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CHAPTER NINE

This chapter discusses the goodness of sex and how our sexuality involves our emotional and spiritual makeup. It explores the sixth and ninth commandments, which serve as safeguards for God's intention for human sexuality. The chapter also addresses the two purposes of sex in marriage and the offenses against marriage. Additionally, it covers the virtues of chastity, purity, and modesty, as well as the offenses against the sixth and ninth commandments.

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CHAPTER NINE

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  1. CHAPTER NINE Respect for the Gift of Sexuality

  2. Tuesday, May 10, 2016 • Quick Write • Refer to handout

  3. Tuesday, May 10, 2016 • Quick Write • Prayer • Lecture/Discussion • Activity

  4. The Goodness of Sex • God created us as sexual beings. • Sex is derived from the Latin word secare which means “to separate.” • Both created in God’s image, men and women are complementary beings who are equal in dignity. • According to Genesis, sex was intended to be very good.

  5. The Goodness of Sex • Our sexuality involves our emotional and spiritual makeup. • Sexual activity involves respect: looking at ourselves as creations of God and looking at others as persons and not objects to be used.

  6. Ch. 9 Inquiry • Ch. 9 Inquiry • Pg. 218 • Pg. 222 • Pg. 225 • Pg. 229 • Pg. 230 For Your Journal

  7. Quick Write • How has/does popular culture influence your thoughts about sex and sexuality?

  8. Thursday, May 12, 2016 • Quick Write • Prayer • Lecture/Discussion • Activity

  9. The Sixth and Ninth Commandments • You shall not commit adultery. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. • These commandments serve as safeguards of God’s intention for human sexuality. • They warn against the disrespectful and harmful actions involving sex.

  10. The Sixth and Ninth Commandments Sexual Intercourse is for Marriage God intended sexual intercourse and all actions leading up to it to be shared exclusively by a man and a woman in the union of marriage. Marital faithfulness between husbands and wives that requires reserving all sexual activity and affection for each other and also asks couples to be loyal to each other through good times and bad. fidelity

  11. The Sixth and Ninth Commandments Two Purposes of Sex in Marriage The sharing of love between the spouses Transmissionof life Purposes of Sex

  12. The Sixth and Ninth Commandments • Two Purposes of Sex in Marriage • Moral means of birth regulation must be in harmony with the two ends of marriage: openness to life and sharing of love. • Periodic abstinence and Natural Family Planning methods are effective, natural ways of regulating birth. • It is wrong to use immoral means to conceive a child. Any procedure that separates sexual love making from the act of procreation is disordered.

  13. The Sixth and Ninth Commandments • Offenses Against Marriage: • Adultery – sexual relations with someone other than one’s spouse or an unmarried person with a married person • Divorce – dissolution of the marriage contract • Polygamy – having more than one spouse • Incest – sexual intimacy between relatives or in-laws within a degree that prohibits marriage • Free unions – extended relationships where couples refuse to have their commitment formalized or sanctioned by law.

  14. Bible Verse Activity • Read each of the following passages and reflect on what the Bible has to say about this kind of sexual behavior. Each response should be no shorter than a complete paragraph. • 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 • 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 • Ephesians 53-7 • Colossians 3:5 • Hebrews 13:4

  15. Quick Write • Describe the two purposes of sex in marriage.

  16. Friday, May 13, 2016 • Quick Write • Prayer • Current Event

  17. What to do? • 1. Title of the news story • 2. A summary of the story (1-3 paragraphs) • 3. What theme of Catholic Social Teaching does it relate? • 4. What are the Pros/Cons of the issue? • 5. What would the Catholic Church’s position be on the issue? • 6. What is your opinion on the issue? • 7. What further information would a reader need to be properly informed?

  18. Reflection • After reading your article: • 1. What are some ways you could share this learning with your parents or family, or friends? • 2. What concerns do you have about what you viewed? • 3. What effect could the events in this article have on you directly or indirectly?

  19. Quick Write • Refer to handout

  20. Tuesday, May 17, 2016 • Quick Write • Prayer • Lecture/Discussion • Ch. 9 Reading Guide

  21. Chastity, Purity, and Modesty The virtue that helps us control our sexual desires and use them according to our situation in life. chastity The virtue of temperance, related to the virtue of purity, applies to how a person speaks, dresses, and conducts himself or herself. Protects the intimate center of a person by refusing to unveil what should remain hidden. modesty Allowing our sexual thoughts and desires to control us. lust

  22. Offenses Against The Sixth and Ninth Commandments • Masturbation – the deliberate stimulation of the genitals to obtain solitary sexual pleasure • Fornication – sexual intercourse engaged in by an unmarried male and female • Pornography – media that’s motivation is to depict sex acts in a way that causes sexual arousal

  23. Offenses Against The Sixth and Ninth Commandments • Prostitution – engaging in sexual intercourse or other sexual activity for money or some other advantage • Rape – forcing another to have sex • Homosexual activity – sexual activity between members of the same sex. Lacks unity between a husband and wife and openness to the transmission of human life

  24. Offenses Against The Sixth and Ninth Commandments • Homosexual Activity • Those with homosexual orientation are not morally guilty for who they are. • Prejudice against someone who has a homosexual orientation is wrong. We must accept persons of homosexual orientation as our brothers and sisters.

  25. Chastity • Modesty • Lust • Masturbation • Fornication • Pornography • Prostitution • Rape • Homosexual activity Vocabulary Fidelity Fecundity Infertility Adultery Divorce Polygamy Incest Free unions

  26. Wednesday, May 18, 2016 • Prayer • Ch. 9 Quiz

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