Heavens Song: Sexual Love as It Was
Meant to Be by Christopher West
Find Out The Real Exciting Reason For Sex
Journey with Christopher West into the hidden talks of John Paul II s
Theology of the Body only recently discovered in the archives in Rome and
find out why the Pope himself deemed them too delicate to be delivered in
St. Peter s Square. What is it about music? Consider what happens
when you chance upon your favorite song on the radio. What emotions
does it stir? What season of your life does it zoom you back to? Now,
imagine if you can hear the greatest song ever written. To what heavenly
places would it lift you? The Bible actually claims to contain the song of
all songs: the boldly erotic Song of Songs. Here, as countless saints attest,
we discover that sexual love provides the mystical key enabling us to enter
into everlasting union with God. Heaven s Song takes you there. With
profound insight, Christopher West guides you through the unabridged
version of John Paul II s talks on the erotic poetry of the Song of Songs
and the great spiritual contest surrounding the marriage of Tobias and
Sarah. If you are already familiar with the Theology of the Body, you will

delight in this new material. If not, this book serves as a superb
introduction to John Paul s revolutionary teaching and is certain to whet
your appetite for more. In this book, intended for married, single and
celibate alike, you will discover: What makes the Song of Songs the
authentic soundtrack of Christianity What s at the root of the sexual chaos
in our culture and how to find peace in the midst of it Why there is a
violent spiritual attack on marriages today and how to be victorious over it
How to live an integrated sexual life as a path to union with God The
secret of Mary (according to St. Louis de Montfort) in living an embodied
spirituality Real-life stories of men and women who have found hope and
healing in John Paul II s teaching Practical advice, prayers, and reflection
questions to help you become the man or woman God created you to be
Personal Review: Heavens Song: Sexual Love as It Was Meant
to Be by Christopher West
Prepare yourself to be profoundly moved. It's nearly impossible to read
Christopher West's new book, "Heaven's Song" without a radical
regeneration of your view of marriage, and it's relationship with the Church.
It's no accident that George Weigel called Pope John Paul II's Theology of
the Body a "ticking theological time bomb that, when it goes off, will ignite
the New Springtime of Evangelization". This is the book with the secret to
renewing the Church by revealing the secrets of the most beautiful love
poem in the world, the "Song of Songs" which tell us what Our Lord
intended for marriage to be; a foretaste of `heaven's song'.
Heaven's Song is based upon recently-discovered writings on the
Theology of the Body, the lectures given by the late Pope John Paul II in
his Wednesday audiences. These lectures were considered `too sensitive'
for delivery in such a public forum, out of respect for young ears. This book
is for those of us who want to understand why Christ used marital imagery
in describing His relationship to the Church, and why His first public
miracle was the turning of water into wine at the Wedding of Cana.
Marriage is a central theme of Catholic theology, and once this is properly
understood by theologians and laymen alike, a new wave of evangelization
will be initiated. This most-timely explanation of the "Good News" has the
irresistible attraction of the tender invitation of Jesus to the Samaritan
woman at the well, to leave her life of sexual sin and drink of living water.
This is the language which will be able to reach the sin-saturated,
disillusioned youth who have been searching for love and are about to give
up on finding it.
West asserts that society is obsessed with sex, not because they are on
the wrong track but precisely because they are onto something; the marital
embrace can be a taste of unearthly bliss. But they are going about it all
wrong, and they need the timeless wisdom of the Catholic Church, which,
now, more powerfully than ever, through the Theology of the Body can set
a twisted society straight. According to West, society's sexual obsession
with sex is like a man who has the key to a door wherein lies a treasure,
however he remains fascinated with the key, and never uses it to turn the

lock to discover the treasure. This treasure is available in its richest form to
Catholics as they unite their marriages through the Holy Sacrifice of the
Mass, with the cross of Christ. This gift of the fullness of marriage is
Christ's gift to His Bride the Church, and this new explanation of this
concept may well be the greatest legacy of Pope John Paul II.
The beautiful imagery from the "Song of Songs" long used in meditation
by mystics like St Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross and St. Louis de
Monfort, were interpreted by Pope John Paul, and West unites these
insights in comprehensible and often poetic language. Some passages of
Heaven's Song just beg to be read aloud, and prayerfully shared between
spouses as a meditation. You can almost hear the heavenly music playing
within the poetic language. I read parts of the book in front of the Blessed
Sacrament, while preparing for Holy Mass and it re-awakened my
appreciation for Christ's self-donation in the Blessed Sacrament, as well as
the gift of my marriage.
Nearly all marriages fall far short of the Lord's plan for marriage to be the
mutual sincere gift of spouses to one another, a reflection of Christ's
complete gift of Himself on the cross. The emotions I felt as I read
Heaven's Song were partly remorse at how far we fall short of this ideal,
and partly joy at the splendor which a married couple can achieve, through
the grace of the sacrament, to bring marital love closer to perfect, self-
sacrificing love of Our Lord. Heaven's Song brought my own nuptial Mass
to mind where we read the prayer of the wedding night of Tobit and Sarah,
a central piece of this book. The importance of seeing the sacrifice
necessary to obtain the joys of marital bliss, offered to God in prayer,
united with the Holy Sacrifice, is explained in a powerfully-convincing
fashion.
Christopher West has been presenting Theology of the Body in seminars
and on TV for some time now, and has "heard it all". Each chapter begins
and ends with a story of a couple whose marriage is in trouble, and he
uses TOB to diagnose where they went wrong. The origins of many marital
problems can be resolved by a careful reading and discussion of this book.
This makes this book a natural for marriage preparation courses, and
marriage renewal retreats. I hope it is also taught in universities and
seminaries so that future leaders in the Church can reach the next
generation of Catholics with the revolutionary message of this book: "I
remember thinking, as I read [Theology of the Body] for the first time, that
somehow I had chanced upon the long-lost treasure that every person
longed for, the path to the banquet of love that truly satisfies the hungers of
the human heart."
This review was written as part of The Catholic Company product reviewer
program. Visit The Catholic Company to find more information on
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