{"product_id":"2940151080996","title":"STEER CLEAR STAYING WITH GOD'S WILL","description":"MEMORY OF DIANE AND BABY BRIAN\u003cbr\u003eSaint Thomas Aquinas ID \u003cbr\u003eJustice\u003cbr\u003eChastity\u003cbr\u003echastity.com\u003cbr\u003eEmphasize Being over Having\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to models of mothers who practice the virtue of chastity, John Paul indirectly intimates a subtle connection between practicing the virtue of chastity and developing the virtue of justice in a materialistic, consumer culture. The flow of ideas develops as follows. In calling for a cultural transformation, from a culture of death toward a culture of life, John Paul states that the first and fundamental step consists in the formation of conscience, especially with regard to the inviolable worth of every human life. Next, he points to the work of education, and especially to education in sexuality and training in chastity \"as a virtue which fosters personal maturity and makes one capable of respecting the spousal meaning of the body\" (EV 97).\u003cbr\u003eAfter emphasizing the importance of forming adolescents and young people in an authentic education regarding sexuality and love as self-giving as well as training married couples in responsible procreation, including learning to read the signs of fertility, John Paul points out that this kind of cultural change will involve adopting new lifestyles that emphasize \"being\" over \"having.\"\u003cbr\u003eThis movement from an emphasis on chastity to a critique of consumerism follows an implicit logic. Once we distinguish an authentic virtue of chastity from mere technique, we can see that the recognition of the personal significance of human bodies makes one more attentive to various.aspects of the virtue of justice. The exercise of chastity as a virtue opens families to the gift of children. With larger families, there is a greater emphasis on communal life and a corresponding subordination of the pursuit and accumulation of material goods. So chastity also fosters the growth of families opposed to an unjust, materialistic ordering of things and persons.\u003cbr\u003eEven the secular media has begun to recognize that stable families (which come about when the virtue of chastity is practiced) have a more positive impact on the environment than divorced households. A recent ABCNews headline proclaimed, \"Want to Go Green? Stay Married.\" The report was about a study from Michigan State University recently published by the National Academy of Sciences. According to the report, divorced households in the United States spent \"46 percent more per capita on electricity and 56 percent more on water than married households did.\" The lead researcher concludes that stable marriages are good for the environment!\u003cbr\u003eIn several ways, the virtue of chastity promotes justice, especially when chastity is authentically understood as a habit of excellence that forms sexual desires in a manner that orients them toward mutual and complete self-donation in light of the personal significance of the body. First, the practice of chastity reduces the temptation to destroy vulnerable human life. Second, the practice of chastity promotes habits that undermine the culture of consumerism and its tendency toward an unjust, materialist ordering of things and persons.\u003cbr\u003ePope Paul was right: If you want peace, work for justice. But how shall we work for justice? Inspired by Evangelium Vitae, we propose a new maxim: WWW CHASTITY COM WITH PERMISSION","brand":"M.M.Snyder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47102457118960,"sku":"2940151080996","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940151080996_p0.jpg?v=1764006892","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940151080996","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}