ON CHASTITY with my FAVORITE SAINTS

According to the Saints, when we seek to deny our wills and offer sufferings in love for Our Lord, we draw down from heaven more grace than any other action we can possibly make. In fact, they teach us that suffering is of such great merit, that it is greater than external works such as preaching, writing, or even working miracles.

-Anyone who want to be a true Christian must mortify his flesh .. for no other reason than Jesus, who for love of us. . mortified His entire body on the cross.. – Padre Pio

-Jesus said to me; 'How many times would you have abandoned Me, my son, if I had not crucified you. Beneath the cross, one learns love, and I do not give this to everyone, but only to those souls who are dearest to Me." - PADRE PIO

- “You are the future of family love. You are the future of the joy of loving. You are the future of making your life something beautiful for God… a pure love. That you love a girl or that you love a boy is beautiful. But don’t spoil it, don’t destroy it. Keep it pure. Keep you heart virgin. Keep your love virgin, so that on the day of your marriage you can give something beautiful to each other… the joy of pure love.” Mother Theresa.


-"Holy Purity, the queen of virtues, the angelic virtue, is a jewel so precious that those who possess it become like the angels of God in heaven, even though clothed in mortal flesh."
- St. John Bosco

"As soon as you willfully allow a dialogue with temptation to begin, the soul is robbed of peace, just as consent to impurity destroys grace."
- St. Josemaria Escriva

"Temptation is necessary to make us realize that we are nothing in ourselves."
- St. Josemaria Escriva


-"Only the chaste man and the chaste woman are capable of true love."
- Pope John Paul II

-"Chastity is a difficult, long term matter; one must wait patiently for it to bear fruit, for the happiness of loving kindness which it must bring. But at the same time, chastity is the sure way to happiness."
- Pope John Paul II

-"Deep within yourself, listen to your conscience which calls you to be pure . . . a home is not warmed by the fire of pleasure which burns quickly like a pile of withered grass. Passing encounters are only a caricature of love; they injure hearts and mock God's plan."
- Pope John Paul II

-"To be pure, to remain pure, can only come at a price, the price of knowing God and loving him enough to do his will. He will always give us the strength we need to keep purity as something as beautiful for him."
- Blessed Mother Teresa

-"'Purity?' they ask. And they smile. They are the ones who go on to marriage with worn-out bodies and disillusioned souls."
- St. Josemaria Escriva

-"Filthy talk makes us feel comfortable with filthy action. But the one who knows how to control the tongue is prepared to resist the attacks of lust."
- St. Clement

-"By Lust I mean that affection of the mind that aims at the enjoyment of one's self and one's neighbor without reference to God."
- St. Augustine

-"Lust indulged became habit, and habit unresisted became necessity."
- St. Augustine

-"There is need for a crusade of manliness and purity to counteract and nullify the savage work of those who think man is a beast. And that crusade is your work."
- St. Josemaria Escriva

-"Many live like angels in the middle of the world. You, … why not you?"
- St. Josemaria Escriva

"When you decide firmly to lead a clean life, chastity will not be a burden on you: it will be a crown of triumph."
- St. Josemaria Escriva

"Don't be such as coward as to be 'brave.' Flee!"
- St. Josemaria Escriva

-"When you have sought the company of a sensual satisfaction, what loneliness afterward!"
- St. Josemaria Escriva

"To defend his purity, Saint Francis of Assisi rolled in the snow, Saint Benedict threw himself into a thornbush, Saint Bernard plunged into an icy pond . . . You . . . what have you done?"
- St. Josemaria Escriva

"Don't say, 'That's the way I am—its my character.' It's your lack of character. Esto vir!—Be a man!"
- St. Josemaria Escriva

"Purity is the fruit of prayer."
- Blessed Mother Teresa

"Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity."
- John Henry Cardinal Newman

-For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, in order that by them you might become partakers of the divine nature, having escapes the corruption that is in the world by lust. (Quote by - 2 Peter 1:4)

-Do not say that you have a chaste mind if your eyes are unchaste, because an unchaste eye betrays an unchaste heart." St. Augustine

-Because true happiness, dear friends, does not consist in the pleasures of the world or in earthly things, but in peace of conscience, which we have only if we are pure in heart and mind." Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati

- "How little is purity known in the world. How little we value it. What little care we take to preserve it; what little zeal we have in asking for it, since we cannot have it of ourselves." St. John Vianney

-Devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and devotion to the Blessed Mother are not simply the best way, but in fact the only way to keep purity. At the age of 20, nothing but communion can keep one's heart pure. Chastity is not possible without the Eucharist." St. Philip Neri.

-"To be pure, to remain pure, can only come at a price. This price is knowing God and loving Him enough to do His will. He will always give us the strength we need to keep purity as something beautiful for Him.” Blessed Mother Theresa