Under its influence, chastity appears as a school of the gift of the person. Self-mastery is ordered to the gift of self. Chastity leads him who practices it to become a witness to his neighbor of God's fidelity and loving kindness. The virtue of chastity blossoms in friendship. Chastity is a promise of immortality.
Chastity is expressed notably in friendship with one's neighbor.
Whether it develops between persons of the same or opposite sex, friendship represents a great good for all. It leads to spiritual communion. All the baptized are called to chastity. All Christ's faithful are called to lead a chaste life in keeping with their particular states of life. At the moment of his Baptism, the Christian is pledged to lead his affective life in chastity.