4 Steps to Stay Porn-Free Through COVID-19

If we can't keep little promises, how can we keep a lifelong commitment to love, honor, and cherish another person? Choosing purity over pornography and lifelong marriage over short-term chemical adrenaline rushes, in the long run, changes our lives. During this time of COVID-19, grace is being poured out in our Church. Let us take the time to pray. Ask Christ to strengthen, heal, and give us the resolve to choose purity and insight to pray for our future spouses. 

We should not overlook the help we can receive from other people in strengthening our reasoning ability in this sort of way. Saint Thomas teaches that a strong surge of emotion can impair our personal reasoning ability. It is a great advantage then if we have a friend or accountability partner that we can contact in moments of weakness and temptation. This friend can remind us of the true nature of pornography, effectively strengthening our resolve.

Saint Joseph is a guide and intercessor to those who struggle with sexual purity. He offers us an example of a humble man who overcame his fears and did not abandon Mary, taking her into the protection of his house. He obediently accepted his mission given by God and took care of Mary and Jesus. Purity, as modeled by Joseph, is more than the absence of sin; it also involves taking on a mission in response to God’s call.