Temperance means keeping things in good balance. Marriage should be free and self-giving and a mutuality, not just a passivity in the acts between husband and wife. Chastity means there has to be an openness to children. A chaste relationship between husband and wife is intended to elevate their overall commitment and beauty of their marriage. Pornography and adultery are violations of marital chastity.

Bishop Conlon Talks about the Gift of Marriage, part 22

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet in Illinois serves 655,000 parishioners in 120 parishes & 10 missions.  Each year, we serve 39,000 students in 68 schools & 3 universities, 760,000 patients in 3 hospitals, and 36,000 needy in the counties of DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall, and Will.

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet in Illinois serves 655,000 parishioners in 120 parishes & 10 missions. Each year, we serve 39,000 students in 68 schools & 3 universities, 760,000 patients in 3 hospitals, and 36,000 needy in the counties of DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall, and Will.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet in Illinois serves 655,000 parishioners in 120 parishes &amp; 10 missions.  Each year, we serve 39,000 students in 68 schools &amp; 3 universities, 760,000 patients in 3 hospitals, and 36,000 needy in the counties of DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall, and Will.

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Bishop Conlon Talks about the Gift of Marriage, part 22

Bishop Conlon Talks about the Gift of Marriage, part 22