![]() ![]() ![]() I heard Jason Evert say something along the lines of, “ How many movies do you remember where true friendship is shown between a man and a woman without them having had a sexual relationship?” And it’s true, we’re buying into the idea that friendship between a man and a woman must at some point involve a sexual relationship. How can you say you love someone if you don’t know them? You may find someone very attractive but beyond that attraction, who is that person? Friendship is a beautiful path to walk along. ![]() Friendship is really important.Ī good relationship begins with a good friendship. 11 Tips For Purity In A Serious Relationship 1. I have kept this advice safe in my heart and today I share it with you. I’m daring to offer some advice that someone gave me a while ago about relationships in the world today and chastity. What we have in common as human beings is that we are all looking for love, that is, to love and to be loved, and it is here that we Christians have a massive advantage: We know Him who is Love itself. The prejudice that people have against you is enormous and it limits your options. It’s exhausting to constantly feel like the odd one out or to have to defend your lifestyle a thousand and one times. They say the options are limited to only going out with Catholics and that the available dating pool is, to make matters more difficult, either very slim or fraught with other faith-based conflicts. I’ve heard so many girls and quite a few guys say that going out with someone these days is almost an exercise in survival. So imagine what a girl must go through, and even more so a guy, who has chosen to embrace and foster this virtue as an adult. Explaining this in a secular world is a mammoth task, almost impossible. No way! Chastity is so much more it is a virtue that incorporates the whole of human sexuality and allows us to live it correctly. It is not simply waiting until we are married before we have sex and abstaining while you’re single. Our confused, pleasure-maximizing world doesn’t want to see that chastity is a beautiful virtue that allows us to discover who we are and what we are called to. Who wants to confront the world on matters of sexuality – what it most stands for and most “enjoys” today? Augustine’s famous prayer still makes a lot of sense, when talking about chastity can sound insane. Augustine, conversion happens as an adult and it’s only then you begin to understand what chastity is and the importance of purity in your life.įrom the same saint and Doctor of the Church, then, we learn how difficult it was for him to conquer this virtue, and how he would often pray, “Lord, give me chastity… but not yet” (God gave it to him, at the moment that God appointed and Saint Augustine embraced it wholeheartedly.) If you come from a Catholic background and you have heard it since you were young then perhaps it’s more simple. Embracing chastity and starting to foster it is not always an easy task. ![]()
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