RS 3

• Chastity


  • Deals with our external acts but precisely as expressing the inner "yearning of our heart"
  • Purity of heart, body and mind
• The Virtues of Chastity

  • Virtue or "spiritual energy" by which we say "yes" to a long-term integration of our sexuality and unity in our bodily and spiritual lives
  • Allows us with "quickness" to "affirm" the value of a person in every situation" and experience true love free from "utilitarianism attitude" of lust and self-assertion
  • Strength to be pure in mind, heart, and body; to abstain from all genital sexual activity before marriage; and to be a pure spouse in marriage
  • The spiritual power which free love from selfishness and aggression
  • Comes from the Latin word castigare which means "to castigate or to tame". To tame all our wild thoughts, words, and actions
  • Comes under the cardinal virtue of temperance, which seeks to permeate the passions and appetites of the senses with reason
  • Moral virtue. It also a gift from God., a grace, and a fruit of spiritual effort. The Holy Spirit enables one whom the water of baptism has regenerated to imitate the purity of Christ
• What does the virtue of chastity do?

  • Puts order into our use of sexuality
  • Channels our sexual energies toward the positive service of lover
  • Seeks proper limits within which our passion can b reasonably directed toward authentic joy and peace
  • Demands that we develop the needed self-control for married as well single persons
• How can we practice the values of Chastity?

  1. Pray daily for God' grace

  2. Have self-control

  3. Avoid temptations

  4. Practice self-denials to strengthen your will

  5. Practice moral virtues, especially acts of charity for others

  6. Strive to live all of God's commandments

  7. Discern before making any decision

  8. Receive frequently the Sacraments of reconciliation and Eucharist

  9. Channel your sexual energies towards a positive, affirmative service of love and fostering of life
• Purity Calls for Self- Control

  • Pertains directly to all persons according to their different states in life
  • Chastity for the married in fidelity to their marriage vows, and to their respect and reverence for what is good and lovely in their marriage
  • Self-control is demanded by chastity of both single persons and married couples
  • These are indispensable virtues needed for the stability and well-being of single persons and of married couples in their conjugal love
• Offenses against chastity


  • Masturbation
  • Homosexual Acts
  • Prostitution
  • Pornography
  • Fornication
  • Rape
  • Lust
• Masturbation


  Sexual pleasure
• Homosexual Acts


  Sexual intercourse with the same gender
• Prostitution


  Selling one's body for sexual pleasure of the buyer
• Pornography


  Propagating the sexually obscene and licentious in a dehumanizing and exploitative manner
• Fornication


  Sexual act outside marriage
• Rape


  Forcing a person to have sexual intercourse
• Lust


  Desiring someone with malicious intent
• Gender Sensitivity


  • A person is either male or female because of the structure of his/her chromosomes
  • Different sexual orientation (male or female) Heterosexual (attracted to opposite sex) Homosexual (attracted to same sex)
  • Homosexual orientation must be accepted with respect, compassion and sensitivity
  • Homosexual persons are called for chastity
  • Homosexual orientation and homosexual genital actions are different. Homosexual orientation is not a sin. While the Church acknowledges that the causes of homosexuality, be they genetic, hormonal, psychological, or social, are still unclear, the Church is very clear about the moral evaluation of homosexual genital acts (O'Neil and Black, 2006) as "intrinsically disordered."
• Male or Female


  Different sexual orientation
• Heterosexual


  Attracted to opposite sex
• Homosexual


  Attracted to same sex
• Chastity in the Christian Family


  • The long process of education in chastity ought to be centered in the family. This is because chastity is for love
  • Filipinos in their family the youth, must be inspired and motivated to develop the needed Christian virtues of discipline of mind and the senses of prudence, moderation in recreation, sincerity of heart, humility, and especially "modesty"
• God's Plan for Marriage and the Family

  • The love of the spouses and the begetting of children create among members of the same family
  • A man and woman united in marriage, together with their children, form a family
  • Human family and endowed it with its fundamental constitution
  • The relationships within the family bring an affirm feelings, affections, and interests, arising above all from the members' respect for one another