What does it mean to be an adult? Some think of maturity in terms of self-possession. But what if adulthood is actually the condition in which we realize that we do not, in fact, “possess” ourselves? What if being truly adult means being ready and willing to say “I do,” to give ourselves away—wholly and irrevocably—to another? To mature as a human being implies a certain “ripeness,” the ability to bear fruit. But we can only do that when we have made a complete gift of self to another (or Another). That is why we possess ourselves in the first place, to have something to give.
Re-Source: Classic Texts
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Book Reviews
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How to Be a Gentleman by William R. Hamant
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Sam Guzman, The Catholic Gentleman: Living Authentic Manhood Today
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Filling Heaven with God’s Children: Priestly Celibacy and Paternity by Kristin and Nathaniel Hurd
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Carter Griffin, Why Celibacy? Reclaiming the Fatherhood of the Priest
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Swipe Right to Find Your Soul Mate by Michael Moss
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Aziz and Eric Klinenberg Ansari, Modern Romance: An Investigation
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A Man in Part: The Decline of the Western Male by Andrew Shivone
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Gary W. Cross, Men to Boys: The Making of Modern Immaturity
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Finding Meaning in Communion by Marcie Stokman
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Emily Esfahani Smith, The Power of Meaning: Finding Fulfillment in a World Obsessed with Happiness
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Healing the Wounds of the Church by Louis Rouleau
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Bishop Robert Barron, Letter to A Suffering Church: A Bishop Speaks on the Sexual Abuse Crisis
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