Guess Who Has a Feast Day Tomorrow???

  That's right! I know you are thinking, "Don Bosco, of course!" Did you know that
St. Don Bosco is the patron saint of young people and youth ministry?? Yes! He is!
He also had something to say about purity.

"Holy Purity, the queen of virtues, the angelic virtue, is a jewel so precious that those who possess it become like the angels of God in heaven, even though clothed in mortal flesh."
                                                                                          - St. John Bosco

JPII on Chastity

 

  "Chastity is a difficult, long term matter; one must wait patiently for it to bear fruit, for the happiness of loving kindness which it must bring. But at the same time, chastity is the sure way to happiness."

                                                               - Pope John Paul II
"Deep within yourself, listen to your conscience which calls you to be pure . . . a home is not warmed by the fire of pleasure which burns quickly like a pile of withered grass. Passing encounters are only a caricature of love; they injure hearts and mock God's plan."
                                                                                                             - Pope John Paul II 

Waiting for you...praying for you Darling!

WAIT FOR ME- Rebecca St. James

Darling did you know that I
I dream about you
Waiting for the look in your eyes
When we meet for the first time
Darling did you know that I
I pray about you
Praying that you will hold on
And keep your loving eyes only for me

Cause,I am waiting for
Praying for you darling
Wait for me too
Wait for me as I wait for you
Cause, I am waiting for
Praying for you darling
Wait for me too
Wait for me as I wait for you
Darling wait
Darling wait

Darling did you know I dream about life together
Knowing it will be forever
I'll be yours and you'll be mine
And darling when I say
Till death do us part
I'll mean it with all of my heart
Now and always faithful to you

Now I know you may have made mistakes
But there's forgiveness and a second chance
So wait for me
Darling wait for me
Wait for me
wait for me

What Does Selfless Love Look Like?

Here's the story of a beautiful couple. 

They overcame some really tough situations 

and learned a lot about God and love in the process.

How to Cleanse Your Mind of Porn Images

One of the sins against the virtue of chastity is viewing pornography.  Pornography, the Catechism tells us (2354), "consists in removing real or simulated sexual acts from the intimacy of the partners, in order to display them deliberately to third parties."  It harms those who act/pose in it, those who sell it, and those who consume it.  And, today, it is all around us.

Pornography acts like a poison that twists how we see others and how we see ourselves.  And it is a poison that can stay:  the images you view can stay in your memory long after you want to forget them.

Can you get rid of them?  Can you cleanse your mind from these past images?  Author Matt Fradd has a suggestion for responding to these memories that is beautifully rooted in chastity-- in seeing others as real persons worthy of love and protection.  When he remembers an image... he prays for the people in the images!

Now, whenever I remember an image (which, I should say is rare), I don’t just pray against the temptation, I pray for the temptation. That is, I surrender this woman, who I have spiritually adopted, into the care of Mary Immaculate and pray for her.

Read more at How to Cleanse Your Mind of Porn Images.

NOT Lusting For Your Wife

We all need to restrain lustful thoughts and actions until marriage.  But then, inside marriage, anything goes, right?  It's okay to lust for your wife or husband, right?

Wrong!  While sexual pleasure is appropriate within marriage, lust is desiring this pleasure too much-- at the cost of turning your own spouse into an object.  That isn't love.  Lust isn't ever love, whether before marriage or inside of marriage.

Chastity is a beautiful virtue that you will live before marriage and in marriage!  Training in chastity is training for life!

Read more at Lusting For Your Wife.

Why Chastity?

CHECK OUT JASON'S EXPLANATION!