According to an article in USA Today earlier this year more than 624,000 computers in the United States have traded child porn in the past two and half years. But due to limited resources it is estimated that government agencies are pursuing less than 1% of the leads. How are we even in this situation? How could we fill up six Rose Bowl stadiums with child porn traders?
I’m sure this question can be answered in many ways but I would suggest it should be answered by our society’s lack of response and fight of the pornography issue for the past 50 years. Society has let pornography continually progress giving up or compromising on every fight along the way. In the 1960s we tolerated porn in magazines. We could turned our head the other way as long as those magazines were on the top shelf and in plastic wrap as if somehow that would contain the evil. Then we tolerated x-rated theaters in the 1970s as long as they were in that one part of town that no one cared about and that no respectful citizen supposedly went. Then we tolerated it behind closed doors in the home next to us on the VCR in the 1980s as long as they kept their tapes hidden in their dresser or closet. And then before we even knew it we had allowed porn to explode via the internet in the late 1990s and past decade. Arguably the greatest tool of our time was built with pornography as its backbone. We have over the past 50 years allow this evil to proliferate right in our midst. We allowed the evil of porn to grow in the name of “tolerance” although history had shown us that we should never tolerate evil. The standard porn pattern occurred, starting out seemingly small and then growing by leaps and bounds over two generations, and now to our supposed surprise it is affecting our children. We have internet predators who’s porn appetite is no longer fulfilled by society’s tolerated porn. These predators now want the real thing, even to the degree of abusing a child. We seem to be so shell shocked by this hideous evil that some will refer to it as “kiddy porn”, as if calling it by another name helps take the edge off such an abomination.
I do not want to cast judgment on those who use porn or have used it, as I too have been subject to its evils. I only cast judgment on the evil of porn itself. We are to hate the sin and not the sinner. America was founded on the principles of freedom and tolerance, but we have allowed our principle of freedom to be skewed by our tolerance of evil. As direr as the situation seems it is one that we all need to fight, and every fight for good should start with prayer, which is something we can all do. I urge you to help with this fight. 11,000 offerings is no small task, yet with the power of the internet it can easily be accomplished. I ask you to please work with your families to say a rosary, or maybe talk to them about using their Mass intentions on Sunday to go towards this fight. I would bet your average Catholic these days is not fully utilizing their Mass intentions each Sunday. Lastly I encourage you to let other know about this fight. The more that know, and participate, the better. The key to winning every fight usually comes down to having the right numbers on your side, and shouldn’t we all be on the side of fighting evil. Pray the rosary, give up a meal, get to Mass with this intention, and spend an hour with our Lord and spread the word and track you and your family’s offerings. Thank You & God Bless
Lord forgive us our sins, please accept our offerings for the purpose of fighting pornography in our world. Rain down your graces upon the world you created and strength us, your faithful. Amen.
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