#76: What does pervert mean?

The worst way to help someone, who has become a pervert and has abandoned the way of Jesus Christ, is to pretend that it does not matter, to say that we love that person and that everything is fine.

A pervert is one who commits acts of infamy and walks to his eternal damnation. Even though his condition may be the result of circumstances that pushed him to do so, this person needs a life change to find true love.

The pervert is one who has a sexual behavior that is detrimental to society. A person with a conduct detrimental to society has three characteristics:

• He does not seek to form a new family.
• He is exposed and becomes a carrier of venereal disease and other ills.
• His life is impoverished with a group of other negative people.

Acts of infamy are those who bring dishonor to the person and his family. Dishonor isolates the individual in disgrace for three reasons:

1. Perverts are disgusting like flies and cockroaches for the things they do.
2. People are afraid of perverts that can carry diseases and hurt their children with physical or spiritual ailments.
3. Friendship with a pervert can bring dishonor to you even if your conduct is above reproach.

It may be recalled here that although we call things by their name, as Catholics we are called to reach out to the neighbor without distinction of persons. If there is anything that we can do to help, we should help, if only in our prayers. We hate the sin not the sinner.

The reflection of today is based on a passage from the book of Judges that recounts a crime committed by the inhabitants of a town called Gibeah. The quote is Judges 19, 22-30. I recommend that you pray before you read ahead to ask the Holy Spirit for His light.

Points for reflection

1. You should choose well the place where you're going to have fun, and the people you hang out with. If you don’t, people will take you where you do not want to go and make you do what you loathe. Just as good deeds are observed and imitated, evil can sprinkle onto you, and before you know it, you can be involved in a problem beyond your control.

2. Do not expose your family to any physical or moral danger. Choose well your holiday vacation spot. Avoid a situation where you could lose your family. Do not encourage immoral activities that may turn your children tomorrow into adult perverts.

 3. Share your mistakes and experiences, not to encourage others to sin, but to warn them of the consequences. Some people like to show off about their experiences and laugh at their sins, but this is a grave offense against modesty. You, on the contrary, be prudent and look for the good of your audience first.

Let us ask Mary, Virgin most prudent, to teach us the virtue of purity to remove any perversion from our own behavior.

May God bless you abundantly.