V. PSYCHOSEXUAL MATURITY AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT
The essence of Christian life is love. Jesus has said: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbour as yourself" (Mt 22:37-39). When we love genuinely we are holy. Healthy psychosexual development includes growth in loving relationships (see Parappully, Ch. 15, volume 2). In this sense psychosexual maturity is also growth in holiness (see Riopel, Ch 19, volume 2).