When I was a young boy, I burnt my arm with boiling water. Even today, I have a scar and I have to take great care: for whatever drop hurts it because it became a fragile and sensitive area.

It is unbelievable how the world and temptation are cruel to youth. Many young boys will fall and be “burned” also very early. I know that many of them like to celebrate telling adventures and benefits in respect to this. But frankly: it is sad that you were “burned” so young! The right thing is to remain a virgin until marriage, the same for girls.

The world inverts the values. Better still, know that the truth is not practiced by the majority! If you were a river and encountered there a lot of gravel and little gold. what would you keep, the former or the latter. Of course you would keep the latter [gold]! Repeat: The Truth is not done by the majority. Just because many will fall does not mean that you need to fall.

If you are rejected for wanting to remain chaste, you are not less because of this. On the contrary, you are more. If the boys are burnt when they have sex before marriage, the damage to women is very painful. In this immense challenge of living purity and chastity, it is sad to see father and mother counseling their sons to us a condom, because “in the final count, no one attains safety.” It is a false prevention! Those that “give in” are victims! We have to return to what Tobit said to Sara: “Because we are sons of the saints, and we should not marry as the pagans who do not know God.”

God Bless You !

Monsignor Jonas Abib

translated from Portuguese