Fr. Christian Mathis is the pastor of a church in the diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee. He recently asked if I would be willing to share a few words on overcoming pornography addiction, and I was more than happy to do so. Here’s an excerpt:
There was no one day when I realized I had overcome habitual lust and sexual addiction. It doesn’t work that way. Instead, I kept fighting the battle, availing myself of everything I could to help me live chastely: I put pictures of Our Lady around my computer, went to daily Mass and adoration whenever I could, studied the Theology of the Body, did accountability groups with close friends of mine, wore the Cord of St. Joseph, prayed novenas to St. Maria Goretti and St. Therese, and went to Confession after I fell to temptation.
We often hear about struggling with this vice but less often about the joy of overcoming it, of the way in which it was overcome, of the vigilance required ever afterward against lustful temptations, so I wrote with that in mind. Please check it out, share it with any people you know fighting this battle, and thanks to Fr. Christian for his vocation and his willingness to use social media for the Kingdom!
