When tradition isn’t truth…

Is our response to the Gospel a “religious work” or an act of faith? What can I do about men who are looking at me? My sons have recently joined the Orthodox church. What are your thoughts? Why do so many end up dating unbelievers and sleeping around? Do we believers wrestle with God, or what is the source of our struggle? Do Catholics pray to Mary and the saints? Is that tradition consistent with the New Testament?