鈥淚t鱿鱼视频app destroying families, it鱿鱼视频app destroying marriages, it鱿鱼视频app destroying relationships. It鱿鱼视频app making us love less because we don鈥檛 look at people with love any more, but with objectivity.鈥
Flynn used Facebook to get the word out about his event and so far he鱿鱼视频app had a small but loyal following. The participants all sport a T-shirt that reads 鈥淟ove women, fight porn鈥 while praying the rosary and Divine Mercy chaplet outside Adult Source, Canada鱿鱼视频app largest adult chain.
On one occasion a man stopped and encouraged the group, telling them he didn鈥檛 know guys like them existed. Conversely, a lot of people drive by yelling out their window in protest, 鈥淚 love porn.鈥 Flynn welcomes all reactions.
鈥淚f no one is out there saying we don鈥檛 like this then they鈥檙e not going to think differently,鈥 said Flynn.
Ultimately, he would like to see the pornography shop close down due to lack of business.
Flynn got the idea for his ministry after hearing Australian Catholic apologist Matt Fradd speak on the evils of pornography. Fradd challenged his audience to do something tangible to raise awareness about its harmful effects.
In recent years, Fradd founded theporneffect.com, a ministry that exposes the harmful effects of pornography, while working for NET Ministries in Ireland. He continued his ministry after moving to Ottawa to work for NET Canada and was scouted by Catholic Answers to become a full-time speaker and apologist in San Diego this fall.
He believes not only that pornography is wrong, but that it鱿鱼视频app at the crux of many social issues, that devalue the person.
鈥淐ontraception and pornography are the fuel of the abortion industry because both say I want my pleasure, but I don鈥檛 want the consequence of what this act may give,鈥 he said.
To understand the issue properly, it鱿鱼视频app important to understand that pornography is not wrong because sex is wrong or the naked body is bad or shameful, said Fradd.
鈥淭he problem with pornography is not that it shows too much, but that it shows too little of the human person, that it reduces the beauty and mystery of femininity to a collection of body parts to be used rather than a person to be loved,鈥 he said.
As someone who struggled with viewing pornography in high school, Flynn knows first hand how challenging the temptation can be, but he also knows the healing grace of God. The ministry he鱿鱼视频app started in Calgary has helped solidify his stance against pornography and opened up the door to talk about purity.
鈥淚ts like, okay, let鱿鱼视频app pray for each other and everyone we know because we all need prayers for purity,鈥 said Flynn. 鈥淥ur faith is strengthened when it is shared.鈥
(Francis is a freelance writer in Calgary.)
Prayer vigil targets porn shop
By Sara Francis, Catholic Register SpecialCALGARY - Sam Flynn is literally taking a stance against pornography. Since the spring, he鱿鱼视频app gathered a group of friends for his ministry Prayer at the Porn Shop.
The group prays for an end to pornography outside a Calgary porn shop, the latest prayer vigil taking place Dec. 10.
鈥淚 think there aren鈥檛 enough people saying this isn鈥檛 good for your health or your relationship, this isn鈥檛 love,鈥 said Flynn, a 25-year-old Mount Royal University business student.
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