San Francisco Gay Political Icon Gets Slap on Wrist for Child Porn Possession
Larry Brinkin, the disgraced icon of the gay community and former San Francisco Human Rights Commission chief, was sentenced to six months in county jail after pleading guilty to possessing child...
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If you feel dirty with shame, Let the Lord Purify You
“How many times while here on earth could he be heard pleading, ‘Come to me, come to me, all of you. Do not be afraid, it is I. Why are you afraid? I am just like you: I love you. Are you afraid...
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The Hollywood Return of Bisexual Chic and the Ultimate Triumph of Hell
Back in the ealy-1990s, I will never forget the huge impact on the gay world caused by Madonna and her bi-sexual explorations. Madonna christened her new-found attraction to women in the monumental...
View ArticleThe Tendency of “Conservative” Catholics to be Unchristian
“Through a certain indiscreet zeal they [spiritual beginners] become angry over the sins of others, reprove these others, and sometimes even feel the impulse to do so angrily, which in fact they...
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My Love, Hate, Love Relationship with Liberals, Gays, and Porn Stars
William James Webb, The Lost Sheep (1865)“We have to act in such a way that others will be able to say, when they meet us: this man is a Christian, because he does not hate, because he is willing to...
View ArticleGiving Up Porn For Lent
Several readers have contacted me and asked for prayers because they have given up watching porn for Lent. While I am always happy to pray for their endeavors, I have also advised them that...
View ArticleThe Fantasy and Phantasm of Porn: Hell Made Visible in the Real World
“It [pornography] immerses all who are involved in the illusion of a fantasy world.” (CCC #2354.)In this last of the series, I will examine use of the word “fantasy” as related in “The Catechism of the...
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After Porn: Looking Back Upon Sodom and Gomorrah
“And his wife looking behind her was turned into a statue of salt.” (Genesis 19:26)I have always been fascinated with this scene from The Bible; especially as a child, after seeing the beautiful Pier...
View ArticleForgetting Porn and Relieving the Mind
“The soul is incapable of truly acquiring control of the passions and restriction of the inordinate appetites without forgetting and withdrawing from the sources of these emotions. Disturbances never...
View ArticleForgetting Porn and Avoiding “Triggers”
“The soul is incapable of truly acquiring control of the passions and restriction of the inordinate appetites without forgetting and withdrawing from the sources of these emotions. Disturbances never...
View ArticleThe Battle For Inner Chastity
“Everybody has different temptations against impurity and he should guard carefully against them. Some people have a tendency toward infatuations of one kind or another, and they cherish them willfully...
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St. Joseph: The Masculine Epitome of Chastity
“I don't agree with the traditional picture of St Joseph as an old man, even though it may have been prompted by a desire to emphasize the perpetual virginity of Mary. I see him as a strong young man,...
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The Workshop of Saint Joseph: A Place of Healing For All Men
“Joseph loved Jesus as a father loves his son and showed his love by giving him the best he had. Joseph, caring for the child as he had been commanded, made Jesus a craftsman, transmitting his own...
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Saint Joseph: Comforter of the Willful and the Wounded
“Saint Joseph, our Father and Lord: most chaste, most pure. You were found worthy to carry the Child Jesus in your arms, to wash him, to hug him. Teach us to get to know God, and to be pure, worthy of...
View ArticleA New Generation of Porn Stars
Back when I was involved in the porn industry, the vast majority of the female porn stars I met came from decidedly dysfunctional families. The one who comes immediately to mind is Savannah; she came...
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Those Who Suffer and Reach Sanctity Have Always Embraced the Cross
At a recent lecture given by Bishop Robert Vasa of the Diocese of Santa Rosa, he said: “…we are still participating in the agony and the crucifixion” of Christ on the Cross. We do this every day by our...
View ArticleSuffering as a Sign of God’s Blessing
“If your heavenly Father does not send you some worthwhile crosses from time to time, it is because He no longer cares about you and is angry with you; He is treating you as an outsider, no longer...
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Saint Francis as The Master of the Flesh
According to his contemporary biographer, Thomas of Celano, St. Francis believed: “…only the wall of the flesh would stand between him and God.” And, for this reason, Francis is well known as a great...
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