Morning Coffee! (Sexual Purity!)
First, The Catechism of the Catholic Church:
2337 Chastity means the successful integration of sexuality within the person and thus the inner unity of man in his bodily and spiritual being. Sexuality, in which man's belonging to the bodily and
biological world is expressed, becomes personal and truly human when it is integrated into the relationship of one person to another, in the complete and lifelong mutual gift of a man and a woman.
2339 Chastity includes an apprenticeship in self-mastery which is a training in human freedom. The alternative is clear: either man governs his passions and finds peace, or he lets himself be dominated
by them and becomes unhappy.
Next, St. Thomas Aquinas: https://www.newadvent.org/summa/3151.htm
Then, these 7 sucker-punches from St. Josemaria Escriva:
120
'Purity?' they ask. And they smile. They are the very people who approach marriage with worn-out bodies and disillusioned minds.
131
Never speak of impure things or events, not even to lament them. Remember that such matter is stickier than pitch. Change the subject or, if that is not possible, continue with it, speaking of the need and the beauty of purity — a virtue of men who know the value of their souls.
121
There is need for a crusade of manliness and purity to counteract and undo the savage work of those who think that man is a beast.
And that crusade is a matter for you.
123
When you resolve firmly to lead a clean life, chastity will not be a burden for you: it will be a triumphal crown.
124
You, a doctor, an apostle, write to me: 'We all know by experience that we can be chaste, living vigilantly, frequenting the sacraments and stamping out the first sparks of passion before the fire can spread. And it so happens that among the chaste are found the finest men in every way. And among the lustful predominate the timid, the selfish, the treacherous and the cruel — characters of little manliness.'
126
Over-eating is the forerunner of impurity.
127
Don't try to reason with concupiscence: scorn it.