Our friend and author, Lauretta Brown, from the National Catholic Register, wrote this eye-opening piece on the disturbing reality of how the Pornography industry is taking advantage of the vulnerable during this global pandemic. Smut is being offered for free — an offer that has drawn harsh criticism from leaders of the fight against sexual […]
Wow, what a penitential Lent we experienced this year. What a joy we have now to take part in the Resurrection of our Lord, albeit a change from our typical Easter Sunday. But like the first Apostles before Pentecost, we experienced something wonderful this year, whether in small family groups or alone. No matter how […]
Almsgiving According To St. Augustine In this second piece on Almsgiving this Lent, we’ll cover 3 things we can do right now to close our penitential season in a strong and meaningful way. We often think of “alms” as giving to the Church or a charity, maybe sometimes an individual in need, and these are […]
How To Give Alms While Social Distancing For our ongoing series of Lenten practices, we will now discuss almsgiving. I know this is a scary environment right now to think about giving but we need to remember these Lenten penitential practices have great merit for us physically and spiritually. The Catechism has this to say: […]
Fasting In The 21st Century In our ongoing Lenten series, we are hoping to share some thoughts with you to make our penitential season more fruitful. In past generations, there was no question that, especially during Lent, you prayed, and you fasted. Everyone did. And it was a valuable practice. Many have lost the value […]
Rediscovering Fasting In our 3rd article in our Lenten series, we’ll discuss Fasting. Lately, the media and modern secular science are consistently promoting fasting as good for the body. Here’s just a few recent headlines: “Fasting changes cells hormones and genes to help you live longer” “Fasting eliminates belly fat” “Fasting lowers risk of diabetes” […]
The 4 Components of Lectio Divina In our ongoing Lenten series, last week’s article focused on the question of “how do I pray?” This week we’ll take you through one of the oldest forms of Christian prayer, the Lectio Divina. I know what you are going to say…” I can’t do that, I don’t speak […]
Top 5 Ways To Pray One of the things I often hear in my work with Integrity Restored is “I can’t pray, God can’t hear the prayers of a sinner like me”. This is a common feeling for those struggling with pornography addiction for sure, but also in my estimation, a common refrain for almost […]
Several months ago in a counseling session with a client, l’ll call him Steve, I asked him how he was working with his accountability partner for recovery. He admitted they hadn’t talked in a few weeks. When asked why, Steve stated that the phone calls had gotten very mundane. He and his accountability partner were […]
Tom was noticeably upset as he described his frustration with pornography use. It seemed that every day at work he would end up going online and viewing pornography. No matter what he tried, he always seemed to fall into the same pattern. For Tom, the root causes of his internet porn use were boredom, isolation, […]
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