The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) Day 305: The Call to Chastity (2025)
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Nov 1, 2025 Explore the profound virtue of chastity, defined as integrating sexuality within our whole selves. Fr. Mike highlights its role in fostering freedom and self-mastery, emphasizing it is a lifelong journey. Discover the distinction between chastity and celibacy while learning why romance must adhere to proper order. Delve into the consequences of succumbing to passions and uncover practical ways to cultivate this essential virtue. Gain insight into how chastity is both a moral gift and a grace nurtured by the Holy Spirit.
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Memorable Childhood Image
- Fr. Mike shares a teenage memory tying the fifth commandment to five fingers to help recall it.
- He uses the light-hearted story to introduce how memorable images shape moral recall.
Chastity As Inner Unity
- Chastity is the successful integration of sexuality into the whole person, uniting body and spirit.
- It orders passions under reason so people are loved as persons, not used as objects.
Integrity Means No Double Life
- A chaste life preserves integrity by avoiding a double life or duplicity in speech.
- Integrity means living your vocation publicly and privately without a shadow mission.