𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭, 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳.

It is extremely difficult to remain pure and chaste in today’s world. The internet in particular has opened up an entire Pandora’s Box of temptations that are available to us at the touch of a finger.

This has left many of us with a flood of lustful thoughts that constantly tug at our soul, luring us to commit further sins against our God-given sexuality.

Only through the power of God and a life wedded to the sacraments of the Church can we conquer these thoughts and banish them from our minds. We need all the help we can get to walk away from the slavery of sin and embrace the freedom found in a life of virtue.

One prayer that has proven to be effective in this spiritual battle is the “Prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas for Purity.” Aquinas had his own struggles with purity during his lifetime and turned to God for strength and relief. God provided and allowed him to remain strong in the face of temptation.

Prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas for Purity

𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴,

𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵,

𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺,

𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.

𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘨 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦

𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭.

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨

𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺,

𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴,

𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦,

𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺

𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘯.