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1 Lesson 21 Opening Thoughts on Modesty: 1. the quality of being modest; freedom from vanity, boastfulness, etc. 2. regard for decency of behavior, speech, dress, etc. 3. simplicity; moderation. Decency 1. Behavior that conforms to accepted standards of morality or respectability: "he had the decency to come and confess". 2. Modesty and propriety: "too low-cut for decency". Modesty is a standard. It protects the dignity of a person. Lust makes us treat people as commodities to be used for our pleasure. Modesty is an essential base for humility; it may appear mediocre in the eyes of man, but not in the eyes of God. By this fruit of the Holy Spirit one learns to be content with what is just required. One doesn't harbor any ambitions, nor take pride in any achievements since they appear commonplace. Therefore, we must conduct our lives with humility, not claiming any credit for ourselves, but giving all credit and thanksgiving to God by accepting His Holy Will. God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble." "Everyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart" (Mt 5:28). The ninth commandment warns against lust or carnal concupiscence. The struggle against carnal lust involves purifying the heart and practicing temperance. Purity of heart will enable us to see God: it enables us even now to see things according to God. Purification of the heart demands prayer, the practice of chastity, purity of intention and purity of vision. Purity of heart requires the modesty which is patience, decency, and discretion. Modesty protects the intimate center of the person. The Catholic tradition has given us a valuable definition of modesty, which is the virtue that regulates one s actions and exterior customs concerning sexual matters. It controls one s behavior so as to avoid unlawful sexual arousal in oneself or others. It protects us from our concupiscence; the fight between our body and our spirit. The Church does not censure or condemn styles when they are meant for the proper decorum and ornamentation of the body, but she never fails to warn the faithful against being easily led astray by them. The human body is God s masterpiece in the visible world ; Jesus elevated the human body to the rank of a temple and an instrument of the Holy Spirit, and as such must be respected. This sense of decency sounds an alarm when immodesty, seduction, lust, outrageous luxury or idolatry of matter...exists. Style must never be a proximate occasion of sin. Wanton luxury is also excessive. If the use of riches even those obtained morally is not moderated, then either frightful barriers will be raised between classes, or the entire society will be set adrift, exhausted by the race toward a utopia of material happiness. Does 50 Shades of Grey pass the pure, modest or decent test? Yet over 50 million copies have been sold. Catholic and Christian women readers are represented as much as all other groups. What kind of seeds are we sowing and what will the harvest look like?

2 Lesson 21 Closing Thoughts on Modesty: Virtue is when we submit ourselves to the Holy Spirit. Vice occurs when we resist Him. To avoid breaking the 9 th and 10 th commandments we need to purify our hearts. If we don t do it now and are judged worthy to enter the kingdom, we will have to do it in purgatory, for only the pure shall see God. God made the body a temple of the Holy Spirit and through his assistance and grace we are purified so that we can fight the desires of the flesh. Purity to see God requires modesty; it protects your center and it guides how we look at, and behave toward them in conformity with each persons dignity. Modesty encourages patience and moderation. It is decency in behavior and clothing. It is discreet. Modesty is a way of life to resist the allurements of fashion, media and culture. Teaching modesty is awakening respect for the human person. Modesty equals Respect & Restraint. It avoids eroticism, voyeurism and illusion. Tomeo article. Clothing fulfills three necessary requirements: hygiene, decency and adornment. Hygiene pertains mostly to the climate, its variations, and other external factors (e.g. discomfort, illness). Decency involves the proper consideration for the sensitivity of others to objects that are unsightly, or, above all, as a defense of moral honesty and a shield against disordered sensuality. Adornment is legitimate and responds to the innate need, more greatly felt by woman, to enhance the beauty and dignity of the person with the same means that are suitable to satisfy the other two purposes. 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 Know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? But if any man violates the temple of God, he shall God destroy. For the temple of God is holy, which you are." Let us contemplate the following three points concerning modesty in dress. 1. The Influence of Styles. There is a language of clothing that communicates certain messages, even destructive ones. One who, with knowledge and deliberation, routinely dresses provocatively so as to entice another to impurity commits a mortal sin. The souls of both are wounded. 2. The Importance of Control or Mastery of ourselves. Style should be directed and controlled instead of being abandoned to caprice and reduced to abject service. Those who make style, cannot allow the craze to dictate, when that particular trend goes against right reason and established morality. Consumers must remember that their dignity demands of them that they should liberate themselves with free and enlightened conscience from the imposition of predetermined tastes, especially tastes debatable on moral grounds. 3. Moderation is Necessary. The respect for a standard measure is moderation. It provides a pattern by which to regulate, at all costs, greed for luxury, ambition, and capriciousness." Pope Pius urged: Stylists, and especially designers, must let themselves be guided by moderation in designing the cut or line of a garment and in the selection of its ornaments, convinced that sobriety is the finest quality of art. When Christian decency is present, then one s dress is the worthy ornament of the person with whose beauty it blends as in a single triumph of admirable dignity.

3 1 Thessalonians 5:22 From all appearance of evil refrain yourselves. And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you in all things; that your whole spirit, and soul, and body, may be preserved blameless in the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ecclesiastics (Sirach) 19:26-27: "A man is known by his look, and a wise man, when you meet him, is known by his countenance. The attire of the body, and the laughter of the teeth, and the gait of the man, shows what he is." God has made the human body beautiful. Immodest attire neither contributes to the promotion of the human person nor to the establishing of the Kingdom. The modesty practiced by Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the Saints is obtainable and necessary for us. Remember, it is impossible to produce genuine Christ like Modesty by ourselves. A new converted and transformed heart is required. Then a growth process follows which can only take place as we submit to and obey the Holy Spirit. He nurtures those positive character changes that are reflected in our relationships. So let the Holy Spirit put off our old selves and put on the new and virtuous heart of love by growing in modesty. GO MAD - Go Out and Make A Difference by being MODEST in our actions with all our brothers and sisters.

4 Lesson 21 Questions and Answers How does Baptism lead us to purity? Baptism confers the grace of purification from all sins. But the baptized must continue to struggle against concupiscence of the flesh and disordered desires. What is concupiscence? Concupiscence can refer to any intense form of desire. For Christian theology it is the movement of the sensitive appetite contrary to the operation of the human reason. It is the rebellion of the flesh against the spirit. This tension between the flesh and the spirit is the heritage of sin. It is a consequence of sin and at the same time a confirmation of sin. What are the three types of concupiscence or covetousness? Lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and pride of life What is the difference between the ninth and tenth commandments? The ninth commandment forbids carnal covetous; the tenth commandment forbids coveting goods. How does purity guard against Carnal Lust? The heart is the seat of our moral personality. The pure of heart are promised that they will see God face to face and be like him. Purity enables us to see according to God, to accept others as neighbors. It lets us perceive the human body ours and our neighbor s as a temple of the Holy Spirit, a manifestation of divine beauty. Purity requires modesty. What are the four graces from the Holy Spirit which help us grow in purity and overcome our concupiscence? - by the virtue and gift of chastity, for chastity lets us love with upright and undivided heart; - by purity of intention which consists in seeking the true end of man: with simplicity of vision, the baptized person seeks to find and to fulfill God's will in everything; - by purity of vision, external and internal; by discipline of feelings and imagination; by refusing all complicity in impure thoughts that incline us to turn aside from the path of God's commandments: "Appearance arouses yearning in fools"; - by prayer: I thought that continence arose from one's own powers, which I did not recognize in myself. I was foolish enough not to know... that no one can be continent unless you grant it. For you would surely have granted it if my inner groaning had reached your ears and I with firm faith had cast my cares on you. What is the catholic definition of modesty?

5 Modesty protects the intimate center of the person. It means refusing to unveil what should remain hidden. It guides how one looks at others and behaves toward them in conformity with the dignity of person and their solidarity. It protects the mystery of persons and their love. It encourages patience and moderation in loving relationships; it requires that the conditions for the definitive giving and commitment of man and woman to one another be fulfilled. Modesty is decency. It inspires one's choice of clothing. It keeps silence or reserve where there is evident risk of unhealthy curiosity. It is discreet. The Catholic tradition has given us a valuable definition of modesty, which is the virtue that regulates one s actions and exterior customs concerning sexual matters. It controls one s behavior so as to avoid unlawful sexual arousal in oneself or others. To dress modestly is to avoid deliberately causing sexual excitement in oneself or one s neighbor. One who dresses modestly shuns clothes that are known or reasonably expected to effect sexual arousal in oneself or others. Modesty is dress pertains to both genders. What are the three necessary requirements of dressing modestly? Hygiene pertains mostly to the climate, its variations, and other external factors (e.g. discomfort, illness). Decency involves the proper consideration for the sensitivity of others to objects that are unsightly, or, above all, as a defense of moral honesty and a shield against disordered sensuality. Adornment is legitimate and responds to the innate need, more greatly felt by woman, to enhance the beauty and dignity of the person with the same means that are suitable to satisfy the other two purposes. What is the difference between virtues and vices? Virtues are the submission to and cooperation with the saving action of the Holy Spirit that leads us to do God s will. Vices are our resistance to and disobedience with the saving action of the Holy Spirit that leads us to do our will.

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