Raise your boys to be men, before the enemy trains them to be women!
This is a warning to all you fathers out there. The world wants your sons weak, effeminate and soft. It wants them addicted to screens that will rot their minds. Filling it with porn, social media influencers and more, to watch them crumble under the weight of a thousand emasculating lies.
It wants them to be “nice boys”, to follow their ‘feelings”. To trade their birthright of strength and courage for a bowl of soulless conformity.
Fathers, listen up, you were not called to raise spineless jellyfish. You were called and tasked to raise lions, warriors for God, warriors who will stand up in the face of darkness and fight for what is noble, right, and true.
You don’t have to look far to see the casualties of this war on masculinity. What you will see are boys lost in social media, addicted to video games, being told it is normal to experiment with sexuality, to believe that gender is something you can pick at any given moment.
Their souls are being robbed of real purpose, their bodies being weakened from neglect.
This, by no means, is a cultural shift; it is a spiritual assault on masculinity. It is a full-frontal attack on the very heart, the core of God’s design for manhood. They are not even trying to hide it.
Hear this now! There is no surrender, no compromise for the warrior. “Compromise is a word found only in the vocabulary of those who have no will to fight,” stated St. Josemaria Escriva
We will not and cannot allow the enemy to steal our sons’ destinies. We will raise a generation of warriors who will stand against the tide of evil and reclaim their rightful place as leaders, protectors, and champions of God’s Kingdom.
This fight is not for the faint of heart. It will take commitment to the truths set out in the Holy Scriptures. A willingness to swim against the current of popular opinion, and most importantly, a heart ablaze with the Fire of the Holy Spirit.
Your sons don’t need you to be their “buddy;” they need you to be their father. You need to model for them what it means to be a man of God— self-disciplined, honest, brave, patient, forgiving, kind, loyal, truthful, dependable, compassionate, hardworking, humble, courageous, prayerful, and unwavering in your faith.
Let them see you with your bible open, delving into the Scriptures for the guidance you need to be that man God is calling you to be for him. Let him see you on your knees in prayer, humbling yourself before your Father in Heaven. As St. Vincent de Paul said, “A man of prayer is capable of everything.”
Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone! Therefore, you shall love the LORD, your God, with your whole heart, and with your whole being, and with your whole strength. Take to heart these words which I command you today. Keepin repeating them to your children. Recite them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you get up. Bind them on your arm as a sign and let them be as a pendant on your forehead. Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates. (Deuteronomy 6:4-9)
Teach your sons about the men in the Old and New Testaments: Moses, Joshua, David, the Apostles, Men who faced giants and conquered kingdoms. Men who stared death in the eye and feared no evil, for their Captain on this battlefield is Christ Jesus!
There are many more things that you will need to teach your son to be the man God created him to be, and it all starts with discipline.
True discipline is forged in love. A fire that will temper the steel of a boy’s soul.
They will need to learn how to fight spiritually: wrath with patience, sloth with diligence, gluttony with temperance, lust with chastity, envy with kindness, pride with humility, and greed with charity.
Boys also need to be challenged; they are born to compete. Channel their energy into healthy competition: sports, academics, manual labor. Not for trophies that will sit on a shelf collecting dust, but to learn how to strive for excellence, all for the Glory of God.
“It does not matter much what men say of them provided that God alone approves of them,” said St. Thomas More.
Surround him with other Godly men, building a brotherhood that will stand together against the evils of this world. Men who will call them to task when needed and encourage them when they are on the right path.
Don’t ever let anyone tell them that they cannot do something when the Bible clearly states, “I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.” (Phil. 4:13)
The enemy and all his minions will attempt to lure your son with promises of an easy life, with the pleasures of the world. Teach them that they can and must resist these lies and have the mind and heart to discern the truth, to reject the emasculation the media puts out and to hold fast to the calling of God to be His warrior. This blueprint for manhood is demanding; it calls for courage, strength, and an unwavering faith in God.
This battle for your son’s soul is very real. Pray for them daily.
These days are evil. Dress them appropriately so they can defend themselves from the tactics of the enemy (Ephesians 6:11).
Our families, our churches, our nation is resting on the shoulders of the next generation.
Fr. Lawrence Lavasik said, “Fatherhood is a vocation in God’s Service, not to be held lightly or frivolously, but with serious determination of serious men.”
Fathers, it is up to you to heed this call, to train the warriors needed for this battle for souls.
We cannot plead ignorance when the times comes, for we know what is at stake.
God Love you +
Deacon Dez
