Fr. V has a wonderful post that I think expands even beyond the point he originally was trying to make. In it, he extrapolates on one of the ways the sins of a father are visited on his sons – in this case, inadvertent contact with pornography. The truth of the post though is much larger than that. What we do in any and every way affects our children and we as parents always have a singular choice – do we help lead them to salvation or do we help lead them down the roads of perdition.
So the next time you’re tempted to cut a corner somehow, to take a “shortcut” in the spiritual life, remember that it’s not just God who’s watching you, but your sons and daughters as well. It’s your example they’ll follow; it’s your choice which direction you point them, at all times.
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Thanks for the reminder
Excellent post, indeed.
Along these lines, there’s an article in the current issue of First Things by one Jason Byassee titled “Not Your Father’s Pornography” that would serve well as a primer on just how bad the let’s-see-how-far-we-can-push-the-limits porn of today is compared to that of, say, a generation ago.
Apparently FT only makes a handful of articles from its current issue available on its website — Byassee’s article isn’t there yet — but then makes the rest of the issue available the following month.
(I’ve written myself a note to check the FT site a month from now and, when the article is up, I intend to post a link to it here on Catholic Dads.)