Our morality and the state of our soul is determined by the choices that we make. What we take in with our senses (touch, sight, and hearing) will go a long ways to determining the choices that we make. If we listen to, look at, and experience virtuous behavior, we will be more likely to become virtuous. But, if what we listen to, look at, and experience each day is sinful it will wear away at our resolve and eventually turn us into a person in bondage to sin.
A prudent discernment of the culture can preserve our purity of thoughts and prevent sin from enslaving us.
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Paintings are saints of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy. Background music is from the Mass of Pope Benedict XVI’s World Youth Day, Madrid, Spain.
For more information about the Order of Mercy, go to http://orderofmercy.org/.