II. The Vocation to Chastity

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

2339 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.¹²⁵ “Man’s dignity therefore requires him to act out
of conscious and free choice, as moved and drawn in a personal way from within,
and not by blind impulses in himself or by mere external constraint. Man gains
such dignity when, ridding himself of all slavery to the passions, he presses
forward to his goal by freely choosing what is good and, by his diligence and
skill, effectively secures for himself the means suited to this end.”¹²⁶

PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST

SECTION TWO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
- CHAPTER TWO YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF
  - Article 6 THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT
    - II. The Vocation to
      Chastity

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team