Let us be real for a moment.The world no longer wants Christ nor His true
Gospel.We have the feel good impotent humanitarianist
gospel of Vatican II.We have feel good
on the surface without and substance within.As I have mentioned modern man is a surface dwelling creature who is
looking for escape routes upon nearly every turn in life.I know this because I too once lived
this.I was a man of the world moving
from distraction to distraction.I had
everything a man could supposedly ask for living the “American Dream” or did
I?From the nice things to money and
women life was moving extremely fast.I
had “things” but I was not connected to “anything” if that makes sense.A smile on the surface tried to cover up the
self I was living by.Sadly, this
describes the majority today as I see that same smile I too once had.As a part of this “culture of self”
pornography is certainly pervasive.
Many of you know my past as I was
once a ”playboy” addicted to the flesh and all things carnal.Pornography provided an outlet for me to
connect with a different world that was a release from my own.It was truly the saddest time of my life
looking back upon it.I was deceived for pornography is not
a pedestal to any real pleasure.No, rather, it
is a portal to the pit.A door by which
the demonic lives closely by.These
unseen beasts await for the consent of the heart so that they may come in
through the door now opened. Like parasites these beasts will feed off of the host and with every soul they take over the more society becomes imbedded in this culture of self and death.
We live in a dangerous age wherein
we can have illicit fantasies presented to us in a quick fix fashion.Do we ever pause to think that modern man
needs everything “quick”.Quick relationships,
quick fast food, instant coffee, the quick car wash and so on and so
forth.Enter in to this equation how
many people are looking for quick fixes as it relates to “love”.I use this word loosely because modern man
simply has no understanding of what true Charity is not even the Conciliarists
of Vatican II.So many misdirected souls
search for intimacy only to find their day ending in front of a computer.They search for intimacy and yet they do not
find.Gradually, those viewing
pornography find themselves in a bigger hole than the day before and ultimately
are susceptible to becoming addicted. (recent stats on porn addiction)
Pornography is a portal to the pit
via pleasing the self.Over the course
of everyday a Catholic ought be examining ALL of the movements of his heart to
access whether or not he acts to please Christ or the self.Due to our fallen nature we have this leaning
to stimulating the senses by way of the self.Self or the Sacred Heart?Which
will you decide to live by going forward?No man can become a Saint if he first does not learn to master himself
through the grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ.Unfortunately, like anything worthy of true Love, the process of
arriving at the Spiritual Marriage with Our Beloved requires time.This is problematic to ‘fallen man” because
he is continually searching for a quick fix even in his spiritual life.It is only through a heroic denial of this
self that one can begin to truly appreciate the Cross.This is why Our Lord said you must first deny
the self before He said take up the Cross.Those who cannot learn this first step on the Path of Selfless Love will
never be able to embrace the Cross which seeks to squash altogether this self
from your being.Then Christ finishes with
“Come follow Me” and not do as thou wilt.This is literally what satan will teach you.True Love requires a steadfast discipline
which the Saints knew all too well.They
knew the heart expanded in Selfless Love after each trial.They knew just how much Jesus truly loved us
because, they, in fact, were looking through His eyes peering out to the world
as eagles.
Porn is an attack on the
family.Many fail to reflect upon this
point.It truly is a powerful
contraceptive maybe even the most powerful.Men now pursue their computers instead of their wives and the wives now
seemingly dress like the pornographic actresses in those movies all to get just
a little attention from their supposed Lover.Not only through our porn culture are birth rates dropping pornography
can truly affect the children too.I
cannot tell you how many women I have spoken to through my ministry who have
relayed that their husbands were addicted to porn.They would speak about their problem yet in
the same breath not realize they were not helping.Many of our women have no sense of modesty
these days but that is a topic for another day.Satan “loves to pervert”.He
takes this very holy act of sexual intercourse and perverts its meaning.No longer are children an end to the act but
we have replaced the children with our “self” as the end!As long as I am satisfied than I fulfilled this
function he or she thinks to themselves.Porn is the ultimate symptom of the “disease of me” culture we live
in.If I feel good than I am good modern
man thinks and yet is this what the Royal Road of the Cross teaches us?Maybe life is not about us?Maybe it is about the One who gives us life
to begin with?
“Free” Love isn’t free nor is it
love.Lucifer has completely deceived
the majority living today by pitching his “feel good” gospel under the banner
of liberty.Men rather than trying to pursues
Gods Will try to pursue the next pleasure online.They are not looking for a woman anymore do
to porn they are looking for an actor who they can control and manipulate.That sounds harsh but that is a sad reality
for most these days.Our Lord warned
that in the last days the telltale sign would be a lack of charity.Who can argue that on the basis of this Word
that we do not live in those times.Man
will rationalize that if “State law” allows for me to do something than naturally
it is “okay”.In order for the heart to
be truly free it must be living in Christ therefore man must abide by God’s
Law.The sodomites who think they are
free promoting their “lovewins” campaign live in a deep darkness
interiorly.The devil has deceived them
well.Homosexual porn is on the rise as
many more souls pick up the unclean within and this carries them over to newer
perversions.
Breaking the habit of porn.To break this seemingly unending cycle of
porn you must through God’s grace learn how to accept the breaking down of this
self.Each day you must arise and view
yourself as a soldier on the battlefield who must be on guard from the attacks
of the enemy from all angles.The devil
knows your weaknesses and knows how to push your buttons therefore only through
prayer and keeping your eyes on Christ will you ultimately begin to break
free.It is not going to be easy in fact
for some of you it maybe the hardest thing you ever do.Root out the weeds and replace it with
seeds.Be patient with yourself and find
an accountability partner.It is in the seemingly
smaller decisions which you will find makes or breaks your day.You thought about going out for a rosary walk
but instead decided to stay in and watch TV.A seductive ad triggers you to then get to your computer.Then you go from potentially walking with the
Lord and Our Lady for an hour to going to pleasing yourself all night
long.Get yourself a journal and log
your days.It will be therapeutic to
those really struggling but have Faith and trust in God’s assistance.There needs to be a rerouting of the heart
WHOLLY unto Christ.Not only must you
loosen yourself from all things created once you merge as One with the Son you
must then be on watch even more so.
Porn normalized.Many talk about porn today as if it were the
latest ballgame.It is no longer seen as
a holy act but in fact has turned into Americas favorite past time.Porn is sadly a sport too many as it once was
with me.The last few weeks of
conducting my adult ministry has been a great indicator of society in
general.Many are called but few ever
respond.I was able to get a few numbers
from some of the more prominent girls acting in porn and they were taken back
at my invite to change.It is no wonder
Our Lady of Fatima warned against immodesty and sins of the flesh and even
showed the children of Fatima these souls falling into hell like snowflakes.Sin is normalized.To be holy and virtuous these days is to be
an outsider.We need even more grace
than other periods of time because of what we are surrounded by daily.Our Lord said that if the days were not shortened
that even the elect wouldn’t make it.He
knew if He did not shorten the days that no one would keep the Faith.It is moving in that direction.We have to remember our ultimate goal as
Christians and that is Love.Porn is not
Love and therefore cannot be a daily goal of ours.It is about Christ and others not you.You can no longer afford to keep eating the
rotten fruit form the tree of pleasure and expect not to be bitten by the
serpent on the way out and yet many still will.This is because the 5 minute thrill seems worth in comparison to the 5
day grief period after.This is how the
self truly takes ahold of us.It is not
you alone who is going to conquer this self for Christ did this for us and thus
we must cling to Christ and hang onto Him as a child daily if we are going to
make it through the days ahead.Imagine
the day when men once again love their wives and the wives quit acting in order
to get attention from their men.
In close I am reminded how in the
three days of darkness the devils will come to the doors of men and pretend to
be something else like a family member all in an effort to get that door open.Once that door is open it is death
literally.The devils deceive by making
something ugly look attractive.Porn is
the same.Once you open that door and
give consent of your heart you are “theirs” and you are spiritually dead thus
porn is the quick portal to the pit.For
those who seek to control and manipulate others it is no wonder who truly
controls their hearts and it is certainly not Christ.
