CCC 2535

Life in ChristSECTION TWO THE TEN COMMANDMENTSCHAPTER TWO YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELFI. The Disorder of Covetous Desires
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The sensitive appetite leads us to desire pleasant things we do not have, e.g., the desire to eat when we are hungry or to warm ourselves when we are cold. These desires are good in themselves; but often they exceed the limits of reason and drive us to covet unjustly what is not ours and belongs to another or is owed to him.
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