July 23, 2013 – Catechism 2520 – 2533

I think it is interesting that in the section on concupiscence, the main weapon against this is modesty.  When you look at the one thing lacking in the world, modesty might be your answer.  When you look at the recent story of Mylie Cyrus and her performance on TV and the reaction, you can tell that people understand what modesty is and that it is important, but it is not actually taught that way.  It is only reported on as a measuring stick for how far the next person will go.  Cher outfit on a landing craft, Madonna attire, Spears and Madonna kissing, and on and on, the only tool the media uses modesty for is to see how far from what should be appropriate people will go.  But everyone has an idea of what should be appropriate, and that line is continuing to move generation after generation.  If moderation is lost as a weapon, then concupiscence will triumph and that is what we are seeing in the world.  Those are the two sides of the battle and moderation is losing.

I also liked how it talked about the world’s idea of freedom not being actual freedom.  I have talked about that before.