Overcoming the Sin of Lust | Fr. Dan Leary

Sins of lust stem from a lack of trust in God. Will you grow in trust for God?
A Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary graduate, Father Dan Leary was ordained a priest in the Archdiocese of Washington D.C. in 1997. Father Dan has always felt called to serve the poor throughout his priesthood. He has led numerous pilgrimages and organized groups to serve the poor throughout his priesthood. He serves on the board of Life-Giving Wounds ministry and is a sought-after Retreat Master known for his gift of healing.
In July 2020, Father Dan began serving the poor as Chaplain to the Sisters of Mary, a growing religious community founded by Venerable Father Aloysius Schwartz. The Sisters of Mary World Villages for Children practice charity to the poor, serving them with joy in the name of Christ Jesus by helping children break free from a life of poverty. The Sisters of Mary work to care for, feed, clothe, catechize, educate, provide medical care, and a safe place to live to more than 20,000 of the world’s poorest children each year. This loving care and education offer children new opportunities to live out their dreams by preparing them for a better future in their own country, culture, and environment at no charge to their families. The children receive catechesis, the grace of the Sacraments, and leadership training to equip them to act as evangelists in their families and communities, being a witness to their Catholic faith. The Sisters of Mary World Villages for Children work through 18 sites in 7 countries: The Philippines, South Korea, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Brazil, and Tanzania. As Chaplain, Father Dan is a spiritual father for 400+ Sisters of Mary, the 20,000+ children in their care, and the 150,000+ graduates of the program.”

[@mosescola4174]

Lust is leads to foolish actions. The flesh is temporary the word is eternal.

[@katien3022]

I remember the first time I heard that it was all about failing to trust that God will fulfill my desires and it rocked my world. Thank you for reminding me of that.

[@zimrah4837]

If you are struggling pray the rosary.

[@Mountainmannnn]

Bro it seems the more u pray the harder u get attacked .. im not doubting the rosary and Gods grace buttt does t the devil see thst and want to tempt u more ?

[@tronalddump2444]

​@@MountainmannnnBullcrap! Praying helps.

[@Lavender-Waterfall]

Thank you for this, Father!

[@thomasmurphy43]

Re forgiving God, what I think Fr means, the frustrations that we project onto God. His point on self forgiveness is so true. Thanks for this video. He said EVERYBODY falls in this area, not just us.

[@ib4sports]

Father God I come here to confess once more. I hate myself for this . I need to control my lustful thoughts . I am sick of tired I want to be done with this .Please pray for me .

[@ggallosa6674]

Hows everything?

[@danielwhirley6779]

O my friend it hit rock bottom with it today. It finally hurt me I hope. Your not alone my friend. God bless you.

[@cheche2181]

Don’t confess over KZbin. Go and see your priest. Things will be different. God loves you more than anything. All will be well.

[@Am71919]

The most valuable thing in the world is time, in fact, the only thing in life that you CAN'T get back when you lose it is time, and that's where sexual temptation comes in, it's a waste of time, for two reasons, 1. You're not making any money having or thinking about sex. Thus making sexual temptation a waste of time. Because what are you going to do after you have sex? Ask God to forgive you with this dumb look on your face? And how much money have you missed out on earning while trying to think of a way to get this other person to help satisfy your "urge"? Is he or she paying you? Are they going to bring any kind of wealth or other financially meaningful things into your life? The answer is most likely no. Ultimately making it a waste of time. 2. It's all psychological. No man or woman on this earth has ever has a reproductive body part that looks any different, meaning if you've seen one pair of breasts, one vagina, one butt or one penis, you've seen them all, people just need to calm down for Christ sake🙄

[@atoyart]

Forgive the Lord. Man, this struck me the most. I hope this will change me time by time.

[@kupo5688]

Thank you Father

[@gc3563]

That forgiveness of self is one of the hardest parts, and healing from our sin

[@saltytexan123]

I needed that. Thank you father.

[@dylansgaming448]

Amen 🙏

[@ausgoogtube01]

Thankyou Father for this kind and powerful teaching.

[@jojoknows9808]

Thank you Father. God bless you.

[@emmanueljoseph506]

Have mercy on me Lord

[@eh4306]

God doesn't need our forgiveness, we need his. Forgiveness is needed for sin, God does not sin.

[@JupeGiggles]

Amen, that threw me all the way off

[@ausgoogtube01]

Yes intellectually and theilogically thats true. But when our hearts have decided to keep God only in that realm, we can avoid real relationship with Him. We can all get angry with God for being Him when we get frustrated at things not going our way in spite of our best efforts to 'keep on his good side'. Forgiving God is very close to forgiving others. Forgive the Lord your God with all your heart, your mind your strength. And forgive the others as yourself. Try that and see what happens. You might discover that God's attitude to forgiveness is different to what we thought.

[@eh4306]

@ausgoogtube01 that on the other hand is very bad theology. Forgiveness of others is nothing like forgiving God. You forgive others because they did something bad towards you. God does nothing bad. If you're angry with God, this is a lack of trust in God, it is not God needing forgiveness, it's us humans needing greater faith in the awesome holy God who is incapable of anything but goodness.

[@Cpripri85]

AMEN

[@932ForeverLove]

I think it’s more forgiving God, for the things that have hurt us. Being affected by natural disasters, mental or physical disabilities within the family, generational trauma. There’s this tendency/inclination to blame it all on a powerful being for not intervening to stop suffering that heavily impacts us once, or is a repeating occurrence that isn’t or can’t be changed. God did not do anything wrong. But in our pain, we don’t always see that. There’s a saying that says forgiveness isn’t for the person that hurt you, forgiveness is for yourself. I might be missing the mark a bit with this next line, but forgiving God is about saying “I no longer blame you for the suffering in my life.” That can be exceptionally freeing because as Christians, we are meant to draw strength from him and grow in deep relationship with him. How can you grow in relationship with someone that you feel hurt and betrayed by? (God does not betray us, we betray him when we choose a coping mechanism outside of looking to him for answers. But in an overwhelmed or wounded state, that’s not how we think. Especially when it’s a situation that we did not have a part in creating) That hurt has to be removed and healed before you can move on. in one of the ways that can be healed is to ask God where was he in the situation that brings you the most pain? What was he doing?

[@ib4sports]

I confess again Lord with my Lust, I have been weak father GOD. I will get through and put you first father GOD. Please forgive me in your name I pray AMEn

[@joelj3515]

Thank you Father!

[@beverlyharward9631]

Thank you very much, Father

[@TheAboveAverage_Joe]

Thank you father i needed to hear all of this.

[@therealkratos]

Amen, Father forgive me❤

[@itazenin]

pray for me i am struggling with this.

[@JesusEncounterMinistry]

Great

[@mosescola4174]

God bless you father. 🫡🙏🏿

[@gggg-p1y]

thank you father I hope this helps ❤

[@leoashura8086]

My issue is, sexual acts were a mere hobby of mine, thought it was normal and no wrong, until I became a Catholic, now it turned from a fun hobby, to a battle. "All I have to do is just not click on the websites" sounds easy, until my own body gets filled with that energy, and I do it, so the energy stops. I just wished that energy went away and didn't come back.

[@michaeljohnson1076]

I'm having the same battle! Let's pray for one another that God's grace may reign instead of these awful choices to look at porn and continue in sin!

[@EGoodZ1]

Me too, I can’t forgive my self for going on twitter every day and looking for this stuff and it sucks. I need some kind of way to get this feeling out of my body, but the sooner I waited, the harder it got, so I thought to myself “This isn’t going to go away by itself, I have to stop it, so I’m going to stop it as soon as possible by deactivating my account.” Thank you father, I will come back if I need more advice

[@maikolmaikol64]

I say if Jesus dying a painful death at cross ask father forgive them for they know not what they do who are we not forgive those who have wronged us ❤lust is tough because the devil will never stop attacking but we must power tĥough

[@bryancantero322]

To forgive God? how did i get like this? how did this habit develop? What was i looking for? God if you are reading this, I forgive you for letting me fall. And I will try to forgive myself, i promise.

[@BillyHoag0311]

Why would you need to forgive God? This implies that He led you to your downfall. 1 Corinthians 10:13 says that, “He ALWAYS provides the way of escape” and James 1:13 says, “no man can say that God is tempting Him” So please repent, go to confession, and do your penance and your best intention to change. This is the best we can do and God honors this.

[@ziesha.marie11]

thank you i needed that my issue is compainonship of touch

[@pmm2192]

Why would we need to forgive God for what He has done that we don’t agree with. God has done something - maybe contrary to our own will - and that is because it is better than what we wanted. God knows much better than us what we need, and turning into our own desires and needs is turning away from God and not trusting him. This is called pride and it is a sin. We don’t need to try and understand what God is doing or not doing. Whatever he does - or doesn’t do - is always good for us, so let’s accept it and trust him entirely.

[@markgross]

I'm having a hard time seeing the root of lust is a lack of trust in God.

[@ausgoogtube01]

If I'm being honest about this, I can see that it is. Very often we don't pray, we don't seek, we don't realize that falling in sin is a friendship with evil. Sometimes therefore we have to chose 'hard' against it to maintain trust in our friendship with God.

[@mikem5231]

😊

[@alvaradoac21]

But God still hasn’t fulfilled my desires. And given how ugly I am, He will never be able to. So it’s truly better to chase something to satisfy my own desires, right?

[@BENJAMINNWOSU-m8z]

God wants to kiss your 'ugly' face. He wants to embrace you. Your sins doesn't disqualify you from his love. I'll pray for you. Please, pray for me . I'm also struggling. You're not alone.

[@alvaradoac21]

@ it’s nice that God loves me. But why did He make me so ugly that no woman would want me? It’s not so much a struggle with sin as with loneliness

[@BENJAMINNWOSU-m8z]

@@alvaradoac21 I'm sorry brother. I don't know what exactly you might be going through. I pray for your healing.

[@gorillasgaminggg301]

Please anyone help me i feel hopeless i am constantly sinning with lust. I am a young orthodox i have been battling with lust but i am loosing please pray for me or give me any advice that would help me

[@zimrah4837]

Pray the rosary

[@Lej_A.04]

I second this the rosary freed me in the past in 2019 went about 5 years clean❤️ God bless you

[@ausgoogtube01]

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[@rafoF1]

Pray and trust God. Stoping with lust is a process not a one time thing. Trust God that he helps you because it may take months and years

[@Valkyrae2__]

How I repent and ask for forgiveness

[@michaelm7901]

I think to be clear, Lust is bad but your allowed to look at a person and find them attractive when looking for a husband or wife. Its lust when your married or very bad uncontrollable lust that is not good. But I believe your certainly allowed to look for a wife.

[@nolancavanaugh406]

I’m addicted to porn/lust please pray for me

[@ryanmugambi9033]

Just pray believe and trust

[@ericbrown5588]

I believe in the Lord, but I also have a porn addiction, so you are not alone. Whenever I feel lust, I control it by visiting a strip club that is near my college.

[@zimrah4837]

@@ryanmugambi9033 Pray the rosary

[@porygon5]

“Forgive God”? Huh?? God does not need forgiving of any sort. This is extremely flawed theology.

[@IceAge20017]

I'll explain it better. God is perfect, and doesn't need forgiveness. But when God allows bad things to happen to us, we can sometimes feel like it is God's fault. That is why people sometimes curse God when they are going through hard times in their life. When he says to forgive God, he means to let go of those negative feelings we have against him. To return to a good relationship with him. Does that make more sense?

[@kelkabot]

@@IceAge20017 It makes more sense when you put it that way, but it's still odd to say we need to forgive God.

[@struve007]

Nonsense promoted by clerics.

[@ib4sports]

I confess with lust and porn. please pray and I ask God forgiveness and help to overcome this

[@zimrah4837]

pray the rosary.

[@Falloutrxcky]

Thank you father❤

[@ericbrown5588]

Thank you Father!

[@MercyRightHere]

Thank you father