Chastity

CHASTITY MUST BE SEEN IN RELATION TO MARRIAGE CHASTITY REQUIRES A LIFE-LONG STRUGGLE 2345 Chastity is a moral virtue. It is also a gift of God, a grace, a fruit of spiritual effort. Chastity is a promise of immortality. 2337 Chastity means the successful integration of sexuality within the person and thus the inner unity of man in his bodily and spiritual being. The Church teaches us that we can only understand what chastity is and how …

…grave violation of the fundamental right of a human person to exist (CCC 2274). In a certain sense, we become what and whom we admire and we admire what and whom we contemplate. It will be possible tomorrow for the young to remain faithful in a permanent and exclusive covenant communion with one spouse and open to new life, only when sexual drive becomes an integrated part of their lives today by the virtue of chastity!