Navigating Attractions and Lust in Relationships (with Sr. Josephine Garrett)

Navigating Attractions and Lust in Relationships (with Sr. Josephine Garrett)

Ascension Team

What do our attractions reveal? Sr. Josephine Garrett joins Fr. Josh to answer questions about navigating attractions we may experience outside of marriage and how to discern a relationship with someone who struggles with lust. 

Snippet from the Show

Our attractions reveal the desires of our hearts, but they must always be examined to ensure they are leading us toward the good.

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Attractions Outside of Marriage (7:38)

Hi Fr. Josh,

I’ve noticed that getting married doesn’t mean that you stop being attracted to other people. I see so many marriages end because of infidelity or simply because people “fall out of love.” As a married woman myself, there are times when I feel attracted to other men who are not my husband, or sometimes I find myself thinking about an ex-boyfriend.  It’s a strange and shameful feeling, and I don’t want to fall into lust. What guidance can you give us on how to react to these attractions as Catholics?

(Anonymous)

Chastity in Relationships (7:38)

Hi Fr. Josh!

Thank you for your podcast! You are so funny! I write to you with a heavy heart. Pornography is so rampant and absolutely breaks my heart. Women are certainly targeted for this degradation and as a woman this fills me with fear. How could I ever trust a man who has watched this for years? Even outside of a relationship how can I trust men in general? It's relatively common to find another catholic who believes in saving sex for marriage but nowadays it's almost impossible to find someone who saved for marriage seeing distorted sexual acts. It is the cause of much despair in me. What advice do you have for a woman's heart so hurt by the reality of rampant pornography use?

(Anonymous)

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