EPISODE · Nov 25, 2025 · 21 MIN
Impure Thoughts: How Far is Too Far?
from All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri · host Ascension
Where’s the line between appreciating someone’s beauty and falling into lust? Dr. Sri breaks open St. John Paul II’s wisdom from Love and Responsibility to help us understand the inner movements of attraction, temptation, and purity. With clarity and compassion, he explains the three stages that lead from innocent attraction into lust—and how resisting temptation, even imperfectly, is already a victory of grace. Make a gift to support Ascension's free media by visiting ascensionpress.com/support _ _ For full shownotes, visit Ascensionpress.com/Allthingscatholic, or text ALLTHINGSCATHOLIC to 33-777 for weekly shownotes sent to your inbox.
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Where’s the line between appreciating someone’s beauty and falling into lust? Dr. Sri breaks open St. John Paul II’s wisdom from Love and Responsibility to help us understand the inner movements of attraction, temptation, and purity. With clarity and compassion, he explains the three stages that lead from innocent attraction into lust—and how resisting temptation, even imperfectly, is already a victory of grace. Make a gift to support Ascension's free media by visiting ascensionpress.com/support _ _ For full shownotes, visit Ascensionpress.com/Allthingscatholic, or text ALLTHINGSCATHOLIC to 33-777 for weekly shownotes sent to your inbox. Support All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri
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