Searching for Emotional Chastity in all the RIGHT (Media) Places

Several weeks ago I promised you something on the FOCUS Equip blog, and I haven’t forgotten. Below is a list of media that shows love, the way it was intended to be: good, true, and beautiful. Amazingly it does exist, but like any treasure, you have to hunt for it. Because this list is incomplete, please add to it the jewels that I (or my helpful friends who contributed to the list) haven’t found.

Film
Courageous (2011)
Saint Rita (2007)
Love is a Choice (2005)
Quo Vadis (1951)
Sound of Music (1965)
Fireproof (2008)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)

Foreign (aka subtitled)
The Tiger in the Snow (2005)
Life is Beautiful (1997)
Departures (2008)
Ushpizin (2004) (Get past the first 20 minutes, I promise it’s worth it)

Books

Novels
Anything by Jane Austen, especially Pride and Prejudice
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Anne of Green Gables Series by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Writings of Holy Men and Women
Jeweler’s Shop by Karol Wojtyla (now known as Bl. Pope John Paul II)
The Secret Diary of Elisabeth Leseur (She is a Servant of God)
Love Letters to My Husband by St. Gianna Beretta Molla

Love, Dating and Relationships
Men, Women and the Mystery of Love by Dr. Edward Sri
How to Find your Soulmate without Losing your Soul by Jason and Crystalina Evert
The Thrill of the Chaste: Finding Fulfillment while Keeping your Clothes on by Dawn Eden

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Audio Talks
The New Sexual Revolution: JPII’s Theology of the Body by Dr. Edward Sri
Don’t Settle by Stephanie Weinart
Love Story: The Six Proven Principles for Finding True Love by Curtis and Michaelann Martin
Why do Women Do That? by Lisa Cotter (yea, that’s me)

Articles
Back to the Garden: Theology of the Body from Eden to Today by Dr. Edward Sri
Avoiding Fatal Attractions by Dr. Edward Sri
Getting it Right: The Foundation of Friendship by Dr. Edward Sri

Question: What would you add to this list? Drop it in the comments!