Theology of the Body | Maria José Vilaça | EP 93

This episode was recorded on December 5th, 2023.
Maria, in addition to her clinical practice, is dedicated to studying and promoting John Paul II's Theology of the Body, translating several books into Portuguese and addressing the consequences of the globalization of the cultural revolution on family and society. As the President of CERTA-Centre for Studies and Resources Theology of Love, she leads Theology of the Body weekends through FORUM WAHOU! Maria is a founding member of the Catholic Psychologists Association and SALL - Defense of Freedom Association. She coordinates Rachel’s Vineyard in Portugal, oversees pastoral care for those with unwanted SSA, and organized the IV International Theology of the Body Symposium in Portugal in 2013. Despite facing media persecution, Maria remains active in various projects, contributing to the translation and coordination of John Paul II’s audiences on Human Love and pursuing continuous education in philosophy and Theology of the Body. She is also a member of Communion and Liberation Fraternity.
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- Chapters -
00:00 - Coming Up
01:32 - Maria José Vilaça’s Introduction
05:09 - Maria's Background and Work
09:02 - Theology of the Body
13:07 - Challenges and Persecutions
18:29 - Freedom and Human Dignity
23:14 - Assisted Dying and Ethical Concerns
27:40 - Influence of Ideology and Scientific Manipulation
33:19 - Gender Ideology and Parental Challenges
39:08 - The Role of Parents and Educators
44:36 - The Power of Love and Freedom
49:09 - Integrating Faith and Psychology
54:12 - The Impact of Theology of the Body
01:00:37 - Embracing Dependence and Community
01:04:32 - The Role of Tradition and National Identity
01:09:02 - The Modern Promotion of Sexuality
01:13:39 - The Dehumanizing Effect of Individualism
01:18:17 - Closing Thoughts and Future Hopes

Пікірлер: 29

  • @j0yce008
    @j0yce00824 күн бұрын

    As a mother of 2 young adults that have been captured by the woke ideology, which has fractured our family, I've found this discussion fertile in renewing my hopes. I'll recenter on loving the freedom of my children, without departing from reality. I believe that with time and faith, love will prevail over chaos.

  • @Pilgrimofhope7

    @Pilgrimofhope7

    24 күн бұрын

    A turning point for me with my daughter when she was lost down a similar path was the advice of my priest who said I needed to respect the best gift she had been given from God and that gift was her freedom. It was so hard to do but it worked, our relationship began to change and she has completely changed her path now.. Never give up hope, pray for them. 😊

  • @mariaesterpacheco4784

    @mariaesterpacheco4784

    21 күн бұрын

    I will pray for you and your family ❤

  • @Dimension_eleven
    @Dimension_eleven24 күн бұрын

    These discussions are very underrated! I am suprised by how the quality is so high but the view count is so low, but thank you anyways!

  • @jenniferflower9265

    @jenniferflower9265

    24 күн бұрын

    All the subscribers that watch Jordan that are not subscribed to Tammy are really missing out, she is the neck that turns the head. They miss half of the complete message.❤

  • @alisterrebelo9013

    @alisterrebelo9013

    23 күн бұрын

    You're going to see a huge drop in views on the explicitly Catholic episodes... you know, seeing as how most non-Catholic Christians don't consider Catholics to be Christians.

  • @amexicanladyonthesoutherncross
    @amexicanladyonthesoutherncross20 күн бұрын

    Maria and Tammy are wonderful women. they are so kind and lovely.

  • @cherylseverin4652
    @cherylseverin465223 күн бұрын

    Tammy, I Thank you and your lovely guest, Maria, for sharing your loving message of faith and hope. Your podcasts are such a blessing. I am always uplifted by your conversations because of your gracious demeanor and loving soul. Thank you for your outstanding show. I hope you write a book one day🙏🏼

  • @cecemeyers6028
    @cecemeyers60288 күн бұрын

    Very enlightening conversation for sure. Two professional women who have seen a lot of life and humanity, and now whose main desire is to reach out to others with knowledge, for healing and hearing others along life’s journeys. When we seek to help others, and ourselves, come to terms with realities and (often) inconvenient truths we must face we must first begin with good information and the tools to deliver. Thank you both for offering these indispensable tools and roadmaps for those of us who seek also to help others along the way.

  • @alexandrakapo6271
    @alexandrakapo627112 күн бұрын

    A very useful conversation and experience to share. The messages here are vital for our society and our children. Thank you. And the positive and hopeful message I want to share is that a country like America or Canada has always seemed to “experiment” with the new and its a very interesting thing that spreads worldwide but the emphasis here just like in this conversation is to give value to what was there before and keep a balance. These teachings from Theology and Philosophy that people spend their whole life trying to put into words to understand the world, humans, and God we need to value with love and take in the new little by little making sure we understand that it’s still being examined. I’m grateful to listen to these discussions and keep my mind and heart in light. Thank you.

  • @littlefarmlover
    @littlefarmlover21 күн бұрын

    What a blessing to be able to listen in on that beautiful conversation. Thanks Tammy.

  • @PsychoBible
    @PsychoBible21 күн бұрын

    Thanks for having Maria on. I'm a therapist in the same field as her and we met at a conference in Europe last year. By the way, if anyone wants to dive more into Theology of the Body, I have a ton of videos on it on my channel (not to mention the Theology of the Body Institute's channel).

  • @niveaneto6592
    @niveaneto659219 күн бұрын

    Tammy and María José , Thank you for this wonderful interview! It’s really good and I’m sure it will help some other people that are in the same journey and also people that are looking for answers in this difficult life. It’s really inspiring!! God bless both of you. 🕊️🥰🙏

  • @tpangle17
    @tpangle1722 күн бұрын

    Love and Responsibility that Dr. Maria suggests is absolutely spot-on when it comes to a faithful marriage. John Paul II was a genius. I have been hoping you and Jordan would read it because when you two talk about marriage, it makes me think of Love and Responsibility!! You will love it!!

  • @bigthangz5489
    @bigthangz548923 күн бұрын

    👌👌👌👌👌

  • @judementz-gibbons6730
    @judementz-gibbons673024 күн бұрын

    Please pass this prayer request to Tammy Peterson. My daughter has a mental illness and drug problem, and has gone missing. My heart and mind is being torn out. We raised her with great love, faith, kindness, protection and respect for self and others. My husband has bone cancer. I pray the rosary every day but to no avail yet. Please Tammy include my daughter in your rosary to be safe and to get back on the right path please; and for healing prayers for my husband. I have no one else, no family or friends and am dying agonisingly inside. So alone in my despair. It is hell. I can’t understand it. I have good intentions, was a good mother, am compassionate, helped others and always tried to do good. Why is this happening to us? I feel destroyed. Have I offended God and Our Lady? My faith was so strong….You have been so blessed. What have I done wrong, my whole life has been so hard. My daughter did love me and so does my husband but he is crushed too. I would give all to have a loving happy family like yours that is so close and now healthy. Please pray for us. I have faith in your prayers and you. If you could speak your wisdom on these soul destroying events of how to cope with losing a child to mental illness and drugs….and the vast suffering around the world of good people. To encourage us to face it and go on. Thank you.

  • @TammyPetersonPodcast

    @TammyPetersonPodcast

    23 күн бұрын

    I'll pray for your daughter. What is her first name? As far as your husband's illness, a strict Ketogenic diet with no plants will halt the progress of cancer and help the body with treatment as cancer lives off carbohydrates. It was a metabolic disease. Look up paleomedicina, a medical group in Europe who treat late stage cancer patients with a plant free diet. He can limit his plants to berries for a couple of weeks before he stops eating all plants

  • @venerafazio5757

    @venerafazio5757

    23 күн бұрын

    I 'll pray for your daughter. May God bless you and and your family. 🙏🙏

  • @alisterrebelo9013

    @alisterrebelo9013

    23 күн бұрын

    Dear beloved sister, I have a son with severe ASD and completely sympathise with you. I will be including you, and your family in my Rosary. Times of distress are the greatest opportunities to become more united with each other, through prayer. Your faith is being tested, as Job was tested. Do not let your current situation shake your confidence in the Lord. I pray that the Father smile upon your face, that the blood of Jesus cover you and the Holy Spirit fill you and your family, through Jesus Christ our Lord, amen.

  • @judementz-gibbons6730

    @judementz-gibbons6730

    22 күн бұрын

    @@TammyPetersonPodcast - I was so happy to read yours and fellow sister’s replies. My daughter’s name is Jessie Marie Gibbons. When I prayed the rosary I asked ‘who can I possibly talk to about this who has faith?’ No priest came to mind, but your name did enter my mind. I want to express my sincerest appreciation to you for taking the time to speak to a stranger across the globe (Australia) in such despair. My daughter was found unresponsive a day ago, but is still alive. Is found but still very unstable. Unfortunately in this country there is no help for people with mental illness and drug addiction and she is in a bad way. She was badly abused some years back in a domestic violence situation with her then partner and sustained a brain injury. She has never been the same. Our hospital system leaves the mentally ill and also those who self medicate to die. She was also assaulted in her vulnerable state. This is a relapse for my daughter who had been doing so well for over a year. Clean and working. We thought she would make it. But she had another breakdown. And then she self medicated. And no professional will adequately help her here. They do not care. She is too incoherent and sick to help herself now. She has lost all insight. And they will not listen to her parents. I wish I could leave this nation I once loved. I am so appalled at the system’s cold heartedness. So all I have is my faith… and yours and fellow sister’s prayers. I know how busy you must be and to include my daughter in your daily rosary and that you responded to me, means more than you will ever know. I spoke to my husband about the ketogenic diet and his doctor, who is Indian, and agrees. Thank you also for this Tammy. Someone here mentioned Job. It astonished me, as on a few occasions praying the rosary that thought of ‘Job’ and that I was going through similar, even though I was not thinking about Job at all….appeared strongly in my mind a few times over the years. It did frighten me but I kept going. I do not believe in coincidences and this could be the case. I have lost tragically 4 children already. My entire family - lost. Now my daughter and husband. I will be alone - but I care more about their suffering than mine. If they are happy, so am I. But the situation is presently the reverse. And it is tearing me apart. It is surreal and the suffering at times incomprehensible. Please pray that I can keep strong. Like you. Just to know someone cares enough to pray and respond makes me feel less alone…..how can I ever repay that. I am a mother and wife in distress and I cannot thank you enough for your care and prayers. I must somehow keep strong, but that helpless feeling is so strong. God bless you Tammy.

  • @judementz-gibbons6730

    @judementz-gibbons6730

    22 күн бұрын

    @@venerafazio5757 - thank you so much. Means the world and could just save lives. Bless you.

  • @TaylorRose91
    @TaylorRose9123 күн бұрын

    What is the name of the book Tammy is reading about mind control?

  • @RCGWho
    @RCGWho19 күн бұрын

    Tammy, can you address the choker you are wearing on Lila Rose's podcast? A lot of people are commenting and/or are claiming it's bdsm related. I keep telling them it might be an heirloom or that they were popular in the 70s. Do you care to comment?