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Offline Maria Dolorosa

Re: The Saints on Purity
« Reply #45 on: March 18, 2026, 11:27:46 AM »
“St. Jerome declares himself of the opinion that St. Joseph preserved his virginity by the society of Mary, for the saint thus writes against the heretic Helvidius, who denied the virginity of Mary: Thou sayest that Mary did not remain a virgin; I take it upon myself to maintain more than that, even that Joseph himself preserved his virginity through Mary.” 

— St. Alphonsus Liguori, The Glories of Mary, on the purity of Mary
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Offline Maria Dolorosa

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« Reply #46 on: March 19, 2026, 12:43:03 PM »
Blessed Elzear, Count of Arian in Provence, having been long absent from his devout and chaste Delphina, she sent a courier to him to inform herself of his health, by whom he sent back this answer: “I am very well, my dear wife, but if you desire to see me, seek me in the wound of the side of our sweet Saviour; for, as it is there only that I dwell, it is there you shall find me; if you seek for me elsewhere, you will search in vain.” This was a Christian gentleman indeed. 

— Chapter XII, Spiritual Recollection, Introduction to the Devout Life, St. Francis de Sales
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Offline Maria Dolorosa

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« Reply #47 on: March 21, 2026, 08:25:49 AM »
“The Son of God, Who was conceived of the Holy Ghost, so loved purity that He wrought His greatest miracle to preserve the purity of His Virgin Mother. If you have suffered the loss of this beautiful virtue, learn from the temptations which wrought the evil to guard against a second fall.” — The Sinner’s Guide, general remedies against lust, Venerable Louis of Granada
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Offline Stubborn

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« Reply #48 on: March 22, 2026, 10:14:40 AM »
“By a single look of curiosity” adds Bathsheba, “David miserably fell into the sins of adultery, homicide and scandal”.

“The devil only wishes us to begin,” says the same St. Jerome, “the devil only requires that we begin to open the door, he will act towards opening it entirely.  A deliberate fixed look at the countenance of a young women may be an infernal spark that will cause the ruin of the soul.”
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Offline Maria Dolorosa

Re: The Saints on Purity
« Reply #49 on: March 22, 2026, 02:43:37 PM »
Chastity is the lily of the virtues, and makes men almost equal to the Angels. Nothing is beautiful but by purity, and the purity of men is chastity. — St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life, Chapter XII, of the necessity of chastity
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