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Purity meaning6/28/2023 Why has the teachings of the Church on this important issue been left by the wayside by society? The answer is simple. The teaching that the marital act is reserved for marriage has been thrown out by the modern world, and tragically, is hardly adhered to within the Catholic Church. However, God is very clear that the marital act is reserved for marriage alone, and any movement of the marital act outside of the proper context of matrimony has been condemned by Biblical tradition, Christ, and the magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church. When used chastely within the sacrament of matrimony, the marital act can increase grace in the soul and gain merit. God has given the wonderful and mysterious power to the man and woman to aide Him in creating a new unique human soul, made in His image and likeness. It is important to note, dearest soul, that the marital act is a very beautiful and holy thing that is blessed by God, and is critical for the continuation of the human race, and for the sanctification of souls. ” In this first part, we shall examine these five things: the goodness of the marital act, why impurity is such a grave evil, how terrible impurity is in the sight of God, what impurity does to the soul, and how even devils themselves cower from its evil. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. He is beckoning to you and crying the words, “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your soul. However, Christ will be with you, leading you on in the battle. The more you have indulged in your sins, dearest soul, the harder it will be to loosen their chains. It is a war that will be exhausting, and if you have fallen into sins of impurity before, it will be a hard and painful struggle, with many crosses and obstacles to overcome. The battle for purity, dearest soul, is like going to war. Therefore, nothing obscene is discussed in this work, and sins against the sixth and ninth commandments will be referred to as sins of impurity. ” The author has taken deliberate steps in not using descriptions that would inflame the lustful heart or corrupt the innocent soul. This little work uses the remedies for overcoming sins of impurity from the spiritual masters Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Saint John-Marie Vianney, Saint Augustine, Saint Louis de Montfort, Saint Catherine of Bologna, and also the Catechism of the Council of Trent.įinally, Saint Alphonsus tells us, “When speaking of the sixth commandment, we should avoid scandalizing the innocent by awakening their curiosity in regard to the evil of which they are ignorant it is sufficient, on this point, to condemn in general what offends chastity, without explaining the species or the circumstances so that those that are guilty may understand how they should confess them, and those that are innocent may remain in their ignorance. Christ demands absolute sexual continence in all individuals outside of the married state an ideal which has all but ceased to exist in American culture and throughout the world. The purpose of this small work is to re-direct you towards Heaven, by helping you to fight temptations and actions of impurity, by which so many souls are lost. The paragraph above, dearest soul, highlights the groundbreaking principle of this small work, and why it needs to exist. So this is the goal of every man: to attain heaven. Why did God make you? God made you to know Him, love Him and serve Him in this world, and to be happy with Him forever in Heaven. Through Divine Tradition, dearest soul, you have been given the great gift of knowledge of God, our Creator, and why He made you and loves you. Why did pagans of old set up gods, even if they were only made of wood and stone? They too were searching for their Creator. Is it not a fact, however, many of these poor souls become rapt in the sciences, spending their whole lives trying to find a source for their existence? They are searching for their Creator. Holiness, therefore, is simply the state of grace purified, illuminated, beautified by the most perfect purity, exempt not only from mortal sin but also from the smallest faults purity will make saints of you! Everything lies in this!”ĭearest soul, As soon as you were created, God planted in you a deep yearning, a constant searching beacon of rational curiosity, looking for ways to better know your Creator. “The state of grace is nothing other than purity, and it gives heaven to those who clothe themselves in it.
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