“Hidden pride? Manifest lust.” - St. Josemaria Escriva.
In Part 3, we answer the four challenges raised at the start, and discover something new: lust doesn't just wreck your thinking and your will. It takes over your speech. Saint Thomas walks through four kinds of broken speaking that come from lust.
Obscene words spill out because a lustful heart fills the mouth. Scurrilous words rush out without thought — you don't deliberate before speaking, you just let it fall. Wanton words aim for pleasure — sexting and catcalls are lust speaking through you. And foolish words show total blindness — when you can only talk about sex, even while the world burns.
You'll also learn the hidden link between pride and lust: pride tells you that you deserve every pleasure, and lust does the work.
Finally, you'll see why Saint Thomas loves controversy: objections force you to think harder and find truths you'd miss otherwise. By the end of the series, you'll understand lust as a complete corruption — it breaks how you think, what you want, and even what comes out of your mouth.
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