A few days ago, Fr. Ed Broom wrote an article entitled "How to Conquer Spiritual Blindness". The third thing is super common these days, and scary not only in it's ubiquity, but in the fact that it is demonic, a demonic attachment. He writes:
"Without a doubt one of the chief causes of modern spiritual blindness is a rapidly increasing viewing and addiction to pornography. One of the principal reasons is the ease of access to pornography. A half a decade ago, porn was available mostly through magazines. However, no matter where one turns, today he is literally bombarded with impure images : T.V. programs and commercials, Cable, Movies, Magazines, Newspaper advertisements, and most especially the easy access to Internet—the sources never end!
It is like an avalanche that has started and in full force. There is barely anything in the world that militates more fiercely against growth in the spiritual life then giving in to impurity.
St. Thomas Aquinas, the Angelic Doctor, asserts that impurity causes spiritual blindness and leads even to hating God. Many will reject God, the Church, the reception of the Sacraments because they have become addicts—to one of the tentacles of the ugly octopus of impurity, especially internet porn!
May God save us, heal us and restore our sight!"
The solution? Scripture, the Eucharist, and Mary! No one will conquer this third reason for spiritual blindness (or avoid it) without her. Console Mary by helping her free men, her men, each fellow is a unique "St. Joseph" to her, by bringing them to her. A man NEEDS Mary, every man is made by God to be one with Mary in a special way, a complementary way! And he will only be happy with her. Without her, addiction to lust, lack of grace, a weakened manhood, destruction of self, marriage, and family.
