（瑪5:27-32）
忿怒是殺人的其中一個動機，耶穌基督把兩者看齊（瑪5:22），可見忿怒的殺傷力之大。不過，忿怒所殺傷的，主要是自己。因此，含怒殺人，是兩敗俱傷的行為。所以耶穌基督重申天主對加音的忠告（創4:7），要求我們管理好自己的忿怒！
首先，淫念把對方物化。試問人不是與自己相稱的異性（2:18）交合，而是與物件交合，是甚麼一回事？是貶低了自己是人的地位啊！
可惜，生活在現代的商業社會，為了鼓吹市民消費，廣告便大行其道。而最吸引人看的，莫過於包含或露骨、或隱晦的色情題材的廣告。更有很多人假借藝術之名，賣弄色情，荼毒心志未成熟的青少年，真是可悲！生活在這種環境下，要保存念慮純淨，談何容易！所以耶穌基督訓示我們，要以「壯士斷臂」的態度，向色情說不（瑪5:29-30）！其實，更積極，更進取的態度，是以聖教宗若望保祿二世的「身體神學」，推行性教育，培養青少年合符福音精神的態度，對待自己及別人的身體，使聖神的宮殿（格前6:19），得到應得的禮遇！與適婚的青年人，或新婚夫婦，研讀教宗方濟各的【愛的喜樂】，裝備他們善度婚姻及家庭生活。
同樣，淫念是姦淫的主要動機。雖然淫念未付諸實行，按世俗的法律，尚未構成姦淫；但是和含怒殺人一樣，淫念先令自己受傷，一旦付諸行動，便會使其他人受傷。所以耶穌基督要求我們管理好自己的念慮！
其次，淫念抹殺了彼此平等的地位，在思想上奴役對方，踐踏天主所賦予對方的尊嚴，與實際的奴役一樣，對天主大不敬，是嚴重的罪過啊！
天父啊！請賜下聖神，幫助我們在婚姻及家庭生活中成聖。亞孟。
Manage Our Thoughts
(Matthew 5:27-32)
Anger is one of the motives of murder. Jesus equates both (Matthew 5:22), showing that anger can be an emotion of extreme destruction. Anger primarily harms oneself. Thus, killing someone in fury kills both. Jesus reiterates God's warning to Cain (Genesis 4:7), demanding us to manage our anger!
First of all, lust objectifies the other party. Imagine how disgusting it is, not having sex with "a helper suited for him" (2:18), but with an object! You are trampling your own status as a human being!
Unfortunately, in modern commercial societies, in order to encourage consumption of goods, advertisements are everywhere. No advertisements can surpass implicit or even explicit pornographic commercials. There are even people who sell pornography in the name of arts. How miserable it is to witness fragile mentality of young people being poisoned! Living in such situations, it is not easy to keep our thoughts pure! Thus, Jesus Christ instructs us to say no to lust with such a determination as to amputate our limbs! In fact, a more practical and progressive approach is to promote sex education with St. Pope John Paul II's "Theology of Body", cultivating an attitude to respect their bodies and others' bodies properly as the Temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19) in the spirit of the gospel. For young adults at marriageable age or newly weds, study the Amoris Laetitia to equip themselves to lead a fulfilling married and family life.
Similarly, lust is the primary motive of adultery. Athough according to secular laws, lust without action is not adultery. However, like killing another person in fury, lust harms oneself first. Act and you harm the others. Thus, Jesus Christ demands us to manage our thoughts well!
Secondly, lust strangles the equality of the others, treating the other party as a slave. You are trampling on the God bestowed dignity of the others. It is a grave sin to defy God!
Heavenly Father! Grant us the Holy Spirit to help us sanctified in married and family life. Amen.
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