The lust of the flesh directs these desires [of personal union], however, to satisfaction of the body, often at the cost of a real and full communion of persons.
— Pope John Paul II Blessed Are the Pure of Heart: Catechesis on the Sermon on the Mount and Writings of St. Paul
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