The Lie: Carnal Desire & Pleasure Are "Beautiful Natural Gifts of GOD, Implanted in Human Nature From Creation"
Hear me, brethren, and tremble!
Do not be deceived by what the world calls natural!
Do not be seduced by what men call a blessing!
The measure of true humanity is Christ the Lord!
The standard of human life is the Blessed Virgin, preserved from all stain from the first instant of her conception!
He took flesh—yet no concupiscence stirred in Him!
She bore Him—yet no wound of desire touched her womb or her heart!
Behold, brethren! In the New Adam and the New Eve, we see what humanity was made to be:
virginity, continence, and purity of body and soul—this is the natural state of man!
Not concupiscence! Not carnal pleasure!
Christ reveals it by nature assumed; the Virgin confirms it by grace preserved.
Carnal desire is not a natural gift from the Creator, but a consequence of fallen nature.
Carnal pleasure is not a blessing of God!
They are the wound of the Fall,
a rebellion of …More