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Porn Star Kayden Kross Writes About Her Bad Childhood

September 9, 2014, 3:52 pm
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In a fluffy “New York Times” propagandistic piece about how pornography is a great career alternative for the economically savvy lady, porn superstar Kayden Kross also inadvertently revealed, between the gushy lines about the perfect romance with her porn actor fiancé, and father of her child, who continues to have sex with other women on film, the truth about why she got into porn:
“Five years later, [when Kayden was 5 years old] I sat with my mother on her bed in a house we would soon lose while she read me a last bedtime story before her water broke and she carted us to the hospital for the birth of my sister. By then my father was gone for good, attending to another pregnancy he was responsible for, leaving my mother financially strapped with full-time responsibility for two young children.”


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Missing You Shannon - 20 Years Later

September 10, 2014, 9:02 am
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Shannon Michelle Wilsey (aka Savannah)
1970-1994
Remember: Every porn star was once a scared little child; 
please pray for all those we helped to destroy; Rest in peace Shannon. 



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How Often Should I Go To Confession?

September 10, 2014, 3:55 pm
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“When I go to confession, it is in order to be healed, to heal my soul, to heal my heart and to be healed of some wrongdoing. The biblical icon which best expresses them in their deep bond is the episode of the forgiving and healing of the paralytic, where the Lord Jesus is revealed at the same time as the physician of souls and of bodies (cf. Mk 2:1-12; Mt 9:1-8; Lk 5:17-26).” ~ Pope Francis (19thFebruary 2014)

“According to the Church’s command, ‘after having attained the age of discretion, each of the faithful is bound by an obligation faithfully to confess serious sins at least once a year.’” Yet, for those who suffer from serious forms of sexual temptation, the frequency of Confession is far more than the minimum of once a year- as it should be. But, how often is too often? One rather cantankerous priest scolded me after making a Confession – saying that I was using the Sacrament as some sort of laundry service: habitually asking Christ to wash me clean, then – returning to the filthiness of my sins. Although, he had a point, the admonishment kept me away for a while and made me shamefully overly self-conscious. Later, I found another confessor who was more sympathetic to my plight; and he encouraged me to make frequent Confessions. How frequent? When I was most assailed by the constant barrage of sexual images and impulses, I went once a week. As the cravings eased off, I went once every two weeks; then, once a month. Therefore, there is no one answer as to how often a penitent should go to Confessions: as at different stages in your life, you will require the healing power of Christ at different times and in varying frequencies. Though, as a rule, anyone who has been plagued with sexual deviancy should never go over a month; from personal experience, even if things are going seemingly very well, the absence of the Sacrament in one’s life can lead to a false sense of security and to pride – henceforth, setting us up for a fall that causes us to rightly run back to the soothing protection of Our Lord. And, here the Holy Father is astutely accurate: Confession is healing; and, for the grievously sick, frequent visits to the doctor are not only required, but a necessity; and, so it goes for the spiritually sick – we desperately need to feel the healing touch of Christ the Physician. 



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Should We Seek To Imprison Our Disordered Sexual Desires?

September 11, 2014, 11:43 am
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“It is often thought that continence causes inner tensions which man must free himself from…continence, understood integrally, is rather the only way to free man from such tensions. It means nothing other than the spiritual effort aimed at expressing the ‘language of the body,’ not only in truth but also in the authentic richness of the manifestations of affection.”~ St. John Paul II

“…continence…is rather the only way to free man from such tensions…” Saint John Paul understood keenly that the only way to sexual purity is through the integration of the whole man; i.e. a healthy respect for our sexuality and a purposeful effort to consciously heal those inner sources of tension. As John Paul expressed, sorrowfully, the desire to retrain our sexual impulses is often imagined as a raging beast lying just within – struggling and straining to release itself; only contained by constant clenching of the will. This modality always reminds me of the classic science-fiction film “Forbidden Planet;” about a self-righteous and assuredly solid super-genius who keeps his “monster from the id,” or inner violent demons, always submerged and seemingly in-check, until, at the end, they are released and it destroys himself and all those around him; the storyline was a take-off of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.” The point of this example: that trying to sequester our emotions, no matter how disordered, can lead to an uncontrollable discharge of those passions. This often played out in my own life, especially right after leaving the gay lifestyle, when I haphazardly attempted to push down deep within me all those still nagging desires for male sexual companionship; the results of these constant struggles to suppress all my thoughts was a barrage of migraine headaches and persistent latent desire to angrily act out.
Because I was not addressing the root cause of my disordered yearnings, nothing was being remedied or healed; it was like a cancer patient sitting at home and just wishing that the tumor would go away; when, in reality, it was growing and becoming worse. The reason for my inner battle was that I had not really internalized what purity, or as John Paul puts it – continence, meant to me and my life. Although I emotionally and somewhat philosophically understood, from both my dramatic conversion and through a cursory reading of “The Catechism,” what purity entailed, I was not able to grasp its full meaning. For, despite my best efforts, I still perceived Jesus as scary and vengeful; He was the great big God of no: no I could not do this; no I could not think about this, or no I could not be attracted to that person. Consequently, I kept Him at a distance.
While I stewed alone, a tried to keep everything inside me concealed, I subsequently never healed. Then, it was only after many years, and much prayer, and suffering that I rather begrudgingly turned away from the cage door that I had been pushing against for far too long. This does not mean that I unleashed all my pent-up passions in a Caligula-esque parade of perversions; what it entailed was an opening up of myself; because that wild beast I had been trying to subdue – was me! It was all the tragic hurt inside me; all the pain; all the frustrations of my childhood, and all the abuse and pride that marked every day in the gay scene. Keeping it bottled-up and keeping it hidden from Christ accomplished nothing. He was the only one who could make sense of it; and He was the only one who could, not make it go away, but finally resolve it and allow me to become the man He had always intended me to be. 




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1 in 5 men who have sex with men in 21 U.S. cities has HIV; nearly half unaware

September 11, 2014, 3:48 pm
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Male to Male sexual contact and those living with HIV.














In all major US metropolitan areas, well over 50% of those living with HIV contracted the disease through gay sex: in Los Angeles County it is 85.1%; in San Francisco County it is 78.7%; in New York County is it 71.4%.

Approximately one in five (19%) men who have sex with men (MSM) in a study of 21 major U.S. cities is infected with HIV, and nearly half (44%) of those men are unaware of their infection, according to an analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the study, young MSM and MSM of color were least likely to know their HIV status.





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80% Of Those Living With HIV In San Francisco Go It Through Gay Sex

September 12, 2014, 12:37 pm
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The vast majority of HIV infections in San Francisco are clustered among the heavily gay male populated neighborhoods of The Castro, The Mission, Noe Valley, The Haight-Ashbury, and Pacific Heights.

Author’s note: There are currently restrictions on those wanting to travel to certain countries in West Africa because of the Ebola outbreak, yet – we are having our own epidemic among gay men in major US cities. Only, sadly, I consistently hear from proud parents of gay sons who are so happy and content that those same young men have now moved to San Francisco.



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Gays Twice As Likely To Be Mentally Ill

September 12, 2014, 3:34 pm
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Homosexuals are two to three times more likely to suffer a chronic psychological problem, such as depression, a study by the University of Cambridge has revealed. The study, published in the “Journal of General Internal Medicine,” was developed with the Harvard Medical School and the RAND Corporation, a policy think tank. It was based on a survey of 2 million people, of whom 27,000 identified as a gay, bisexual or transgendered, making it the largest survey ever conducted of the LGBT community. The results: LGBT men and women were two to three times more likely to suffer a chronic psychological problem, such as depression. Whilst only 5% of heterosexual men reported such a problem, it occurred within 11% and 15% of homosexual and bisexual men. There was a similar pattern among women, as 12% of lesbians and 19% of bisexual women suffered a long-term psychological condition, compared to only 6% of heterosexual women. General health was also of a lower quality among the LGBT community, with 22% of gay men and 26% of bisexual men reporting poor general health, alongside 25% and 31% of lesbians and bisexual women.



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The Quest for Purity: When Porn Replaces Sex

September 13, 2014, 2:20 pm
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I will never forget a precious and funny friend who quickly got hooked on heroine shortly after moving to San Francisco from his hometown in Texas. Although, at the time, I was not against recreational drugs, or even occasionally enjoying them for myself, needles and the thought of injecting something into my bloodstream was incredibly frightening. So, when he told me he was getting off of heroine, I was elated. Later, I noticed that he replaced the heroine with alcohol, tobacco, and occasional trips with cocaine. I was still elated; I thought to myself – at least he was no longer shooting-up. About a year later, he killed himself.  
So much time has passed since then, only, I still remember him and the lesson from a life all too wasted: slavery is always slavery – no matter what form the chains take. For, an addiction to alcohol is no different than an addiction to illicit drugs. And, sadly enough, the same goes for sex: as many replace physical contact with pornography. Didn’t Our Lord say: “But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.” And, herein lays the danger with porn, as it’s incredibly deceptive and open to all forms of rationalization: it’s the lesser of two evils; it’s the ultimate in safe-sex; and it’s better than sleeping around.
In the end, all these lies turn into a tragic self-fulfilling prophecy as porn is proved not to be the lesser of two evils – since it leads one right back to sexual activity with others, and often at a more extreme level that ever imagined before; since viewing porn, our brains have become numb towards previously repulsive imagery; nor is porn safe for the viewer – as inevitably happens, especially among men with a family, those around them become secondary concerns as the obsession with porn slowly takes over, and, lastly, when you watch porn, it is not better than any other sin – for, as Christ said: once you look at the image and lust after it you have already committed the act. Therefore, a sin of the eyes is just as grievous as a sin of the loins. And, in a very real sense, it’s probably worse – as porn has become so easily accessible: where we all have an adult book shop full of free stuff right in our homes – in the form of the internet. Because of this fact, we can all effortlessly fall repeatedly, and then, it becomes habitual, and, eventually, seemingly no longer sinful.



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Iggy Azalea in Porn Scandal; And No One is Shocked

September 15, 2014, 12:21 am
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In 1952, the burgeoning career of actress Marilyn Monroe was almost cut short by the publication of a naked calendar shot she had posed for 3 years earlier. Instead of denying it, Marilyn fessed-up and said that she did it solely for the money - a paltry 50 dollars. The American public was scandalized, but felt sorry for the former down-and-out orphan and they forgave her. Afterwards, the outrage blew over and Marilyn’s star continued to rise. Over the next few years, until her untimely death in 1962, Marilyn starred in a series of seemingly innocent bedroom comedies that continued to push the sexual envelope - culminating with the lurid storyline of “Some Like it Hot” that delved into pre-marital sex, transvestism, and homosexuality, all the while Monroe jiggles about in flimsy dresses that at times are only held up by sheer luck. It was a sad conclusion to her life, for, in the end, she turned into the thing she never wanted to be: a purely sexual creature.
Fast-forward 62 years, and a new star is making its way over the horizon; yet, one that is far less talented and innocent than the thoroughly mixed up, but still good-hearted, Monroe. Her name is Iggy Azalea and she has become wealthy and celebrated by unapologetically purveying foulness as entertainment with the release of her first single - “Pu$$y.” Therefore, unlike the nude revelation around Monroe, no one has been shocked that an ex-boyfriend is shopping around a reported sex tape of himself with Azalea. This revelation comes on the heels of reports surrounding hacked computer accounts and rumored naked photos of American-sweetheart and Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence. Again, the media and public, aside from the issues regarding invasion of privacy, have been unflapped. This is mostly due to the already pornographic imagery that routinely surrounds Hollywood starlets and music star wannabes; witness Lawrence’s ugly body paint for the “X-Men” movie franchise reboot; why should the public gasp at embarrassing internet photos when they have already seen her strut about naked on film. Sadly, as happened with Monroe, the American people have been thoroughly corrupted; they are unshockable. 




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Death and the Sexual Sacraments of Homosexuality

September 16, 2014, 12:27 pm
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Researchers at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London conducted a retrospective study of the clinic’s patients: 82% of men reported both insertive and receptive anal intercourse without a condom; 27% reported group sex, 25% reported fisting, 21% reported any recreational drug use, and 14% reported intercourse without a condom while on drugs; about 9% reported injection drug use. Why are so many gay men still taking such great risks with their lives? A possible answer: a new study, published in the “Annals of Behavioral Medicine” of gay and bisexual men who reported at least one instance of condomless anal sex in the last 30 days, found that the “desire for intimacy” was the main motivator regarding a decision not to use condoms. Sadly, because the gay mind-set is completely material based, i.e. no recognition of life’s transcendence, gay men will most often equate any form of companionship, intimacy, and love with sexual contact. It’s a false religion of the physical; and for the majority of gay men: sodomy is the sacrament. In the devil’s twisted plans, he has made it sickly analogous to the Catholic Sacraments; i.e. many martyrs (St. Tarcisius) have died for love of the Blessed Eucharist, while gay men willing die in order to not abandon anal sex. The difference is: one is true salvation and the other is a death with no meaning. 

Link to article abstract:
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12160-014-9646-3





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Gay Men Have Antibiotic Resistant Gonorrhea

September 17, 2014, 8:21 am
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Percentage of gonorrhea patients that are antibiotic resistant, 1995-2012.





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To Live & Die in LA: Meningitis Found in Southern California Gay Men

September 17, 2014, 8:21 am
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Healing From Porn and Sex Addictions Will Be Painful

September 18, 2014, 1:14 pm
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“Consider that God wants to fill you up with honey, but if you are already full of vinegar where will you put the honey? What was in the vessel must be emptied out; the vessel itself must be washed out and made clean and scoured, hard work though it may be, so that it be fit for something else, whatever it may be.” ~ St. Augustine

When I scurried back to Christ, out of fear for my life, I thought everything from that point onwards would be really easy: life would be one blissful locution after another. But, what I did not understand was that my time in the world had left me damaged and dirty. I was literally ripped apart. In a very strange sense, I still wanted God. Only, the more I tried - the more I pushed Him away; held on to my old ways of thinking; and purposefully allowed the Lord to pass right through me; I retained nothing. I was hate-filled and terrified. I wanted safety, but I did not feel secure enough to reveal myself: wounds and all. For a while, I liked God less. He hadn’t performed a miracle on me; He didn’t lift me into the clouds; He hadn’t protected me. I blamed Him for much.
Soon after returning to the Sacraments, I bought myself a rather nice rosary: with crystal beads and sterling silver crucifix. I liked this rosary; it felt good and heavy in my hands. Then, somehow I misplaced it. I looked in earnest, but it never turned up – I thought I inadvertently left it in some church. About a month later, it inexplicably reappeared in my clothes dryer. It must have been in some pair of pants or jacket that I just washed. I heard the clanking noise from the machine and found the rosary intact, but the beads were somewhat chipped and scratched. I was thankful, yet, when I touched it, the beads no longer felt smooth and reassuring, but rough and almost sharp. Nevertheless, I had a sentimental attachment to this rosary, and I went back to praying with it. Gradually, the beads became smoother as they worked through my fingers.
Now, this incident reminds me of when the Lord saved my life. For, this was not so much a singular event, but a process. Like sea glass, that is tossed about by the waves, and ground down by the action of the sand and salt water, we too must be refined and made soft to the touch. This buffing procedure is time consuming and painful. For, there is a stripping away, almost like a spiritual acid wash that must take place; as we are covered in years of disobedience and perversity. The reason this hurts is because we fight against it; we struggle when swept up by the pounding waves. What we should do is allow ourselves to be inundated by Him; completely annihilated by His love. Only, this requires an extreme amount of Trust. And, when we have given our life over to the world, either in a porn or sex addiction, we are left self-guarded and skeptical.
Slowly, I realized that the more I fought against what the Lord was doing with me, the more exhausted I became. And, as the once damaged rosary beads slipped repeatedly through my hand and became easier to hold, so too did I. Seemingly, it took forever, as I am obstinate and prideful. At first, I thought that I could do it on my own; and in a less stressful and more comfortable manner. I would prove my worth to God; I would be the champion. Not surprisingly, I couldn’t do it. Although I had gotten myself into this mess, I was powerless to get out. The problem was just too big. And, after all those years of pretending, I gave up the endless thrashing, and decided to let the winds of God take me where He wanted. He had been waiting; and the struggle had crushed me down; made my edges less jagged; and made me more humble. I could listen, and I was willing to accept Him. The battle had brought me low, as one failure piled upon another. The fight had been tough, mostly because of my over-inflated sense of self-reliance and constant vacillating between the two worlds of good and evil; but somehow along the way, I was able to share in Christ’s cross, and this caused me to oftentimes huddle closer to Him; for, I saw Him suffer too; and He became less frightful; less judgmental, and more Forgiving in my eyes. Then, I Loved Him; and I knew that He Loved me. That was the miracle. 



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Jennifer Lopez and Iggy Azalea Reenact the Madonna-Britney Vampire Ritual

September 19, 2014, 11:55 am
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Back in 2003, the aging singer Madonna passed on her royal pop-diadem to reigning teen queen Britney Spears during a ritualized lesbian kiss ceremony at the MTV Music Video Awards. Over 10 years later, the perverse sacrament has been replayed with another celebrity in the twilight of her celebrity and a young neophyte: this times its Jennifer Lopez (45) and Iggy Azalea (24.) In the video for the song “Booty,” taken from Lopez’s album “A.K.A.” that was released back in June; which had performed dismally on all the Billboard charts; the weakest selling album of her career; Lopez and Azalea perform several mock sex acts. Just 20 years ago, this would have been considered soft-core porn, worthy of a late-night showing on cable, or an inclusion in Madonna’s X-rated book “Sex.” Today, it’s certainly provocative, but not really considered shocking. In reality, it’s the most corrupt form of entertainment: pornography masquerading as innocent fun. For, “the devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist.” And, now, porn no longer exists. 



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Freedom From Sex and Porn Addiction Through The Seven Sorrows and Joys of St. Joseph

September 19, 2014, 2:06 pm
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Sadly, nowadays, St. Joseph is most often invoked by those trying to sell a home – yet, he is the most powerful Saint, after Our Lady, that has ever been. For, St. Thomas Aquinas wrote: “Some Saints are privileged to extend to us their patronage with particular efficacy in certain needs, but not in others; but our holy patron St. Joseph has the power to assist us in all cases, in every necessity, in every undertaking.” Later, St. Teresa of Avila repeated much the same sentiment: “To other Saints Our Lord seems to have given power to succor us in some special necessity—but to this glorious Saint, I know by experience, He has given the power to help us in all.” And in our own time, St. John Paul believed: “…that by reflection upon the way that Mary’s spouse shared in the divine mystery, the Church - on the road towards the future with all of humanity - will be enabled to discover ever anew her own identity within this redemptive plan, which is founded on the mystery of the Incarnation.” Therefore, let us look to Joseph, the “most chaste” guardian of Jesus and Mary, to aid all of us with the battle against sexual addictions.

The Seven Sorrows and Joys of St. Joseph

The prayers in italics are taken from the original text; the meditations are guidelines for brief reflection after reading each Sorrow and Joy. Most effectively, the prayers should be said every day, but are also incredibly powerful when directly under the threat of sexual temptation. And, although this exercise is designed for men, women with sexual addictions and lesbians could adapt the Seven Sorrows and Joys of Mary in the same manner.

Prayer:

(Recite 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, and 1 Glory Be after each number)

1. St. Joseph, Chaste Spouse of the Holy Mother of God, by the Sorrow with which your heart was pierced at the thought of a cruel separation from Mary, and by the deep Joy that you felt when the angel revealed to the ineffable mystery of the Incarnation, obtain for us from Jesus and Mary, the grace of surmounting all anxiety. Win for us from the Adorable Heart of Jesus the unspeakable peace of which He is the Eternal Source.

(Meditation: Think back to how it felt when your sex and porn addiction separated you from God and the one’s you love; how you turned to sex and pornography for comfort and fulfillment during times of anxiety, instead of turning to God; the precious time you spent looking at pornography; the shame and guilt you felt afterwards. Then, remember how Our Lord always welcomes you back to the fold; and forgives all the sins of the past. Have Trust in Him, and He will heal you. Know that: “They that are whole, need not the physician: but they that are sick. I came not to call the just, but sinners to penance.”) (Lk: 5:31)

2. St. Joseph, Foster-Father of Jesus, by the bitter Sorrow which your heart experienced in seeing the Child Jesus lying in a manger, and by the Joy which you felt in seeing the Wise men recognize and adore Him as their God, obtain by your prayers that our heart, purified by your protection, may become a living crib, where the Savior of the world may receive and bless our homage.

(Meditation: Think back to the coldness of your heart when the only thing you could think about was satisfying your lusts and desires for pornography and sex; how you felt alone and abandoned. Then, remember your joy when you were an innocent child and looked upon the nativity scene with awe and wonder. Look again at the innocent Christ-child, and know – that He shivered in the cold so that you would never know loneliness again.)

3. St. Joseph, by the Sorrow with which your heart was pierced at the sight of the Blood which flowed from the Infant Jesus in the Circumcision, and by the Joy that inundated your soul at your privilege of imposing the sacred and mysterious Name of Jesus, obtain for us that the merits of this Precious Blood may be applied to our souls, and that the Divine Name of Jesus may be engraved forever in our hearts.

(Meditation: Think back to how you abused the wonderful gift of your body in pursuit of selfish gratification; how you looked with perverse desire upon the sacred bodies of others; and how you forgot that you were made in the image of God. Then, remember the first time you called out to Our Lord Jesus Christ – and how He consoled and comforted you. Remember when you first returned to the Sacraments; and again took within yourself the precious Body and Blood of Our Savior; ache once again for that moment, when you can receive Salvation at the Supreme Sacrifice of the Mass; to stand once again at Calvary.)

4. St. Joseph, by the Sorrow when the Lord declared that the soul of Mary would be pierced with a sword of sorrow, and by thy Joy when holy Simeon added that the Divine Infant was to be the resurrection of many, obtain for us the grace to have compassion on the sorrows of Mary, and share in the salvation which Jesus brought to the earth.

(Meditation: Think back to how your addiction hurt others; how you abused or neglected your wife, your children, your girlfriend, your parents, and God Himself. Then, remember the miracle of Easter – how Our Lord endured the agony and pain of crucifixion, for your sake, and how you were redeemed through His Sacrifice of Love.)

5. St. Joseph, by thy Sorrow when told to fly into Egypt, and by thy Joy in seeing the idols overthrown at the arrival of the living God, grant that no idol of earthly affection may any longer occupy our hearts, but being like you entirely devoted to the service of Jesus and Mary, we may live and happily die for them alone.

(Meditation: Think back to the time when you worshipped the false-gods of lust and perversity; how you bowed before them; how you spent hours seeking them in magazines and books or on the internet; and how empty and disappointed you felt afterwards. Then, remember the exaltation and peace when you receive the Sacraments: the elation of the Eucharist, and the tranquility of reconciliation through Penance.)

6. St. Joseph, by the Sorrow of your heart caused by the fear of the tyrant Archelaus and by the Joy in sharing the company of Jesus and Mary at Nazareth, obtain for us, that disengaged from all fear, we may enjoy the peace of a good conscience and may live in security, in union with Jesus and Mary, experiencing the effect of your salutary assistance at the hour of our death.

(Meditation: Think back to when you were fearful and sought solace in pornography or sex; how the fear was only heightened by the experience; and how it was never alleviated; how porn left you feeling sick and restless. Then, remember how you felt good and protected as a child when you were in your father’s arms, or when your mother tucked you into bed, or when a friend helped you during a difficult time. Never forget, that all these earthly emotions and attachments are nothing compared to the all-encompassing Love of Jesus Christ and the eternal bliss you will one day experience with Him.)

7. St. Joseph, by the bitter Sorrow with which the loss of the Child Jesus crushed your heart, and by the holy Joy which inundated your soul in recovering the Treasure on entering the Temple, we supplicate you not to permit us to lose our Savior Jesus by sin. Yet, should this misfortune befall us, grant that we may share your eagerness in seeking Him, and obtain for us the grace to find Him again, ready to show us His great mercy, especially at the hour of death; so that we may pass from this life to enjoy His presence in heaven, there to sing with His divine mercies forever.

(Meditation: Lastly, think back to the desolation and emptiness that filled your life when you were a complete slave to porn and sex; how you lived merely for another release with another film, video-clip, or sex partner; how you always searched for the next big sexual high; how you were duped into thinking that you found it; then, realizing too late, that the promise of happiness was a hollow lie. Then, remember how amazing it felt when you went to Confession for the first time after many years; how heavy and over-burdened you felt before, and then the lightness and serenity that enveloped your entire soul once all those sins had been forgiven.)

Let Us Pray

O God, Who in Your ineffable Providence has granted to choose Blessed Joseph to be the Spouse of Your most holy Mother; grant, we beseech You, that we may deserve to have him for our intercessor in heaven who on earth we venerate as our holy protector: Who lives and reigns forever and ever. Amen.





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September 20, 2014, 11:17 am
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September 23, 2014, 7:40 am
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The Biblical Unclean Spirits of Fornication in the Modern Porn World

September 24, 2014, 12:29 pm
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“The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunkenmanstaggereth in his vomit.” (Is. 19:14)

“My people have consulted their stocks, and their staff hath declared unto them: for the spirit of fornication hath deceived them, and they have committed fornication against their God.” (Hos. 4:12)

“They will not set their thoughts to return to their God: for the spirit of fornication is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.”(Hos. 5: 4)

“When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.” (Mat. 12: 43)

“And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,Who hadhisdwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could anymantame him.” (Mk 5:2)

In Holy Scripture, there are all types of evil spirits (demons) mentioned: a lying spirit (I Kings 22:22-23); a jealous spirit (Num 5:14); a spirit of divination (Acts 16:16); but, the demon which Our Lord most frequently battled were the unclean spirits (Mat 12:43; Mk 1:23, 26; 3:30; 5:2, 8; 7:25; 8:29; 9:42; 11:24.) The legions of unclean spirits also include those demons particularly interested in sexual perversity among men. One of the early Church Fathers, St. John Cassian, wrote that the spirit of fornication is the “most unclean spirit.” He continued, concerning the struggle between Man and the forces of sexual perversity: “This savage war is longer than the others and of greater duration, and it is completely won by only a few because, although it begins its battles against humankind from the first onset of puberty, it is not terminated until the other vices have been overcome.  For twofold is the attack that rises in aggression, armed with a doubled viciousness. And therefore it must be resisted by a doubled force since, inasmuch as it gains in strength by the weakness of both body and soul, it cannot be overcome except by struggling on these two fronts.”
In modern times, the voraciousness of the unclean spirits is concentrated within the phenomena of pornography. On the edge of the industrial age, St. John Bosco already saw the burgeoning influence of mass-produced porn upon the lives of those young men he attempted to morally educate and spiritually direct: “Another weapon the devil employs is immodesty, or more frankly, impurity. My dear children, be on your guard. The devil will tempt you with bad books, bad thoughts, or the foul conversation of a companion. When any such fellow approaches you, say to yourself, this is a minister of Satan. And let these wretches who indulge in foul conversation say to himself, I am a minister of Satan because I help him ruin souls!” Yet, in our own age, Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, has offered much hope: “…even before Jesus said anything in the synagogue of Capernaum, the unclean spirit felt ejected and obliged to come out in the open. It was Jesus’ ‘holiness’ that seemed ‘untenable’ for the unclean spirit. The Christian who lives in grace and is temple of the Holy Spirit, bears in himself some of this holiness of Christ, and it is precisely the latter which operates, in the environments where he lives, a silent and effective exorcism.”





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Of Human Bondage: The American Obsession with BDSM (The In-Depth Article)

September 25, 2014, 11:35 am
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I recently returned to the infamous San Francisco Folsom Street Fair after being away from the event for over 15 years; but, this time I was there, not as a reveler, but as a witness to the Divine Mercy of Jesus Christ. Yet, curiously, amid the countless bodies of naked men, leather-clad “daddies,” and furiously masturbating twinks, I felt a strange sensation of Love for these people. Because, I once stood among them. In fact, at one of my last Folsom Street Fairs, I took part in an impromptu porn shoot inside one of the portable toilet stalls. Now, the landscape was just an overcrowded and stinking mass of lost humanity. For, back in my day, the porn stars were the main attractions; primarily, we were the only ones willing to take off all our cloths and have sex on the public street while hordes of onlookers took photos and stood gapping in disbelief. Now, everyone is a porn star: as few of the partakers and spectators arrived fully clothed, and most were willing to participate in the fetish demonstrations and street-side sex acts. And, it’s no longer shocking – BDSM is everywhere: from Rihanna’s single “S&M” and Britney Spears’ bondage inspired Las Vegas show to the global success that is “Fifty Shades of Grey.” It got me thinking: why has so much changed in the 20 – 25 years?
Currently, in the United States, 1 in 4 girls, and 1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused before they turn 18; some estimates have put this combined figure at 1 in 10 children. Why is this significant? As a former participant in the BDSM world, and as someone who experienced sexual abuse as a boy, I can testify that an inordinate number of bondage devotees are also child sex abuse survivors. This is a sad truth with abuse victims, who have not healed through the saving power of Jesus Christ, like those untreated for mental illness, oftentimes try to desperately repair themselves. In their quest for peace, they frequently seek out persons and situations which mirror the abuse they are trying to escape. This occurs because - by making the painful memory something freely chosen, and by associating with others who do the same thing, the abuse feels less burdensome and shameful; it can even deceptively become a source of pleasure. But, this is all trickery from the devil and his minions; and the germ is laid almost at the moment of the initial trauma; as it enters the unconscious mind during that horrific experience of violation and alienation; it’s a small, but reassuring voice that tells you it’s all okay. Then, as the unhealed person grows up, they do not want to feel alone; like they were the only one. Consequently, another phase of BDSM kicks in and those that have been abused become the abuser; then, you get to turn the whole thing around and experience power by inflicting someone else with the same pain you experienced. But, the elixir is fleeting and the crash unbelievable. In the end, you want to die. As for myself, the last foray into bondage took me to the very gates of hell; and only then did I realize that I had been deceived. 

Link to videos on the subject:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-_IRNtIbSU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPzslrWtPy0

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