Contraception Is evil . It is a grave Sin !

The Catholic Church's teaching on contraception is firmly rooted in the encyclical Humanae Vitae, issued by Pope Paul VI in 1968. This document reaffirms the Church's stance that artificial contraception is intrinsically immoral, as it disrupts the "inseparable connection" between the unitive and procreative purposes of the marital act (Humanae Vitae, Article 12).

°“When a man loves a woman, he has to become worthy of her. The higher her virtue, the more noble her character, the more devoted she is to truth, justice, goodness, the more a man has to aspire to be worthy of her. The history of civilization could actually be written in terms of the level of its women.” – Ven. Fulton Sheen°

I used to wonder what single men did with their sexual desires before the sexual revolution. I think I have the answer now.
They yearned.
They yearned for their crush or dream girl.
They liked the chase.
The fact that women back then carried themselves with grace only added to it.

Learn to yearn

Novus Ordo Watch is struggling to keep the lights on.

I don’t think all of you realize how truly back we are.

Reminds me of a story of St John Vienney.

St Vienney has just come home and when he walked into his living room he saw the devil sat down reclining at a chair. He just chuckled mildly to himself and carried on about his business, the devil, indignant about his affront to his pride said “Are you not afraid of me?” And St Vienney humbly replied “Moiseur, I am a baptised Christian, you are afraid of me”. He then threw holy water at the door and at the windows trapping the devil inside, got on his knees and starting praying and praising the glory of God, to the anguish of the devil. After a few minutes he got bored with this and kicked him out.

St Vienney also remarked at how the devil who often harassed and attacked him at night would throw his greatest fits and tantrums at him the night before a particularly nefarious sinner would come to town to confess to him. How much does the devil do this in our life, obscured in the unknown and indirect to keep us from confession?

(I am paraphrasing slightly, I only heard this story once but to the best of my knowledge this is all accurate, though it may be apocryphal, I cant vouch the authenticity of this account)

This is true, and especially true for married men. Flee from taking pleasure in looking women other than your wife. Flee from glances at their faces, bodies and clothes. Free from anything that feeds it, excessive good food, excessive pleasure, sensuality, hearing stories about sexual conquest, fantasising. Instead pray to the Lord to help you love your wife, to be patient with her, to cherish her, to be understanding with her, and to teach her in the ways of the Lord. True Orthodoxy, when it is lived out in a marriage, creates a heavenly dwelling, a small island of peace, love and joy. It creates a home, a place healthy children can grow up, a place one can look forward to coming back to, a place visitors and guests love. This is the truth about emptying yourself and making space for the holy spirit to dwell in us first, then in our marriage and home.

You may be the one who is being patient, while your spouse is not patient with you. But pray to the Lord, for he has the power to bring heaven down to earth.

The comments have been blowing my mind these past few days..

I feel compelled to write this thought-provokingly disturbing revelation:
We (both us men and women) often complain about how arduous and terrible it is to find an ideal person to get married to, but we do not really realize that we lost something we never knew, until I was enlightened: thanks to the demonic anti-sacrament of abortion, we have lost whom would, or rather, could have been our spouse, chosen by God the Father. Yet for decades, we are left with spiritual deadbeats to give us fornicators, adulterers, sodomites, and people filled with prelest to lead on today's understanding of courtship. I personally had realized in the twenty years of my life, that I might have been able to find the love of my life by now, but because of abortion for too many decades, and by other means of contraception, that my future wife might have been torn apart, dissolved while in the uterus, or even was sucked out in such a rapid and violent manner, before being given a chance to hug and kiss me, and to tell me that she loves me. We should cry for the unborn, because one of them could have been that "special someone." I write this as a reminder that we must pray for the unborn and their souls (assuming they are in purgatory), but our tears over this revelation hold tremendous spiritual weight towards God.

(I didn’t right this, yet I hid sender name, it is heartfelt)

I can’t help but notice that people who sleep around and prudes are two flip sides of the same coin; neither of them take seriously the sexual act.

Sexual promiscuous people think sex has no value and engage with it as if it were just a mere dopamine hit to be abused.

Prudes still think it’s essential immoral even within marriage a mere impulse of the flesh that ought be overcome.

The golden mean is that is has value. Don’t let our promiscuous society trick you into being reactionary and miss the loving and self giving art of sex while maintaining the narrative it’s meaningless.

Fighting Lust Before It Grows
(A message from a brother in the battle)

I want to share something deeply personal—because I know I’m not the only one.

Lust has been a real struggle in my life. At first, it was small. I thought I could handle it. I let it crawl into my heart. I stayed silent. I didn’t ask for help. I was ashamed—and honestly, too prideful to admit it. Now, I see how much ground it’s tried to take in my life.

But by the grace of God, I haven’t given up. And neither should you.

We are in a real spiritual battle. The enemy wants to isolate us, shame us, and keep us from the mercy of Christ. But Christ came precisely for sinners—and He gave us the sacraments, especially Confession, to be healed and restored.

Here are a few things I’ve learned that have helped me fight:
1. Confession is powerful. Don’t wait. Don’t hide. Run to the Lord in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. He already knows, and He waits with open arms. His mercy is greater than your sin.
2. Reach out early. Temptation grows in silence. Message someone. Talk to a brother. Don’t let the sin fester in the dark.
3. Guard your senses. What you watch, listen to, and scroll through forms your desires. Be intentional—practice custody of the eyes. Uninstall what you need to. Flee occasions of sin.
4. Fill your soul. Go to Mass, even daily if you can. Pray the Rosary—Our Lady is a fierce protector of purity. Read Scripture. Feed your soul with the things of Heaven.
5. Fast and offer sacrifices. Denying your body teaches your soul to lead. Even small acts—cold showers, skipping snacks, waking up earlier to pray—train the will and unite us to the Cross.
6. Stay hopeful. If you fall, get up. Again and again. Don’t listen to the lie that you’ve “failed too many times.” God’s grace is new every morning. The saints didn’t become saints because they never fell—but because they never stopped turning back to God.

And finally—if you’re fighting lust, or anything else, please don’t be afraid to reach out to this group. No one here is going to judge you. Honestly, your account is private—we don’t even know who you are. You’re not alone. We’re all trying to follow Christ, and we need each other.

This fight is real—but so is God’s mercy. Speak up before it grows. Stand with your brothers. Ask Our Lady to cover you. Go to Confession. Keep getting up.

I’m still in the fight—but I belong to Christ. And I refuse to give up.