PART II CONSECRATED LIFE CHAPTER I PURSUIT OF EVANGELICAL PERFECTION CHAPTER II CHASTITY Concern for Preserving Chastity 9The confreres are bound not only to cherish a chaste life but also, trusting in the help of God and the intercession of the Immaculate Virgin, with the greatest effort and diligence, to avoid anything that might contaminate or stain it or obscure its splendor. They should use appropriate means to keep it perfectly intact so that they may offer their hearts and bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, pleasing to God. Also, they should not neglect natural means that favor health of mind and body. (C 42) Rom 12:1; PC 12; CM 215 Helps in Preserving Chastity 10The confreres should be concerned to guard, protect, and cultivate evangelical chastity, for which the following means will be of the greatest help: continuous mortification of the body; unceasing custody of the senses, imagination, affections, and thoughts; avoiding occasions of sin and idleness; modesty and decency; constant prayer to God and incessant mindfulness of His presence; frequent Holy Communion; the ardent invocation of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, one’s Guardian Angel, and Saint Joseph; and, in temptation and danger, trusting recourse to our Savior Jesus Christ and to His wounds. (C 43) CM 216
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