Homosexuality is a Sin and Masturbation makes you blind – Understanding Chastity as a Path to Inner Freedom and Love

Sexuality is one of humanity's deepest mysteries. It is not merely physical power, but a sign of divine origin: created out of love, it is destined to share love. Yet in our time, this sacred gift has been obscured. Caught between instinct and morality, between lust and fear, humanity has lost the inner meaning of its sexuality.

Sexuality without responsibility is pure selfishness. Masturbation symbolically blinds. Homosexuality is a sin, and this can even be interpreted literally. For the word "sin" has a Greek origin and means something like "missing the mark." Where the body is separated from love, humanity loses its sense of proportion. What appears as freedom becomes inner bondage. Chastity is the path to restoring order. It is not abstinence for its own sake, but the art of preserving the sacred within the body. It teaches moderation to enable love; it heals what is broken and leads humanity back to its dignity.

This writing is a moral judgment, and thus an invitation to wholeness. For those who live their sexuality in the light of truth find peace with God, with themselves, and with others.

He created them male and female – The Call to Chastity

“God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” These words from Genesis show that humankind does not exist in sexuality by chance, but that a divine mystery lies within its physicality. Man and woman are the image of God’s love, and in their union is reflected the creative power of the Trinity.

Therefore, sexuality is never merely biological, but an expression of the whole person – body, soul, spirit, and heart. The Creator intended for humankind to participate in his fruitful love by passing on life. Procreation is therefore more than reproduction: it is participation in the divine act of creation.

But original sin has wounded this order. Humankind has lost the harmony between mind and body, and with it, the ability to live its drives and passions rationally. The will is weakened, the heart broken. From this arises the necessity to purify and mature sexuality—not to deny it, but to lead it to its true greatness.

The Call to Chastity

Chastity is not renunciation, but a fulfillment. It is the virtue that enables a person to live their love in truth.

Chastity is the integration of sexuality into the person—the unification of body and mind, of feeling and reason. It preserves the unity of the human being in their entire being. Under the guidance of the virtue of moderation, a person learns to practice restraint in order to love freely.

Chastity, therefore, is not fear of the body, but its strengthening. It makes love possible in and through the body. Only those who control themselves can give themselves fully. That is why chastity is the foundation of all true love.

This virtue is not directed against sexuality, but against its alienation. It heals what is broken and leads desire to dignity.

The Education of Chastity

Chastity does not grow through information, but through the cultivation of the heart. It requires practice, patience, and grace.

True education in chastity teaches a person that love, sexuality, and fertility are inextricably linked. Without this awareness, sexuality degenerates into mere lust, and the heart loses its capacity for surrender.

The virtue of chastity liberates because it brings a person into harmony with themselves. It shapes the will, purifies the heart, and bestows inner peace. Thus, a person is created
who can love God, themselves, and others—with wholeness, clarity, and joy.

Parents are the first educators of chastity. They teach through example, moderation, and love. Education in chastity is not control, but guidance on the path to freedom.

Chastity in Marriage

The sexual union of man and woman is ordered toward marital love. It only becomes truly human when it is consummated in love—in the kind of love that gives itself unconditionally and irrevocably.

The marital act unites two meanings: that of oneness and that of fertility. These must not be separated, for in their unity lies the dignity of sexuality. Contraception, lust for its own sake, or infidelity distort this meaning.

But marital chastity is not a cold renunciation, but a mindful measure. It seeks times when love bears fruit and times when it is silent. It knows tenderness beyond the body and union without possession. In it, love grows mature—free, faithful, and fruitful.

Sins against chastity—The separation of thing and person

Sexuality is sacred because it reaches into the mystery of life. When it is abused, a person loses order and dignity. Therefore, one must distinguish between the thing and the person: The behavior may be wrong—the person remains loved. The action may be misguided—the heart remains called by God. This distinction is the key to all true pastoral care.

Homosexuality is a sin, and masturbation blinds

Unchastity is the disordered use of sexual desire when it is separated from love and procreation. This includes acts such as homosexuality, masturbation, fornication, adultery, pornography, prostitution, or violence. They are inherently disordered because they detach sexuality from the meaning of love. They harm the body and cloud the spirit.

God does not condemn the person but calls them back to the truth of their dignity. He separates the light from the darkness, not to destroy, but to heal.

People with same-sex attraction are also beloved children of God. They bear a special test, but also a special calling. Their behavior may be limited, but the person must never be despised. True love doesn't say yes to the deed, but yes to the person. It sets boundaries to protect the heart.

Chastity, therefore, does not mean condemnation, but clarity. It protects the sacred within a person—that which God has entrusted to them.

The False Liberation

Our time speaks much of liberation, but rarely of truth. This temptation is also great in the spiritual realm: the longing to please everyone instead of remaining faithful to God. Many want to tear down walls, but they fail to recognize that walls also protect. Where every boundary falls, the sacred loses its space.

True love doesn't say yes to everything. It discerns, it tests, it protects. For freedom without truth becomes arbitrariness, and grace without measure loses its holiness.

It is easy to be popular, but difficult to remain true. Yet the truth is not harsh—it heals. Therefore, it is better to become unpopular than to abandon what is good.

For the Gospel does not seek to please, but to transform. And whoever truly loves people does not lead them into arbitrariness, but into the clarity that saves.

The Means of Chastity

Chastity is a path, not a state. It grows through grace and practice. The path to it leads through: prayer, receiving the sacraments, work instead of idleness, moderation in eating and drinking, modesty and propriety in clothing and behavior, vigilance in dealing with media and images, sincerity in spiritual guidance, and devotion to the Mother of God, the 'Mater pulchrae dilectionis'—Mother of Fair Love.

Chastity demands struggle, but it bestows peace. It is self-control, but not self-denial. It is sacrifice, but also joy.

The Crowning Power of Virtue

Chastity is more than morality—it is spirituality. It heals what is separated, restores unity, and transforms desire into devotion.

“Love is the form of all virtues,” says the Catechism. Under its influence, chastity becomes a school of self-surrender. For those who control themselves can give themselves freely; those who know moderation can love truly. Thus, chastity leads people to that freedom which stills the heart and clarifies the mind.

Chastity does not negate; it integrates. — Master Reding, Nigredo Monastery