Since leaving the porn industry in 1999, and rededicating my life to chastity, I have found the following Saints to be very efficacious in terms of battling all sorts of sexual vices, including: porn addictions, promiscuity, perversions, homosexuality, and masturbation. With the exception of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Michael the Archangel, they are as follows:
St Joseph: Turn to him in all things. St Teresa of Avila wrote: “I wish I could persuade everyone to be devoted to this glorious saint, for I have great experience of the blessings which he can obtain from God. I have never known anyone to be truly devoted to him and render him particular services who did not notably advance in virtue, for he gives very real help to souls who commend themselves to him.” Venerable Marie of Agreda describes St. Joseph with regards to the espousal of the Virgin Mary: “On the day on which our Princess Mary completed the fourteenth year of her life, the men, who at that time in the city of Jerusalem were descendants of the tribe of Juda and of the race of David, gathered together in the temple. The sovereign Lady was also of that lineage. Among the number was Joseph, a native of Nazareth, and then living in Jerusalem; for he was one of the descendants of the royal race of David. He was then thirty-three years of age, of handsome person and pleasing countenance, but also of incomparable modesty and gravity; above all he was most chaste in thought and –conduct, and most saintly in all his inclinations. –From his twelfth year he had made and kept the vow of chastity. He was known for the utmost purity of his life, holy and irreprehensible in the eyes of God and of men.”
St. Mary Magdalene: St. John of the Cross wrote, “Mary Magdalene, in spite of her past, paid no head to the crowds of people, prominent as well as unknown, at the banquet. She did not consider the propriety of weeping and shedding tears in the presence of our Lord’s guests. Her only concern was to reach him for whom her soul was already wounded and on fire, without delay and without waiting for another appropriate time. And such is the inebriation and courage of love: knowing that her Beloved was shut up in the tomb by a huge sealed rock and surrounded by guards so the disciples could not steal his body, she did not permit this to keep her from going out with ointments before daybreak to anoint him.”
St Francis of Assisi: The Saint once said: “‘My children, we have promised great things to God, and God has promised even greater things to us. If we observe what we have promised him, we shall certainly receive what he has promised to us. The pleasures of this world pass quickly away, but the punishment which follows them is eternal. The sufferings of this world are trifling, but the glory of the life to come is without bounds.’” And, preaching on these words most devoutly, he comforted the brethren, encouraging them to holy obedience, to reverence for holy Mother Church, to charity among themselves, to pray God for all people, to bear with patience the adversities of life, to be temperate in prosperity, to keep angelic purity and chastity, to be at peace with God, with men and with their own conscience, to love, to observe, and to practice holy poverty.”
St. Augustine: “…chastity of the mind is the well-ordered movement of the mind that does not prefer the lesser to the greater things;” “I consider that nothing so casts down the manly mind from its heights as the fondling of women, and those bodily contacts which belong to the married state;” “We must give praise to purity, that he who has ears to hear, may put to none but a lawful use the organs intended for procreation.”
St. Aloysius: An observer remarked, “He showed no signs of childishness at that early age and had a singular modesty, a shrinking from society, sometimes a thoughtful, serious and devout silence. He had frequently on his lips these words: ‘O God! would that I knew how to love Thee as Thy great Majesty deserves. My heart weeps that Christians show Thee such ingratitude.’ His modesty and virtue were of so exquisite and spotless a purity that it could not be surpassed; to such a degree that when he heard a word in mere joke and fun, which was not quite correct, he blushed and grieved at it, though with unaffected good manners, he showed his compassion for the fault committed.”
St. Maria Goretti: Appeared after death to the porn-addicted man who attempted to rape her and presented him with “…lilies, which burned immediately in his hands.” In his Homily at the Canonization Mass of Maria Goretti, Pope Pius XII said: “…there is still in this world, apparently sunk and immersed in the worship of pleasure, not only a meager little band of chosen souls who thirst for heaven and its pure air - but a crowd, nay, an immense multitude on whom the supernatural fragrance of Christian purity exercise an irresistible and reassuring fascination.”
“During the past fifty years, coupled with what was often a weak reaction on the part of decent people, there has been a conspiracy of evil practices, propagating themselves in books and illustrations, in theaters and radio programs, in styles and clubs and on the beaches, trying to work their way into the hearts of the family and society, and doing their worst damage among the youth, even among those of the tenderest years in whom the possession of virtue is a natural inheritance.”
St. Josemaria Escriva: “..our chastity cannot be confined to avoiding falls or occasions… In no way can it be a cold and mathematical negative.
—Haven’t you realized that chastity is a virtue and that as such it should grow and become more perfect?
—It is not enough, then, to be continent according to your state. You have to be chaste, with a heroic virtue;”
“When you resolve firmly to lead a clean life, chastity will not be a burden for you: it will be a triumphal crown;”
“We know full well that theological charity is the highest virtue. But chastity is a means sine qua non, an indispensable condition if we are to establish an intimate dialogue with God. When people do not keep to it, when they give up the fight, they end up becoming blind. They can no longer see anything, because ‘the animal man cannot perceive the things that are of the Spirit of God.’”
Blessed Pope John Paul II: “The proliferation of pornographic literature is only one indication of a broader crisis of moral values affecting contemporary society. Pornography is immoral and ultimately anti–social precisely because it is opposed to the truth about the human person, made in the image and likeness of God (Cf. Gen. 1:26-27). By its very nature, pornography denies the genuine meaning of human sexuality as a God–given gift intended to open individuals to love and to sharing in the creative work of God through responsible procreation. By reducing the body to an instrument for the gratification of the senses, pornography frustrates authentic moral growth and undermines the development of mature and healthy relationships.”
St. Faustina: “I was tormented by terrible temptations all day; blasphemies thrust themselves upon my lips, and I felt an aversion for everything that is holy and godlike. Yet I struggled throughout the day…such a terrible pain seized my soul that I almost cried aloud in the chapel. But I…decided to go to the garden and hide myself there so as to be able to at least cry aloud. Then suddenly, Jesus stood by me and said, ‘Where are you intending to go?’”
“I gave no answer to Jesus, but poured out all my sorrow before Him, and Satan’s attempts ceased.”
Sts. John Bosco and Dominic Savio: Of his students that he saw in hell: “…they either omitted or insufficiently confessed the sins against the beautiful virtue of purity, saying for instance that they had committed such sins two or three times when it was four or five. Other boys may have fallen into that sin but once in their childhood, and, through shame, never confessed it or did so insufficiently. Others were not truly sorry or sincere in their resolve to avoid it in the future. There were even some who, rather than examine their conscience, spent their time trying to figure out how best to deceive their confessor. Anyone dying in this frame of mind chooses to be among the damned, and so he is doomed for all eternity. Only those who die truly repentant shall be eternally happy.” St. Dominic Savio wrote: “Resolutions made by me, Dominic Savio, in the year 1850, on the day of my First Communion, at the age of seven: 1. I will go to Confession often, and as frequently to Holy Communion as my confessor allows. 2. I wish to sanctify the Sundays and festivals in a special manner. 3. My friends shall be Jesus and Mary. 4. Death rather than sin.”
One more…
St. Padre Pio: “At one period during his life, Padre Pio served as a spiritual director of boys at a seminary. One night a boy was awakened by scornful laughs, the noise of iron pieces being twisted around and dropping on the ground, and of chains hitting against the floor, while Padre Pio was heard to sigh over and over again, ‘O my Madonna!’…This story was circulated among the seminarians, who asked Padre Pio about it…Padre Pio said: ‘You want to know why the devil gave me a terrific beating? It is because I, as you spiritual father, am willing to defend one of you.’ Identifying the boy by name, he continued, ‘He was suffering a strong temptation against purity, and when he called on the Madonna, he was spiritually also calling on me for help. I rushed at once to assist him, and with the help of Our Lady’s Rosary I was successful. The boy that had been tempted slept until morning, while I went through the battle, suffered the blows, but won the fight.’”