Virtues which perfect

June 18



 The virtues which perfect the devout person in relation to the regime's senses are three: modesty, continence and chastity. With the virtue of modesty the devout soul gets regulate his every move outdoors. Rightly, then, Paul encourages all states that virtue and necessary, and, as if all this were not enough, also wants this virtue is apparent to all. With continence, the soul gets away all the senses: sight, touch, taste, smell and hearing, the excessive pleasures, though lawful. With chastity, a virtue that elevates our nature to that of the angels, the soul repressed sensuality and away from the delights that are prohibited.
This is the noble picture of Christian perfection. Blessed the soul that has all these beautiful virtues, all fruit of the Spirit who dwells in it. It has nothing to fear in the world will shine like the sun in the middle of the sky.
(October 23, 1914, to Raffaelina Cerase - Letters. II, p. 197)