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2021 RAM 3500 Tradesman | AEV Prospector | FWC Grandby
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Side by side: the photo she sent me this week, her face still carrying the softness of those campsite evenings, and one of the simple, hearty meals she cooked right here in my camper.
As mentioned above, a man’s greatest battle is inside - against lust, pride, and restless passions. Like St. Augustine’s restless heart pleading, “Lord, give me chastity…but not yet,” the primitive part of me was powerfully drawn to her exterior: twenty years younger, beautiful, flirty, wounded, and weak as she came close. But the soul formed by traditional Catholic teaching saw only her immortal soul, the one Holy Mother Church alone can heal.
Listening to her stories made it clear: several men betrayed her in the past, took her trust, then quit when life became hard, leaving her more guarded and alone. In holding the line, one deep goal was to reassure her - quietly, by fidelity and self-denial - that trustworthy men still walk this earth: men who will not quit, who choose the old morality, deny themselves, and guide toward Christ rather than exploit.
St. Thomas distinguishes concupiscence from charity: one pulls toward self-gratification; the other wills the other’s eternal good because she is God’s. Christ calls us to put others first - this trial tested me to the core. I cannot save her - only He can. Our mission as Catholic men is to lead souls to Heaven’s grace. That demanded fierce prayer, cold truck nights, firm boundaries, and plain talk of the True Mass and the saints’ victories. Brothers, the primitive pull is strong; grace is stronger. Lead courageously, deny yourself, protect what is His. Pray for her, and for one another in the fight.
As mentioned above, a man’s greatest battle is inside - against lust, pride, and restless passions. Like St. Augustine’s restless heart pleading, “Lord, give me chastity…but not yet,” the primitive part of me was powerfully drawn to her exterior: twenty years younger, beautiful, flirty, wounded, and weak as she came close. But the soul formed by traditional Catholic teaching saw only her immortal soul, the one Holy Mother Church alone can heal.
Listening to her stories made it clear: several men betrayed her in the past, took her trust, then quit when life became hard, leaving her more guarded and alone. In holding the line, one deep goal was to reassure her - quietly, by fidelity and self-denial - that trustworthy men still walk this earth: men who will not quit, who choose the old morality, deny themselves, and guide toward Christ rather than exploit.
St. Thomas distinguishes concupiscence from charity: one pulls toward self-gratification; the other wills the other’s eternal good because she is God’s. Christ calls us to put others first - this trial tested me to the core. I cannot save her - only He can. Our mission as Catholic men is to lead souls to Heaven’s grace. That demanded fierce prayer, cold truck nights, firm boundaries, and plain talk of the True Mass and the saints’ victories. Brothers, the primitive pull is strong; grace is stronger. Lead courageously, deny yourself, protect what is His. Pray for her, and for one another in the fight.
