Hello, my name is Father Gregory Pine and I'm a Dominican friar of the province of St.

Joseph and this is Pines of the Quines.

In this video I'd like to talk about Chastity.

Why?

Well, why would I like to talk about Chastity?

I need to answer that question seriously.

Okay, because this is why.

Because I think a lot of people think that Chastity kind of ends when you get married or

when you make religious profession or when you're ordained a priest.

It's the type of thing that you hear described at studentville conferences or at SEAK.

You might have like a little pump up exhortation up until the time where you turn like 21,

22, 23 tops.

But then you just don't talk about it anymore and polite company because it's all just

to be understood that we've entered into our vocations.

We've all just kind of solved the Chastity problem and here we are.

I just don't think that's true and obviously Matt talks about this a lot apropos like pornography.

But I just don't think it's true because I think the Chastity is a virtue and if it's a virtue

then it's something that we're going to have to kind of like heal by and grow with over the course of our whole life.

And if we just leave Chastity for discussions proper to adolescents, teenage years, you know,

college and a little bit beyond, then we don't mature an understanding of the virtue and an our desire for it.

I'm speaking so quickly that I am mumbling which happens sometimes but regardless.

I have an excuse. I'm turning in my dissertation tomorrow.

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