Human bodies are like glass jars that can not be transported together without putting anything between one and the other, without this precaution, the risk of sending them into pieces is very large. The fruit can teach us something, meaning that although the fruit that is healthy and mature transport at the right point, is likely to toss to break it, unless you put something between a fruit and another. Even water, to be clear that when the verses in a jar if you put the muzzle an animal dirty its clarity is gone. Never allow, Philothea, someone to touch you so screanzato, nor light, nor friendship is true that, if desired, chastity can also be kept in similar situations, who know more than lightness of malice, but the freshness the flower of chastity always suffers and loses something. And if you leave a tap so dishonest, it is the absolute end of chastity.
Chastity has its roots in the heart but the body is his home, which is why you lose because of the external senses of the body and the thoughts and desires of the heart. Look, listening, speaking, smelling, touching things is dishonest fornication if the heart you put out there and take pleasure. S. Paul cut short: Fornication should not even be named among you.
bees in any way, avoid touching the carcasses, but not enough: they flee and can not even stand the stench that emanates. In the Song of Songs, the bride from the hands of distilled myrrh fragrance which preserves from corruption, his lips are covered with a red ribbon, a sign of modesty of his words, his eyes resemble those of a dove for their purity, the His nose is incorruptible as the cedars of Lebanon. It 's so the devout soul should be: chaste, pure, honest hands, lips, ears, eyes and body.
In this regard, you carry what he says his father [desert] Cassiano, as emerged from the mouth of the great St. Basil, who once said, speaking of himself: I have never met and yet women are not a virgin. Chastity can be lost in many ways as there are kinds of lewdness and lasciviousness, which then, according as they are large or small, the weak, the hurt, or they die completely. Some familiar, some passioncelle read and a bit 'sensitive, wanting to be right, do not seriously affect the purity, but the weak, sickly and make it outshine its beauty. There are other familiar and passions, not are only indiscreet, but vicious, not only read, but dishonest, not only sensitive, but carnal, and the chastity of these it will always be at least wounded and paralyzed. I said, at least, it usually dies and disappears when the frivolity and licentiousness damage to the meat of the most voluptuous pleasure, because in that case, chastity perish in the most unworthy, wicked and unhappy that you can imagine. E 'worse than when you lose to fornication, adultery and incest, because the latter are only sins, but the others, says Tertullian, in his book dell'Impudicizia are' monsters' of iniquity and sin.
Cassiano not believe, and I even, that S. Basil is referring to these excesses, when he says no longer a virgin, and I think he was referring only to the evil thoughts of sensuality, while not contaminated the body, had contaminated the heart of chastity which, generally speaking, are very sensitive souls jealous.
In the strongest terms, Philothea, licentious people not to attend, especially if in addition, they are also shameless, which is almost always, you know why? They are like the goats that, licking the sweet almond, make them bitter. Those souls
smelly and infected these hearts are unable to converse with anyone, no matter what sex, without dragging in some way nell'impudicizia. They have the poison in the eye and in the breath as the basilisks.
attended rather chaste and virtuous people, and more often think what is holy, so that the Word of God is pure and chaste makes those who take pleasure, so compare it to David Topaz, precious stone, which has the ability to calm the 'ardor of lust. Hold
always close to Jesus Christ crucified; foul spiritually through meditation and really with Holy Communion: why in the same way that those lying on the grass called "agnus castus" become chaste and pure, if you rest the heart on our Lord, who is the true Lamb chaste and spotless, you'll soon find your soul and your body is cleansed of all impurities, and sensuality.
(from "Philothea: Introduction to the Devout Life")
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