The best way for us to find true meaning for ourselves is to learn from our origins. That means learning from God—and learning from sexuality, because God and sexuality are closely connected in our origins. Christopher West explains how we need to understand this connection in order to understand our sexuality, our whole being, and our relationship with God.

Some Catholic priests today seem reluctant to preach about Church teaching on matters of sexual morality, and particularly on birth control. John Grabowski takes us through the recent history of Catholic thought on sexuality, so that we can see where the roots of this reluctance are—and why it is so dangerous.

Despite popular notions (and fears), many, if not most incidences of memory loss or confusion in aging people are either temporary and/or treatable. A great variety of medical, physical, and environmental causes can produce these symptoms—what is needed is a correct diagnosis once these symptoms appear, rather than jumping to the conclusion that a more serious, and inevitable, condition exists. Of course, a thorough diagnosis will also give an indication of a more serious condition, if one exists.

No one likes the destruction of families in society, and problems in our own family can be devastating. We don’t have to accept destruction of families and just live with it. In fact, for Christians that isn’t even a real option. Family life is sacred, and Christians are called to live out the beauty and dignity of the family communion, and to help others to live in the same way, so that the true sacred nature of the family can be realized in our world today.

Modesty is not a very common topic of sermons these days—let alone of day-to-day discussion. Nevertheless, it is critically needed in a society so characterized by sexual excess. A woman who practices modesty in her bearing and dress is actually caring for men, helping them to chastely moderate their own natural inclinations and attractions towards women. To be sure, there is nothing wrong with sexual desire, in its proper context—after all, it is God-given. However, modesty helps everyone—men and women—keep sexual desire in that proper context.

Is sex just about ecstatic release and personal fulfillment—or does it have a deeper role in God’s plan for the human person? Dr. Grabowski outlines the consequences of contemporary American views of sexuality, and argues for a revision of these views. Using Peter Gardella’s book, Innocent Ecstacy, Grabowski describes the complex of historical and present-day factors that have shaped Americans’ view of sex, rendering chastity nonsensical in most people’s eyes, and even sex itself unable to fulfill its own lofty promises.