{"id":23044,"date":"2020-10-08T06:00:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T10:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/reclaiming-love-the-fruit-of-a-five-year-journey-that-has-only-just-begun\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T16:15:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T21:15:04","slug":"reclaiming-love-the-fruit-of-a-five-year-journey-that-has-only-just-begun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/reclaiming-love-the-fruit-of-a-five-year-journey-that-has-only-just-begun\/","title":{"rendered":"Reclaiming Love: The Fruit of a Five-Year Journey that has Only Just Begun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/frmartinconnor.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-23049 lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-23049\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/frmartinconnor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/frmartinconnor.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/frmartinconnor-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/noscript>In just a few months, Father Martin Connor will be celebrating his twenty-year anniversary as a Legionary priest. Ordained in Rome in January of 2001, over the past two decades he has served in a wide variety of apostolates, from schools and family centers to retreat direction and marriage prep. And although he has spent much of his priesthood speaking to \u2013 and learning from \u2013 single, dating, engaged, and married people on the theme of authentic love, it has been in the last five years that these conversations have taken on a new mission and purpose. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Throughout his twenty years ministering to couples and families, Father Martin noticed a recurring and troubling issue: there seemed to be a significant lack of awareness and dialogue \u2013 in modern culture in general, but particularly within the Church \u2013 about emotional health and how it fits into the realm human formation, and it was affecting the lives and relationships of the people he served. \u201cTraditionally in Catholicism, there\u2019s a very poor understanding of the role of emotions in Christian behavior,\u201d says Father Martin, who, in response to this gap in understanding of the emotional life, began a five-year journey of gathering experiences and perspectives on the phenomena of human relationship. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wiredforlove2-225x300.png\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-23045 lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-23045\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wiredforlove2-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wiredforlove2-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wiredforlove2.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/noscript>In fact, Father Martin\u2019s journey began as a student at the Theology of the Body Institute; immediately after his graduation in 2015, Father Martin sought to bring the results of his thesis, on the topic of emotional chastity, from the theological level to a personal one, in a way that would not only recognize the emotional life as divine gift, but also express precisely how it might be put to the use of a holy life. Over the next five years, he spoke with over a hundred people about this theme of emotional chastity \u2013 a healthy, ordered, and authentic love \u2013 all while taking notes, receiving feedback, and collecting stories. \u201cWe gathered together just to talk about life and this incredible gift that we have, and how we\u2019re trying to be the best version of ourselves by living that integrated gift of self.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">From the heart-felt conversations that he had with a wide variety of single people, priests, and couples, Father Martin has created a brand new book called <i>Reclaiming Love: Connecting the Head and the Heart<\/i>, a small group resource to promote discussion, reflection, and a deeper understanding about what healthy, integrated love looks like in day to day life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/reclaiminglove.png\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-23048 lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-23048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/reclaiminglove.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/reclaiminglove.png 240w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/reclaiminglove-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/noscript>\u201c<i>Reclaiming Love<\/i> tries to explain the phenomena of human love and this struggle that we have between the head and the heart,\u201d says Father Martin of his new book, which is a gathering of real-life experiences of the human battle to reclaim a healthy, balanced, and authentic love, and an invitation to reflect on what living that authentic love really means. And this love doesn\u2019t always look perfect, which is precisely the message that Father Martin hopes to get across in sharing real, lived experiences in <i>Reclaiming Love<\/i>. \u201cLove is messy, that\u2019s how it\u2019s supposed to be. Just look at the crucifix,\u201d says Father Martin. \u201cBut when you\u2019re working at it, really trying to live it, it becomes a radiant witness.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Father Martin shares one such experience of this radiant, authentic love that he had the opportunity to observe in his own ministry. A young college student rented a basement apartment from a Regnum Christi family, and began to witness beautiful, live-giving love through the daily \u2013 and messy \u2013 life of the Domestic Church, which Father Martin calls \u201cthe training ground for authentic love.\u201d Through seeing authentic love lived out in faithful family life, the young man not only became interested in Catholicism, began RCIA classes, and joined the Church, but also eventually entered the seminary. \u201cAnd this all had to do with his first exposure to a Regnum Christi family that is not perfect,\u201d says Father Martin, \u201cbut, wow, how they love.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It\u2019s through reflecting on and discussing real-life stories like these, particularly within the small group setting, that Father Martin hopes readers of <i>Reclaiming Love<\/i> will find help and encouragement in discovering and living their own mission to love. \u201cPeople today want good and deep relationships, so what I tried to do was give them a resource to gather friends and to talk about something of substance,\u201d says Father Martin. \u201cWhat I have seen is when people get together and talk of things of substance like what good, healthy love looks like, when they walk with each other in life, when they share experiences, it helps them a lot to examine themselves and to learn.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">And although the publishing of <i>Reclaiming Love<\/i> marks the end of Father Martin\u2019s five-year process of collecting and sharing stories, experiences, and responses, it\u2019s really just the beginning. \u201cA lot of things have happened since the book came out [in July]!\u201d says Father Martin. Initial feedback to <i>Reclaiming Love<\/i> was so overwhelmingly positive that Father Martin was encouraged to write a second book exploring authentic and integrated love, specifically during dating and engagement. Besides these two new publications, Father Martin has also recently founded a digital platform called Wired for Love, which will feature resources, videos, and social media, all designed to share the kind of real, lived experiences of genuine human connection and relationship that Father Martin started gathering five years ago. \u201cThis thing\u2019s bigger than just a book \u2013 it\u2019s now become a tsunami!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">After nearly twenty years in the priesthood, Father Martin\u2019s vocation to share the Gospel continues to bring new adventures \u2013 new projects, new publications, and now, a brand new platform through which to share the message that life-giving, authentic relationship has the power to transform. \u201cIt can help you be a better man, woman, friend, lover \u2013 in Christ.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">To purchase or find out more about Father Martin\u2019s book Reclaiming Love: Connecting the Head and the Heart, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/rcspirituality.org\/book\/reclaiming-love-connecting-the-head-and-the-heart\/?fbclid=IwAR0W8UvIGolKwIUb4J95SWd8awlPnS7SxgoiMQw3YUU4pjl5-uohPLtPk8o\"><span class=\"s2\">rcspirituality.org<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">For more information about the Wired for Love platform or any of the resources it offers (including Reclaiming Love), visit the website <a href=\"http:\/\/wiredforlove.net\"><span class=\"s3\">wiredforlove.net<\/span><\/a>, subscribe to the <a href=\"https:\/\/m.youtube.com\/channel\/UC5pzfXw2QrtPGYz6Ese_vGQ\"><span class=\"s3\">Wired for Love YouTube channel<\/span><\/a>, find them on Facebook at <a href=\"https:\/\/fb.me\/Wired.4.Love\"><span class=\"s4\">Wired For Love<\/span><\/a> and on Instagram\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wired.for.love\/\"><span class=\"s3\">@wired.for.love<\/span><\/a>, or email <a href=\"mailto:wiredforlove.rc@gmail.com\"><span class=\"s3\">wiredforlove.rc@gmail.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In just a few months, Father Martin Connor will be celebrating his twenty-year anniversary as a Legionary priest. 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