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PRAYER FOR THOSE FIGHTING PORNOGRAPHY
Oh Jesus, grant that we may boldly step forward to defeat
these enemies of men’s souls, through the power and protection of Your Most
Precious Blood, offered for us on the Cross.
Lord Jesus, we beg the conversion of all who pander to
the weaknesses of men and women through pornography. Bring these and all your
people to their final home in Heaven.
Virgin Most Pure, pray for your children here on earth who must face temptations thrust on them by evil men. St. Maria Goretti was born
in Anacona, Italy, October 16, 1890. She died in Nettuno, Italy on July 6,1902
following an attempted sexual assault by Ailesandro Serenelli. Serenelli, aged 19, repeatedly tried to seduce Maria and
threaten-ed her with death if she revealed his designs. On July 5, 1902 Maria
repulsed his advances and he stabbed her repeatedly with a dagger after she
said, “No, God does not wish it. it is a sin. You
would go to Hell for it.’ Before she died, she forgave her attacker. He was
jailed and eventually was converted. In the book In Garments All Red, Father Godfrey Poage explains that Allesandro was
addicted to pornography. On page 64, Father Poage
says, “He went regularly to a newsstand, and came back with a bundle of lurid
magazines. He would then lock himself in his room and would not come out the rest of the day. This brooding had an evil
effect on him.”In the magazine Divine Love, a further explanation is given: ‘Motor images, started in the mind by viewing such
pictures, are almost impossible to control, once they have started. Allesandro admitted that it was such motor images, caused
by contemplation of pinup pictures (from magazines), that drove him to murder
eleven-year-old Maria, because of her heroic resistance to his advances. He
could not control himself. Later, offering himself as an example to the world, Allesandro stated: “I beg pardon of the world for the
outrage I committed against the martyr Maria Goretti, and against purity’.
I exhort all to avoid immoral displays, and all dangerous occasions that can. lead to sin.” St. Maria Goretti’s feast is
celebrated on July 6.
•Most. Sacred Heart of Jesus, Protect us and have
mercy on us.
Virgin Most Pure, pray for us.
St. Maria Goretti, pray for
us. Say 3 Hail Mary’s for Purity. |
