August 31, 2011 – Catechism 1015-1019

I guess we don’t often think about our bodies as a connection that is eternal. We were made in flesh, we will be resurrected in flesh, most of our sins are of the flesh, there is a connection there that is impossible to disconnect. With all that in mind, we must also understand that there is another piece to us. Those that feel the flesh is all there is, are missing a part that we cannot do without. As with most Catholic teachings, the understanding of flesh and spirit is a both/and teaching in which the two cannot be separated but support the others. As much as we criticize those that believe in flesh alone, we must also criticize those that focus on the spirit alone and lose sight of our bodily purpose and its role in eternity.