530. What are the other requirements for purity? (part 1)
(Comp 530) Purity requires modesty which, while
protecting the intimate center of the person, expresses the sensitivity of
chastity. It guides how one looks at others and behaves toward them in
conformity with the dignity of persons and their communion. Purity frees one
from wide-spread eroticism and avoids those things which foster morbid
curiosity. Purity also requires a purification of the social climate by means
of a constant struggle against moral permissiveness which is founded on an
erroneous conception of human freedom.
“In brief”
(CCC 2533) Purity of heart
requires the modesty which is patience, decency, and discretion. Modesty
protects the intimate center of the person.
To deepen and
explain
(CCC 2521) Purity requires modesty, an integral part of temperance.
Modesty protects the intimate center of the person. It means refusing to unveil
what should remain hidden. It is ordered to chastity to whose sensitivity it
bears witness. It guides how one looks at others and behaves toward them in
conformity with the dignity of persons and their solidarity. (CCC 2522) Modesty protects the mystery of persons
and their love. It encourages patience and moderation in loving relationships;
it requires that the conditions for the definitive giving and commitment of man
and woman to one another be fulfilled. Modesty is decency. It inspires one's
choice of clothing. It keeps silence or reserve where there is evident risk of
unhealthy curiosity. It is discreet.
Reflection
(CCC 2523) There is a modesty
of the feelings as well as of the body. It protests, for example, against the
voyeuristic explorations of the human body in certain advertisements, or
against the solicitations of certain media that go too far in the exhibition of
intimate things. Modesty inspires a way of life which makes it possible to
resist the allurements of fashion and the pressures of prevailing ideologies. (CCC 2524) The forms taken by modesty vary from one
culture to another. Everywhere, however, modesty exists as an intuition of the
spiritual dignity proper to man. It is born with the awakening consciousness of
being a subject. Teaching modesty to children and adolescents means awakening
in them respect for the human person. [IT CONTINUES]
No comments:
Post a Comment