How do I break the habit of masturbation ? This is a question we only ask when we find ourselves in this situation. Here is some concrete advice, whether you are a Christian or not. Prayer, patience and perseverance. As soon as you start fighting this battle, know that God rejoices in your desire for
How to channel sexual desire: 7 decisions to make Nicolas* explains how he took 7 decisions, to put things in place in his life, and to channel his sexual desire. Don’t deny your sexual desire, but channel it into a life project you have. “Sexual desire can sometimes be extremely invasive, especially in a deeply
What is Chastity? We might sometimes ask whether “chastity” is a term still in use, or a virtue which is less and less present today… But we should understand it’s meaning and how it can be beautiful to experience. Does it still exist? If you asked a young person of today what the virtue of
Does masturbation make you deaf? In previous generations, they tended to scaremonger rather than explain. A knock-on effect of this is, those who encourage masturbation today, try to guilt trip those who want to control their bodies, making it seem out-dated. The whole thing is a minefield. Every other day we come across articles aiming
Is counseling a must for the porn addict? Question I found out my husband was addicted to porn 3 years into our marriage – 13 years ago. He went to counseling, we went to counseling, he went to SA, I went to Sanon – He acted out off and on and struggled on his own.
A delegation of our association Lights in the Dark, went to Assisi for the beatification of Carlo Acutis. A meeting was planned with his mother, but what was not foreseen was that she proposed to deliver a video message to you! Discover Carlo Acutis’s mother message. Carlo Acutis’s mother message : The problem is
Article by Dr. Peter C. Kleponis*, first published with the title Pornography and the Catholic Church, on Theporneffect.com. The church has much to say about pornography. This is because porn injures the dignity of everyone involved – producers and consumers. Sexuality is a wonderful gift from God! It is meant to be shared by a
The consequences of porn on your health… both mental and physical We can’t lie to ourselves: the consequences of porn on our mental and physical health are both numerous and serious…  1. Loss of sexual performancee According to neurobiologist Jean-Didier Vincent, author of The Devil and the Flesh (1) consumption of pornographic pictures produces
Wich path of recovery from porn addiction? By Dr. Peter Kleponis, clinical psychotherapist*. You want to recover from a porn addiction? Let’s look at what does and doesn’t work: What Doesn’t Work Trying to overcome pornography use on your own Believing that praying more and being more religious will take it away Minimizing the problem,
Trapped in a pornography addiction, Mary-Magdalene was suffering, until the day she opened her Bible and cried out to God to deliver her from it. Testimony. For my whole childhood I followed my parents to Mass, and their activities with the Church. It was at high school, with friends I’d known since primary school, that