Saint John Vianney tells us that we know if a person is pure only by looking at him. "His eyes have an air of candor and modesty which leads you to the good God. Some people, on the contrary, look quite inflamed with passion...Satan places himself in their eyes to make others fall and lead them to evil. Those who have lost their purity are like a piece of cloth stained with oil; you may wash and dry it, and the stain always appears again: so it requires a miracle to cleanse the impure soul."
We would truly suffer severe punishment if there were not some pure souls making amends to God for the many sins of impurity. It is a crime all too common in our world. As Christians created in the image of God this sin dishonors our bodies as temples of the Holy Spirit. Nothing impure will enter the kingdom of heaven.
In Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
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