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| Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (Guido Reni) |
A fortiori adultery, sodomy, etc.
What should be the holy manifestation of interpersonal self-donation is instead an act of stealing and betrayal on various inter-personal levels (that of man with God; the duties to one's forebears and family, the logic of all of one's personal friendships; the entire dynamic of the wider society) and, thus, a mutual violation.
Be real, fly fornication in all its forms! Don't even look! (Cf. Matthew 5:28, Genesis 9:1)
Embrace the Catholic faith in all it's splendor, and be happy!
This is my application of the Gospel of today's Mass, Matthew 23:27-32.
Jesus said,
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites.
You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside,
but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of filth.
Even so, on the outside you appear righteous,
but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and evildoing..."