The Redemptorist Virtue for the month of June is...

Virtue: Chastity 

Patron: St. James the Less, Apostle 

Text: "Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God." Matt 5:8

This virtue is concerned not only with self-mastery but also with love and holiness. 

"This is the will of God, yourholiness: that you refrain from immorality, that each of you know how to acquire a wife for himself in holiness and honor, not in lustful passion as do the Gentiles who do not know God " (I Thes 4:3-5).

Alphonsus saw the practice of chastity as another way of striving to do God' s will in our lives. He believed that the most subtle dangers regarding chastity were occasions of sin.

In his moral theology, Alphonsus refers to occasions of sin that are voluntary (of one' s own choosing and therefore avoidable) and proximate (those that frequently lead a person to sin). He teaches that even sincere Christians fall into sins against chastity because they voluntarily place themselves into proximate occasions of sin. Likewise, avoiding such occasions is one of the most effective ways of growing in chastity.

This month, take time to reflect on the occasions of sin in your life.

Pray for the courage to make changes in your life so you can avoid these occasions of sin.

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