“Chastity means the successful integration of sexuality within the person and thus the inner unity of man in his bodily and spiritual being… The virtue of chastity therefore involves the integrity of the person and the integrality of the gift… Chastity includes an apprenticeship in self-mastery which is a training in human freedom. The alternative is clear: either man governs his passions and finds peace, or he lets himself be dominated by them and becomes unhappy…Chastity is a moral virtue. It is also a gift from God, a grace, a fruit of spiritual effort… Under [charity’s] influence, chastity appears as a school of the gift of the person. Self-mastery is ordered to the gift of self. Chastity leads him who practices it to become a witness to his neighbor of God’s fidelity and loving kindness” (excerpts from the Catechism of the Catholic Church 2337-2346).
In La Castidad ¿posible?, Father Miguel Angel Fuentes, IVE details what chastity is and what it is not; what the attacks are against the virtue of chastity and how to fight against them through self-discipline and prayer; and an explanation of the psychological principles ordered to the practice of this great virtue which is under an ever-greater attack in our contemporary society. With this resource, youth will be able to better understand themselves and value the protection of their purity of body and soul, and parents and educators will be better equipped in forming virtuous Christians among a lustful and selfish world.
ISBN: 1-933871-12-1
Father Miguel Angel Fuentes, IVE, obtained a degree in Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome and a Doctorate in Theology from the John Paul II Institute of the Pontifical University of Letran in Rome, specializing in marriage and family. He is presently a professor in Moral Theology at the Seminary Mary, Mother of the Incarnate Word and in the Juniorate St. Catherine of Siena in Argentina.
This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 04 April, 2009.
