Saint Quote Of The Day 07/03/2025
“The chaste are those who preserve not only the body from lust, but each part of it. For example, when the eye and the tongue are chaste in their own manner, and when one’s thoughts of another remain spiritual, untainted by other intentions.”
— St. Ephrem the Syrian
Reflection——
St. Ephrem's insight into chastity reveals its fuller Catholic understanding—not merely as abstinence from sexual acts, but as the integration of body, mind, and soul under the reign of divine order. True chastity governs the eyes, the tongue, and even the imagination, such that our every thought of others is rooted in charity and reverence, not self-seeking desire. This echoes St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, where he teaches that the body speaks a language meant for love, not lust. Likewise, the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC 2337) states that chastity “includes an apprenticeship in self-mastery” and “a training in human freedom.” The saints show us that purity is luminous, a light that radiates when our faculties are ordered toward God. St. Ephrem reminds us that holiness is not partial but total—inviting us to guard every gate of the soul for the glory of God.
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