Thursday, May 28, 2009

1Pet 4, 1-5 Who suffers in the flesh has broken with sin

1Peter 4
(1Pet 4, 1-5) Who suffers in the flesh has broken with sin
[1] Therefore, since Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same attitude (for whoever suffers in the flesh has broken with sin), [2] so as not to spend what remains of one's life in the flesh on human desires, but on the will of God. [3] For the time that has passed is sufficient for doing what the Gentiles like to do: living in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and wanton idolatry. [4] They are surprised that you do not plunge into the same swamp of profligacy, and they vilify you; [5] but they will give an account to him who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.
(CCC 2392) "Love is the fundamental and innate vocation of every human being" (FC 11). (CCC 2393) By creating the human being man and woman, God gives personal dignity equally to the one and the other. Each of them, man and woman, should acknowledge and accept his sexual identity. (CCC 2394) Christ is the model of chastity. Every baptized person is called to lead a chaste life, each according to his particular state of life. (CCC 2395) Chastity means the integration of sexuality within the person. It includes an apprenticeship in self-mastery. (CCC 2396) Among the sins gravely contrary to chastity are masturbation, fornication, pornography, and homosexual practices. (CCC 2397) The covenant which spouses have freely entered into entails faithful love. It imposes on them the obligation to keep their marriage indissoluble. (CCC 2398) Fecundity is a good, a gift and an end of marriage. By giving life, spouses participate in God's fatherhood. (CCC 2399) The regulation of births represents one of the aspects of responsible fatherhood and motherhood. Legitimate intentions on the part of the spouses do not justify recourse to morally unacceptable means (for example, direct sterilization or contraception). (CCC 2400) Adultery, divorce, polygamy, and free union are grave offenses against the dignity of marriage. (CCC 902) In a very special way, parents share in the office of sanctifying "by leading a conjugal life in the Christian spirit and by seeing to the Christian education of their children" (CIC, can. 835 § 4).

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