In the Pursuit of Love

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Marianne Farina

Abstract

This paper responds to Michael Stoeber’s article from a Catholic nun’s point of view. The author resonates with Stoeber’s point on the Church’s lack of integration between human sexuality and the Christian vocation to love and seeks a more comprehensive understanding of God’s call to responsive love and of moral goodness as freedom in Christ through the reception of the transforming gift of the Holy Spirit. The paper contends that Christian understanding of virtue in light of the Christian call to generative/responsive love might help us understand the sexuality as integral to Christian life. The author suggests an incarnational and holistic understanding of human sexuality, exploring the Church’s understanding of the dignity of the human person and the Christian vocation to responsive love. 

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