tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715990029157220962.post2212037201911367685..comments2023-10-19T10:55:19.914-07:00Comments on Robert Bonomo's Blog: The King of Online PornUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715990029157220962.post-2659770371297314002011-10-07T05:59:38.714-07:002011-10-07T05:59:38.714-07:00“When you see a beautiful girl or woman or a hands...“When you see a beautiful girl or woman or a handsome youth, immediately lift your thoughts to the supreme, most holy Beauty, the Author of every earthly and heavenly beauty, that is, to God; glorify Him for having created such beauty out of mere earth; marvel at the beauty of God’s image in man, which shines forth even in our perverted state; imagine what our image will be when we shall shine forth in the kingdom of our Father, if we become worthy of it; picture to yourself what must be the beauty of God’s saints, of the holy angels, of the Mother of God Herself, adorned with the Divine glory; imagine the unspeakable goodness of God’s countenance, which we shall behold, Carnal desire is sweet, but it is sinful, corruptive, and repugnant to God. Do not attach yourself with your heart to any girlish or female beauty, but to the Lord God alone, Who has created every beauty for His own sake, and say: ‘It is good for me to hold me fast by God,’ [Psalm 1xxiii.28.] to God alone, and not to fleeting carnal beauty."<br />St. John of Kronstadt <br /><br /> John of Kronstadt had no internet, but you can tell he was quite familiar with the same temptations we face today.<br />All my life I have been dumbfounded by 'girlish and female beauty'. But now when I see a particularly attractive woman, I can't help but smile and remember these words of St. John's.<br />http://theinnerkingdom.wordpress.com/2008/11/10/sayings-of-st-john-of-kronstadt/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com