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Offline Maria Dolorosa

Re: The Saints on Purity
« Reply #75 on: April 20, 2026, 04:46:13 PM »
In temptations trust not to yourself, nor to all the good resolutions and promises which you have made, but rely solely on the divine assistance; and for this reason have immediate recourse to God and the Blessed Virgin. Especially in temptations against purity, the greatest care must be taken not to remain to dispute with the temptation. In such moments some are accustomed to set their will to make acts of the contrary virtue; but they run considerable risk. 

The best plan to adopt on these occasions is to renew the firm purpose rather to die than to offend God, and forthwith to make the sign of the cross without remonstrance, and to call on God and the divine Mother, making frequent invocations of the most holy names of Jesus and Mary, which have a wonderful efficacy against filthy suggestions, and should therefore be invoked continually till the temptations are over. 

— St. Alphonsus Liguori, The Way of Salvation and of Perfection, Rule of Life
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Offline Maria Dolorosa

Re: The Saints on Purity
« Reply #76 on: Yesterday at 02:01:48 PM »
Our Lady Conceived without Sin is at once the Model and the Protectress of purity, whether of the soul or of the body. The Immaculate Virgin addresses herself to those who honour and cherish the virtue of chastity, and she says to them, "Hearken unto the voice of instruction, be wise, and refuse it not;" that is to say, she exhorts us to the practice of modesty: for, the virtue of modesty is the safeguard, as it is the unmistakable outward mark and badge of cleanness of heart.

— Models of Modesty, Guide to the Spiritual Life by Fr. Scaramelli, SJ, 1870, Volume II
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Offline alancarmine

Re: The Saints on Purity
« Reply #77 on: Yesterday at 05:11:40 PM »
The soul possesses freedom; and though the Devil can make suggestions, he doesn't have the power to compel you against your will.--(St. Cyril of Jerusalem)
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Offline Maria Dolorosa

Re: The Saints on Purity
« Reply #78 on: Yesterday at 05:39:59 PM »
Quote from: alancarmine on Yesterday at 05:11:40 PM
The soul possesses freedom; and though the Devil can make suggestions, he doesn't have the power to compel you against your will.--(St. Cyril of Jerusalem)
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Offline Stubborn

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Re: The Saints on Purity
« Reply #79 on: Today at 05:30:15 AM »
Quote from: Maria Dolorosa on Yesterday at 05:39:59 PM
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If you're wondering how to keep the text normal that is copied from somewhere else, I have found that pasting it from the web into my iMessage app as if I were going to send a message (but without sending it) and then copying it from there and pasting it on Cathinfo keeps it normal.
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