a model, Kellmeyer carries us through a study of Creation, The Fall, The Incarnation, The Sacraments, Married Life, Family Life and even Celibacy (an earthy archetype for the spiritual ecstasy everyone will experience in the Beatific Vision). In his rich meditations we discover the sanctification of the family and what it means to use our bodies in God's original holiness.
Kellmeyer provides a reflection in every line of Sex and the Sacred City. It is a book to study at your leisure, savor, read and re-read. At the end of each chapter there are several questions for discussion, Bible verses for contemplation and references to the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
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Title: The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Anne Catherine Emmerich ISBN: 0895552108 Publisher: T A N Books & Publishers Pub. Date: 01 February, 1994 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Good News About Sex and Marriage: Answers to Your Honest Questions About Catholic Teaching by Christopher West ISBN: 1569552142 Publisher: Charis Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.99 |
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Title: A Travel Guide to Heaven by Anthony Destefano ISBN: 038550988X Publisher: Doubleday Books Pub. Date: 16 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: A Guide to the Passion: 100 Questions About The Passion of The Christ by Tom Allen, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Matthew Pinto, Mark Shea, Paul Thigpen ISBN: 193264542X Publisher: Ascension Press Pub. Date: February, 2004 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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