You see I teach freshmen and seniors in high school and that makes my life very interesting. My passion is teaching my seniors Theology of the Body by John Paul the Great. I ended last semester by teaching Ephesians 5. It seems whenever I am teaching something I am also living it out in my personal life, funny how God works like that. I feel like Ephesians 5 is the summary of all that I taught my seniors throughout the semester. It would be difficult to explain everything in detail now, but those who know Theology of the Body will understand what I am getting at. There is a profound complementarity between men and women that when lived out according to the Gospel is heavenly.
"Wives be subordinate to your husbands...Husbands love your wives, even as Christ loved the Church and handed Himself over for her" What I explained to my students is that when a husband is willing to die on the cross for his wife then she won't have a hard time respecting him. When we know that we are following a man who will die to protect us, our heart, our desires, our purity and so on then it will be simple to listen to him. A light went off in my teens heads and hearts. They got it.
How does this relate to Slumdog? Jamal was the main character and very simply he fought for love. He went to all heights to find her, to rescue her, to love her. He fought for love just as Christ fights for us. Jamal laid down his life for Latika to win her heart just as Christ died on the cross to win our salvation.
I think I could go on and on about this, but I don't want to get bogged down with words. He simply fought for love.
Wow! Really profound! I never considered that comparison before today. And, by the way, FABULOUS simile. ; )
ReplyDeleteI am THRILLED that you are teaching Theology of the Body to your seniors! No people in the world need that instruction more! You are truly doing God's work! It keeps me wondering, . . . would Sister Ritamary have allowed that at SHA? I would hope so.
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