Today’s society is experiencing a change in values ​​and ideals that puts us in an unsettled world.Our neighbor is seen more as a sexual object than as a child of God. What do you say when you see a woman or a handsome man? “Wow, what a child of God!” “Wow, that son of God” but it is more common to hear: “Wow, what a babe! Wow, what a cat! “.

. It is critical to understand that lust begins with the look and then goes to the thoughts and finally falls into the heart “Now I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman with a desire to possess her has already committed adultery with her in his heart “(Mt 5,28). Therefore, sin not only begins in the act itself, such as fornication, but also the mischievous look.

Therefore, following three tips for you to live the purity today:

1. Purification in the look: the look a woman or a man who catches your attention, do not cover your eyes, but learn to see him or her as a child God. Sin is not to look, but to stay looking as to desire him or her. Make a short prayer: “Lord, behold, an admirable work in my eyes! I praise Him for such beauty and I ask that he or she becomes a saint. 

2. Purification in thinking, as a result of look without the decision to live the purity, the thoughts start to fantasize and desires conscious and unconscious increase. So, after looking, try not to dwell on that “beautiful image”. Break your thoughts when she or he comes back by thinking of other things. If it the thinking remains, talk to God and give Him your struggle to be an authentic Christian.

3. Purification in the heart: the Catechism of the Catholic Church will teach us that “the purification of the heart demands prayer, the practice of chastity, purity of intention and look” § 2532. In other words, you need to break away from pornography, with sex before marriage, with orgies and all that hurt purity. It is a matter of decision and the fight against evil tendencies and passions of the flesh. Pray with the psalmist: “O God, create in me a pure heart” (Ps 50 [51], 12).

If you want to live the purity today, assume these three tips as daily goal for your life. You have to train yourself to achieve this result. “Purity of heart will see God and allow us, now, to see all things according to him” (cf. CIC 2531). I want to live purity. And you?