"Man can fully discover his true identity, only in giving him sincere." 1. Someone is always centered in yourself and never give himself to others, will not live happily. While someone who is willing to give themselves for others will discover the meaning of his life. Well, the sincere gift of self willed by God, it is giving charity. That is why we need to know and implement the virtue of chastity, because only by applying them, then we can truly be happy and someday be able to look at God in heaven. "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God" (Mt 5: 8).
1. What is purity?
God wants our purity, meaning that God wants us to be perfect, body and soul, like in the beginning when He created man who is extremely good. The question then is: Is when we look at our own bodies in front of the mirror, we can say, "Thank God, you created me so well?" Or the next, already enough that we pay attention and maintain the beauty of our spiritual side of keeping beauty physical?
Human beings were created as spiritual beings who have a body; prudent and self-determining. This is what makes the human being can know and love God, and finds the meaning of life by making love. The question is, what kind of love? The simple answer, but immeasurably in the meaning is: love like the love of Jesus; the love that involves the body and the soul, as stated Him on the cross. This is the purity of the love that God is teaching us.
So no wonder that the Catholic Church defines purity, thus:
a) Purity = wholeness sexuality physically and spiritually
Purity means wholeness joyous sexuality in private and then inner unity of man in physical and spiritual existence. Sexuality, in which the real, that human beings belonging to the bodily and biological, becomes personal and truly human when the personal is incorporated into the relationship between one person and another, in the delivery of reciprocal perfectly and is not limited by time, between a man and a perempuan.Dengan virtue of chastity therefore involves the integrity of the person and the self.
If we live up to the meaning of the unity of body and soul, then we can see that our body created by God for a divine purpose, and with this body we can glorify God.
b) Purity = restraint refers to the gentleness and faithfulness of God
Purity becomes important, because perfect love requires purity in how to present it. Well, a pure is one who can control himself, at the time of committing himself to others; so it can be a witness to others about God's faithfulness and gentleness of love.
c) Purity = affirmation and self-giving that is not colored by the love of self / selfish.
It is a pure gift of self that is not easily done, especially because humans tend to have a sense of self-love. Our love of neighbor in general can be tested with this question: What in relationships with others, my focus is to please yourself or to please others? Whether in relationships with other people I helped to live a holy / pure or even plunge? Pope John Paul II taught, "The men and women who air-relate to one another with a purity truly glorify God with their bodies." [3]
2. Basic purity
I. Loneliness Origin
At the beginning of the creation, Adam experienced loneliness in a world of God's creation; because he realized that he was not the same as other creation (cf.. Gen. 2:20).
II. unity of Origin
Paragraph Gen. 2:24 ".... and the two become one body "... is the basis of their unity will default. This unity overcome human loneliness; and unity between a man and woman were created in the image and likeness of God, is truly different from horsing. Awareness of this original unity provides a basis for a person's ability to give of herself to others and respect others, as "brothers and sisters in the unity of mankind"
III. nudity Origin
Nudity default is naked but without the experience of shame (Gen. 2:25), so if we understand the meaning of original nakedness, then we will see how the grace of the invisible God was delivered to human beings, both men and women. Holiness involving one's way of looking at God's creation is good as it is, is what enables people to express themselves through self-giving that tu
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