If You're Addicted to Pornography
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- Опубликовано: 21 мар 2022
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Today, Fr. Josh answers a comment from Aurelie Gerwing; "Would it be possible to get a video on addiction to pornography and how to help people who are dealing with this?"
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Pray the rosary! Mary be a mother to us now. We are under attack, crush the serpents head. Help us to persevere in Jesus Christ until our last breath. Amen
I must have watched 1,000 videos on this, and this was the best. From the lie that I have not been forgiven by you, deliver me Jesus.
I was a porn addict since my adolescence till the age of 29 I was abusing my body with multiple musterbations in a single day I misused my body for my own sinful pleasures I lost faith in God I stopped going for masses I tried many ways to stop this addiction but I failed miserable then I started hating God , my friends , my family I was full of hatred everything changed on th Easter day of 2019 when I started losing my hearing ability and I was diagnosed with tinnitus God opened my eyes to realise the vanity of this sinful life I thought what's the use if I lose my eyesight also theni won't be able to watch porn movies I started praying to Jesus for deliverance from this mortal sin I suffered a lot with insomnia for many months later after 3 months my mom forced to attend one charismatic retreat which changed my life omg during eucharistic adoration I was anointed with Holy spirit that moment onwards I became one with sacred heart of Jesus Christ I stopped watching porn not even bad video I understood only Jesus can redeem us from our sins after 1 one-year I left my job and joined seminary for priesthood to proclaim this Good news Jesus is our saviour Hallelujah
Woow
I pray for you
praise the Lord. Help to change our Church back to traditional holiness
Thank you brother for your testimony 🙏
Amen brotha
This was all in Father Josh's book "Broken and Blessed" highly recommend it. Please pray for me as well. Needed to hear this
be strong and of good courage, brother.
You’re not broken. And never have been.
I needed to hear this as well. I am now aware of the Litany of Chastity.
Please pray for me and for my godmother Diane and for all of our families and friends and neighbors... for conversion and salvation and holiness and healing...
@@Bc232klm To clarify, conversion there seems to refer more to conversion of heart. Along with the conversion of faith, conversion of heart appears a lot in old writings.
I'm not a priest but a mental health therapist. Focus on Occasions to Sin, such as internet use, TV, etc. Also, focus on ending satanic imitations, such as lying (Satan is father of lies), creating conflict, resentment in family and work to identify your true self - since Satan wishes to shape you in the way he shaped Adam. Most importantly, consecrate (and reconsecrate) the body to Mary, asking her to commend you to her son and the Holy Spirit.
It's such a pleasure to watch these younger priests. Gives one hope for the future.
"Confess every time you fall".
So every 2 hours lol.
I'm struggling but its crazy to think I'm so much better than I used to be. And still so far to go
Man you have to take the decision to stop it, and give youself all to God, everytime you have a doubt ask God, everything, the best answer and God's answer is the thing that gives you peace and happiness.
Peace may be upon you.
@DriveDrivesCrazy the hard part is, in that moment of weakness leading to failure, to remember God at all. If i could id be even better.
@@thehitomiboy7379 Man there is no lies upon you. God is always merciful, and you have to understand that every sin, everything you do, when you don't submit your will to God's will, like asking him to make you saint, and EVERY freaking doubt you have, you should ask him, why and what should I do, and when you have that temptation, take the decision to watch your sexual desire to give to God, and to glorify HIM and with potency and atitude, not just saying "I don't want to Sin" but saying I want with MY sexual desire to GLORIFY God! And everything you do should MAKE you happy, if it does not, DON'T do it, if you will regret in terms of destroying you more, don't do it, Fast, pray, do EVERYTHING to GLORIFY GOD and not fall into temptation, YOU can, EVERYONE CAN, WE just have to take our decisions!
Like any addiction, the road to healing starts with a decision: I will walk away. I will stop and never go back. With God’s grace it is possible. Is it easy? No. But it starts with just one step…
19:31 The Litany of Chastity
Timestamp for those who wish to use this video daily to pray this Litany in their journey against the sin of lust and all that accompanies it.
"The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell. It will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies."
Thanks be to God. These were the right words at the right time, a true blessing.
This has been very helpful. You made understanding fasting very easy and not seem tedious.
Well said, Jesus Christ is always the answer to everything
Thank you Fr. Josh for such a solid teaching, so full of logic, wisdom, and common sense- these all flow out of your deep care and love for people. God bless you.
This video 🔥🙏🏾💯
Thank you father and God bless everyone
Fr JJ always speaking realtalk. Thank you for the talk.
Pray the Rosary! That’s how I broke the cycle. Also look into Strive21. I also joined the Legion of Mary Auxiliary where you commit to praying the Rosary daily as well as the Catena Legionis.
You dont know how much I needed this, and thank you also for the litany of Chastity.
This was a miraculous message
So glad to have found this. I love how father articulates how to overcome the struggle of removing lust from one’s life with practical advice, as well as reminding us that even saints struggle with sin.
Thank you …not comparing…asking the Lord what is needed for individual spiritual union with Him❤️🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾
Wow...isn't this a sign...
It's a sign alright. The Church is going out of business.
Same here dude...
@Y-wing Legend I mean that during the 20 minutes this stupid man is obsessing about spotty teens getting off on porno vids, *120 children* have just died of malnutrition across the world, not a nice way to go.
Helen Keller put it very well;
_It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui._
Helen Keller, The Story of My Life
@@splinterbyrd How can we love our fellow man when we treat women as objects, which is precisely the opposite of real love?
Mother Theresa put it well, "There is a famine in America. Not of food but of love, of truth, of life"
And JPII spoke of love of use, "A person's rightful due is to be treated as an object of love not as an object of use"
I loved the prayer at the end!
Thank you father Josh. God bless you. You are trully special and i thank God for you
Thank You, Lord...for showing this video.
Thank you for this 🙏🏼
Thank you for making this video, when so many struggle with pornography in this day in age, we need to pray for them, or if need be, to pray for ourselves. My advice for dealing with addiction with prayer is first to learn how to focus. Focus is the most important part of starting your journey in prayer. Focusing is the prerequisite of meditation(which is a deeper form of focus). As for what to focus on, you can focus on the words you say, or a mental image of Christ, or biblical stories(and/or how they relate to you).
I have questions that I want answered
If Jesus was God incarnate, why did he not incarnate without entering the womb of Mary, may God be pleased with her? Why did he not descend directly from heaven to affect the hearts of his servants? Perhaps you say that he has divine and human qualities, and he entered into stoning them in order to give him or gain his humanity from them, so is he not able to acquire these qualities without them, when he is capable of everything? It is also known that divinity is the origin, but humanity is a creature, so was God imperfect to be complete with a part of his creation? If someone asks you and says to you: How does Almighty God enter the womb of Lady Mary and be born after that, breastfeed, crawl, play, urinate, and defecate? You say to him: Isn't God capable of that? Is this not befitting his greatness and majesty if it is usury?
You say that Christ came to redeem us from Adam's sin, so what is our fault in Adam's sin, peace be upon him? What is the fault of Christ to be tortured instead? Didn't your Holy Book say in Deuteronomy that fathers should not be put to death for children, nor should children be killed for fathers. Every person is killed by his own sin?
Is it justice for God to incarnate for some people to see and then oblige the rest of the nations that come after them to believe that while they did not see it? And why did he descend and incarnate to the Children of Israel only and deprive the rest of his servants from seeing him? Were there other nations at that time who deserved to be seen like them? Why did he not come down at the beginning of creation to cleanse it from sin instead of leaving them with their sin and among the prophets and messengers? Did God come to grieve his followers until the Day of Resurrection on his crucifixion? Imagine that one of the kings came to a people in their village or city, not to wait for him to bring them joy and give them gifts instead of making them sad and crying and living all their lives in memory of his pain and torture?
@@Sondous__23457 Whew, that's a long one, and I can't answer the whole thing But I can answer the first part. The reason why Jesus had to incarnate in a womb is that he had to have human qualities proper. In the same way, he submit to the law of Moses in the presentation to teach Obedience. Jesus needed to be truly human so that we may be able to relate to him. God came down to our level for our sake out of love for us.
As for why Mary specifically, it was because Mary was Holy for one, but she was also the culmination of the covenants. Abraham passed down a specific blessing to his descendants, finally ending in Mary's immaculate conception.
@@rosarypursuit6903 Is Jesus not a god? Why did he need to enter into Mary’s womb to obtain human qualities? Could he not have been able to do that without Mary’s womb? Is he not a God who has a law, and if he descended to our level out of love for us, why did he not enter us into heaven without making himself descend to earth?
@@Sondous__23457 Not needing to be born isn't very human, with the exception of Adam and Eve. My Channel provides some basic catechism on the faith, but for you, I recommend calling your local Catholic Church and asking if they have classes.
@@rosarypursuit6903 Of course, not having to give birth is not very human, because it is a god and not having to enter Mary's womb is more convincing and credible, and I am also not a Christian I am a Muslim who believes in the one Allah who is Sunday
Thank you Lord for this day.
Great video. Great advice.
Father, thank you for addressing this subject. Men speaking against pornography is so important!
In this age , People make fun of those who dont watch it unfortunetely.
when you let darkness into your life, it tends to overstay its welcome. there are things that once seen, cannot be unseen. that's why it's important to fast from sinful things. you are so right, Fr Josh.
Beautiful!
Now I can understand why saints like Saint Rose of Lima practiced asceticism. It is interesting Father Josh mentioned the overlap between gossip and lust. I wonder if the root is poor self-control or wanting to always please your senses.
Do you spell Marty Tai Ching? I looked this name up and found nothing about a saint. I have my captions on too but sometimes the words are misspelled or misrepresented.
I found the name: Mark Ji Tianxiang
Thank you
I need to quit, please pray for me. I trust in Jesus as Lord and Saviour but I wish to overcome this 🙏🏻
Having masses offered for oneself is very helpful, it freed me from lust.
thank you
Thank you Fr. Josh, I really needed to hear this in my ongoing struggle with porn and masturbation. You telling us about St. Mark Ji Tianxiang has further inspired me to not give up, to accept and keep running like a little child towards Our Good Father, The Lord God. Thank you for your tips and this amazing video, God bless you. Truly God is good!!! ✝️💖🙌🏼🙏🏼🕊☺️
Hi mate, I also struggled a lot with the vice of lust. What freed me was having masses offered for myself. It’s the sanctifying graces.. It liberated me, perhaps this can help you also.
Pray for me to the Lord our God that I may be delivered from addiction to the temptation of lust
its always my coping mechanism
Where can I find this litany?
This vedio is good father
Although it is human weakness and God is merciful even to the most dubious sinners yet man needs some sacrifice for his good, for the good of humanity which is the off shoot of sacrifice for God.
“Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
-Matthew 3:2 KJV
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God”
-Romans 3:23 KJV
"He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life." - 1 John 5:12 KJV
“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.”
-Hebrews 9:27-28 KJV
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. -Acts 16:31 KJV
“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.”
-Matthew 24:35 KJV
Id like the names of the saints cited
Saint Mary of Egypt, Saint Mary of Edessa, Saint Francis de Sales, Saint Augustine, Saint Teresa of Avila. The only one I do not know the right name is for the Marty Tai Ching dude. I know he struggled with opium addiction.
Mark Ji Tianxiang
Don't put a timetable on it @ 16:20 on the timeline. We make a false idol from anything like freedom from sin. And if we don't get it? Then we give up on the whole spiritual journey. If our struggle with sin does not follow OUR timetable? And OUR ways? Then we give up on the whole spiritual journey and Jesus Christ as well. This don't put a timetable on it is such sage advice. Just stay in the struggle all the night of this worldly life of ours, just as Jacob did when he wrestled with the man all night.
Man you know what.. yes, let’s start today together and let’s save more people from getting lost by seeing pornography and getting depressed and finally that guilt will make them suicide. Which is diabolical so yeah let’s be soldiers of God
I used to watch to pornography every single day. As I became more christian i tried not to go, but i was addicted, and it was impossible to resist the urge more than two or three days. I did a spiritual retreat in a jesuit center. After a prayer on the gospel, i had a strong feeling of being illuminated by god presence. The month after that, i didn't feel any need to watch porn. It has disappeared. Once i was praying and this verses came to my mind: "Your bodies are temples". After that, i was tempted anew, by rational arguments like "once a week can't be that bad". I fall back. Then I decided to stop again, but it was harder. Even now i have to pray and to use many firewalls.
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Well the purpose of a bulldog is to drive your opponent's face into the mat. It's a face slam or buster.
Greetings Father Josh,
Thanks for most intimate message that Vice of LUST with SEXUAL SIN is healed through Prayers and Sacraments with Obedience towards Lord Jesus Christ.
Can you please do a message based on Act of Betrayal and Traitorship in upcoming videos?
With respect with Prayers,
RanjithJoseph (R.J)
mmm mmm piper perri
I have questions that I want answered
If Jesus was God incarnate, why did he not incarnate without entering the womb of Mary, may God be pleased with her? Why did he not descend directly from heaven to affect the hearts of his servants? Perhaps you say that he has divine and human qualities, and he entered into stoning them in order to give him or gain his humanity from them, so is he not able to acquire these qualities without them, when he is capable of everything? It is also known that divinity is the origin, but humanity is a creature, so was God imperfect to be complete with a part of his creation? If someone asks you and says to you: How does Almighty God enter the womb of Lady Mary and be born after that, breastfeed, crawl, play, urinate, and defecate? You say to him: Isn't God capable of that? Is this not befitting his greatness and majesty if it is usury?
You say that Christ came to redeem us from Adam's sin, so what is our fault in Adam's sin, peace be upon him? What is the fault of Christ to be tortured instead? Didn't your Holy Book say in Deuteronomy that fathers should not be put to death for children, nor should children be killed for fathers. Every person is killed by his own sin?
Is it justice for God to incarnate for some people to see and then oblige the rest of the nations that come after them to believe that while they did not see it? And why did he descend and incarnate to the Children of Israel only and deprive the rest of his servants from seeing him? Were there other nations at that time who deserved to be seen like them? Why did he not come down at the beginning of creation to cleanse it from sin instead of leaving them with their sin and among the prophets and messengers? Did God come to grieve his followers until the Day of Resurrection on his crucifixion? Imagine that one of the kings came to a people in their village or city, not to wait for him to bring them joy and give them gifts instead of making them sad and crying and living all their lives in memory of his pain and torture?
First of all, God is all powerful. He has the ability to come into the world out of nothing, or through the womb of a a Woman. And he chose to come from the womb of a Woman and grow as a ordinary human because he wanted to be like us in all things. For us and for our salvation, out of his own infinite divine love, he humbled himself down to our humanity and offered himself up for it. He underwent every type of punishment of humanity so humanity would be free from punishment. You ask “but is this befitting of the almighty” well if you believe he’s all powerful then you know it’s possible for him because nothing is impossible. So the only question would be does God love us that much. And also ask, why didn’t God free us from sin at the beginning? And the answer is that the hearts of men were not willing to accept the offering until the appointed time of Christ’s death and resurrection. You have to keep in mind God knows all things and he knew what it would take to for most human in there free will to choose salvation. You ask, why would humanity be punished from Adams sin? And what guilt did Christ have, to die for it? The answer is that Adam brought sin into the world and humanity fell into a fallen state which gave us original sin. Original sin is the sinful nature of all of us. When God banished man from the garden of eden, that punishment was passed down to every generation because the first sin of Adam condemned all men. We are not responsible if our fathers sin apart from that. But we have lost the original grace God intended. I hope that has sufficiently answered your questions. If anything is unclear, or you have more questions feel free to ask.
Edit: I also almost forgot to mention the most important part. Jesus Christ had no fault in him. That is precisely why only by him paying our debt for us through his suffering and death, do we have hope for eternal life. Because God is the only offering truly worthy of God. The sacrifices of the Old law are symbols of the Christ to come. All of which was in the old was fulfilled by the life, death and resurrection of Christ Jesus, our savior, the eternal Word that was with God and that was God and was made flesh.
@@robertlaprime6203 If Jesus is capable of everything, then why wouldn’t he turn into a human without entering Mary’s womb? She would surely say to descend to our level, but wouldn’t it be more credible without entering Mary’s womb and would make people believe and also when you say that people’s hearts were not ready to accept the decree until the appointed time For Christ's death and resurrection, why did he not make it so without all this, if He is the One who is able, if He loves us, and when you say that Adam brought sin into the world and humanity fell into a state of fall that gave us the original sin. Original sin is the sinful nature of all of us. So why is Christ, when the people of Christ blamed Him for calling the wicked and sinners, He answered them, saying: “Because I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance” Matthew 9:13. Christ divided people into two parts, righteous and sinners. If everyone inherited sin that sin, why did Christ divide people into two parts, righteous and sinners? This punishment was transmitted to every generation because Adam's first sin condemned all human beings. So why did he say? The following text was mentioned in the book of Ezekiel: ((The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, and the father shall not bear the iniquity of the son.)) (Ezekiel 18:20). This text indicates the responsibility of each individual for his sin and thus denies the inherited sin.
@@Sondous__23457 he came through Mary because he chose too. The prophet Isaiah said “Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a child and his name shall be called Emmanuel” which means God with us. He came through the Virgin to be truly like all of us in all things from the beginning and on. And this shows his humble nature. He showed himself as the glorious one that he is by his death and resurrection. Scripture says “no one is righteous, not even one” the verse you quoted was him speaking to those who were righteous in their own eyes and not in the eyes of God “every way of man is right in his own eyes but the Lord weigheth the hearts”(Proverbs 21:2). And finally God had to wait until the appointed time so that men’s hearts, having been prepared by all of the prophets, would be ready for the coming of Christ. He could have purposefully changed there hearts but he did not because it was his will that we be free to choose. God always gives us a choice to obey and to disobey, and those who repents from there sinful ways and are baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, are following the command of God. Now once again if there are anymore questions I’ll be glad to answer them.
@@robertlaprime6203 Well, it says that verse speaks those righteous people in their eyes, not in the eyes of Jesus, and how the speaker says, “Every way of man is correct in his eyes, except that the Lord trusts hearts.” (Proverbs 21:2). Jesus and in this verse he says, “No one is righteous, not even one.” What are these contradictions, and also how a God can die and be born, this is exactly like a human being. Sure you will say that he wanted to be humble and so on, but the only difference is that he was born without a father like him. Our father Adam, peace be upon him, so how can he be a god, and what is the evidence that the Bible is not distorted and there are several copies of it?
@ilam ilam 1. it is not a contradiction, Jesus was not saying some people are righteous and some people are not. He was saying that he wasn’t calling the righteous (because there are none that are righteous, only those that are righteous in there own eyes) but he was calling sinners to repentance.
2. God has the power to make himself man by placing himself in the womb of a Virgin without a human father because God is his Father. And about his death, It’s important to know we define death as a separation between body and soul. Jesus is fully God meaning that he had a divine nature, and fully Man meaning that he has both a body and soul completely United to that divine nature. When we say he died he his body and soul were separated, not that in his divinity he somehow was in any less of a state of existence than he was before.
3. 2000 years ago Jesus created a church, the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic church. It was in this church which The apostles chosen by Jesus wrote the New Testament scriptures, and and it was this church that Canonized which writings were indeed scriptures. And because we know historically this church was created by Christ’s chosen apostles we have faith that he guides the church to the truth “I have yet many things to say to you: but you cannot bear them now. But when he, the Spirit of truth is come, he will teach you all the truth.” It’s true due the language barriers and different translations there have been some different versions of the Bible which are slightly different from one another but the majority of scripture is passed down from the earliest times of what we have from then unscathed. And even the differences within them are not so drastic as to change the actual meaning.
Also I would like to ask, what evidence is there that supports the claim that the Bible was distorted and there are many versions. There is undoubtedly false Scriptures but as I said. Jesus created a church and we through faith in God believe that the church will not be led astray into believing the false scriptures.
What do you love more? Your momentary pleasure or God? What do you what more, pleasure here on Earth or eternal life with God?
Covenant Eyes is the best resource that will block porn on phone and comp and sends a daily email to your accountability partner. It's the best step one and there is no alternative.
Ask women to help us overcome any addiction! Nice girl friends do in modern times!
We need younger priest not these old men.
To anyone struggling with this addiction, please look up "Amazing Rosary Testimony" by GabiAfterHours on RUclips!
Frens, read up on easypeasy method. Available on ytb.
I finished it. Its very stoic but super helpful. Needs to be countered with the proper understanding of sin, original sin, sanctifying grace, gifts of the Holy Ghost, and Sacraments (particularly Penance and Communion). Thanks for the reference, fren ;)