Purity

I know I know...tough subject to talk about, it is funny though in 1 aspect, as a man purity is a daily struggle. I am willing to admit to the world, it isn't a secret its how the enemy gets to a man using things like porn, sex, short skits tight clothes. We as men think that, that is normal. We don't want to be counterculture, we go to strip clubs and things...In The Book Of Sirach it says

Go not after your lusts, but keep your desires in check.
If you satisfy your lustful appetites they will make you the sport of your enemies.
Have no joy in the pleasures of a moment which bring on poverty redoubled;
Become not a glutton and a winebibber with nothing in your purse

Pray on this verse if you have problems with sinful stares...then Pray to St. Joesph for purity.

On Bob Rice's Blog he has a 35 day spiritual work out today is about purity and he says "St. Paul, when writing on our sexual behavior, doesn't try to "scare" us into purity. He simply says, "Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit?" Sex is more than a physical activity. It is not just a uniting of bodies, but a uniting of souls.

Jesus gives us a high standard to attain. "Everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her," He says. Not only premarital sex, but also pornography, masturbation, and lustful fantasies are all sins against our purity. Christ tells us to cut these things out of our lives. (An important note: no saint ever took this passage literally!)

Obviously, you should avoid pornography. But there are a lot of magazines and web sites that are driven by sex- scantly people on the cover, articles that boast “how to have better sex” or “get more sex!” These kind of things have become accepted by our culture... but not by the kingdom of God."

I can't say it much better, by any means...I can say that really Pornography is an addiction, like all addictions the enemy has us in the mind set if it feels good do it, but that shouldn't be our mind set it. But we shouldn't really cut off our hand or cut out our eye. Christ didn't mean for us to take it literally. But what he means is to avoid what leads us to sin, whether it is going online with out parental controls, or being alone...avoid it put your computer in a different room, I know a lot of people who have there computer in there kitchen or living room. I know it is hard though with Cosmo and other magazines promising BETTER SEX, HOW TO HAVE MORE SEX, TOP TEN BEST WAYS TO SPICE UP YOUR SEX LIFE... lets be honest when you get married if that is your call. You will know now to better your life...I once was in confession when a Priest told me when we get married it isn't sex but it is making love...

My last few tips involve our Blessed Mother Mary:
Pray to Mary and Joesph for purity not to lead your boyfriend/girlfriend into sin,
Pray the Rosary...there have been known great miracles to people (a lot of Men) who pray the rosary for purity
Your Mom will never let you down, she will do everything in her power to get you what you pray for
Make it a devotion to be chaste and pure.






Love,
~Bobby