Sunday, August 20, 2017

387 YOUR BODY IS A TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WITHIN YOU

YOUCAT Lesson 387
YOUCAT the catechism for Catholic youth

387  How should we treat our body?

The Fifth Commandment forbids also the use of violence against one’s own body.  Jesus expressly demands that we accept and love ourselves: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:39).



Self-destructive acts against one’s own body (“body piercings”, cutting and so on) are in most cases psychological reactions to experiences of abandonment and a lack of love; hence they call first and foremost for our sincere and loving response.  Within the context of organ donation (while living), it must be made clear, however, that there is no human right to destroy one’s own God-given body.  379 

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