Hello reader,

Sometimes I receive comments on links to promote the purchase of viagra and cialis.  May I offer this question to these readers?  Do you hear that little voice saying ‘gosh, I shouldn’t have done that’.  Here’s is a link that may help https://watch.formed.org/suggested-content-for-monday/videos/forming-a-catholic-conscience

This is a general talk on forming a catholic conscience.  While I watched this video, I tried to apply it to my own life.  And, this is what I formed (that applies to me but perhaps not you).

I am uncomfortable about writing about this.  However, I learned sometimes being vulnerable may bring about making an impact on the purpose of the subject and communicating a message to others.

At my age, I am often asking my husband for sexual intimacy.  This action was during the moment seemed to be prime in my life because of the physical sensation it creates.  However, I asked myself. . . do I really want my life to be overtaken by this desire?  What is the moral judgment of this concrete act?  Let me explain.  That little voice (I often hear) says there is no moral value on this desire or act.  In general, my moral values, as a Catholic, are to use all that God created, to reach the purpose of my life.  The purpose in my life, for me, is to reach Heaven, to attain the salvation of souls, and to have eternal life.  The desire of sexual gratification is only momentary. In my passion, this desire may peak.  But, it does not serve the highest good for my life.  Forming a catholic conscience says to me to reject the thought and choose not to indulge such thoughts.  So . . . I dismiss the situation by saying to my husband . . . thank you for denying me of my interior desires and leading me to the ability to go interiorly into myself and follow the teachings of St. Ignatius – to use, and not abuse, the creations of God, to attain the purpose of my life.

My desire for sexual intimacy must be ordered in the disorder of life.  The order is to share the love between my husband and me.  I give myself in my marriage totally to my husband.  The disorder is to get only sexual gratification. The disorder wreaks selfishness and ungratefulness for the gift of life.  Therefore, I choose order and abstinence.

The next time, reader, if you post a comment promoting viagra and cialis, I hope you listen to your conscience and reason your purpose in life.