This Sunday we reach the end of The Seven: From Vice to Virtue. Some of us may be breathing a small sigh of relief. Nine weeks of examining our deepest desires has been rather intense!
Chastity grows as we remain in Christ’s self-giving love and learn to give and receive that love in faithful friendship.
Our bodies belong to the risen Christ, who bought us at the cost of his own body and calls us to honour God with ours.
Chastity is the Spirit-enabled habit of ordering our sexuality towards fidelity to God and the loving good of ourselves and others.
Lust is not merely noticing beauty; it is the deliberate look that turns another person into something for us to possess and use.
God created our embodied sexuality as a good gift to serve faithful, covenant love—not self-centred gratification.
Last week I was on leave. It was good to stop, catch my breath and reflect with thankfulness on what had been a very busy—but also very fruitful—third quarter of the year.
God gives good things to be received with gratitude, enjoyed with freedom and shared with generosity.