6TH AND 9TH

• 6th Commandment


  Thou shall not commit adultery
• 9th Commandment


  Thou shall not covet your neighbor's wife
• The 6th and 9th commandments underline God's overflowing generosity
• God created man in His image...male and female. He blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply"
• Sexuality


  Affects all the aspects of the human person in the unity of his/her body and soul
• The traditions of the Church have understood the Sixth Commandment as encompassing the whole of human sexuality
• The sanctity of human sexuality


  • Human sexuality is the deepest form of expression of freely giving oneself to the one he/she loves
  • Sexuality cannot be expressed or used as an object
  • Sexuality is a gift to the person
• The purpose of human sexuality


  • Pleasure and satisfaction
  • Procreation and multiplication
  • Expression of love and commitment
  • Expression of friendship and companionship
• Chastity


  A form of temperance with regard to sexual pleasure
• Sacrament of Matrimony


  Spouses are bound to one another in the most profoundly indissoluble manner
• Christ, while on earth, certainly instituted matrimony as a sacrament, elevating the natural bond to the higher state of a sign and cause of grace
• It is a teaching of faith that marriage is a sacrament, and so a valid matrimonial contact between Christians is a sacrament
• Violate the sanctify of human sexuality and desecrate the Sacrament of Matrimony
• Masturbation


  • People view it is a safe way for a person to relieve sexual tension in a way that causes no negative side effects to themselves or to others
  • Masturbation is sinful may it be accompanied by pornography and or sexual fantasy
• Pre-marital sex


  Fornication is a term which refers to sexual intercourse between consenting unmarried partners
• Extra-marital sex


  Extra-marital sex occurs when a married person engages in sexual activity with someone other than his/her marriage partner. It is similar to adultery
• Rape


  It is a form of assault where an individual forces another to have sexual intercourse against a person's will. It is considered as one of the most serious sex crimes and can be very difficult to prosecute
• Divorce


  Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the ending of a marriage before the death of either spouse. It is immoral because it introduces disorder into the family and into society
• Incest


  It designates intimate relations between relatives or in-laws within a degree that prohibits marriage between them
• Polygamy


  It is the practice of having more than one spouse at one time. In the Sacrament of Matrimony, the man and woman give themselves with a love that is total and therefore unique and exclusive
• Pornography


  It is also called porn or porno, in its broadest state, the explicit representation of the human body or sexual activity with the goal of sexual arousal and or sexual relief
• Artificial contraception/birth control


  Artificial prevention of fertilization as way of avoiding pregnancy. The Church advocates natural family planning
• Adultery


  Voluntary sexual relations between a married person and somebody other than his/her spouse
• Prostitution


  The act or practice of engaging in sex acts for hire. Prostitution describes sexual intercourse in exchange for remuneration
• Man is sexual by nature
• Love is not all about sex
• Sex is not always love
• The truth is: sex act is not an evil act... it is rather a sacred act given by God to couple for procreation and as an expression of love towards one another. Sexuality is not all about sex act... and vice versa
• Christian Sexual Morality


  • God gives man and woman equal personal dignity
  • Man and woman are both different and complementary
  • Man and woman are called to mutual gift of self, to a reciprocity
  • Sexuality has indeed relational power
  • Sexuality is for love