Pure love is what everyone desires. It does not come automatically. You must learn how to love and to foster it. Only Jesus, who is Love, grants us the gift of pure love, if we will only open up our hearts and reject all sin, impurity, and falsehood. To date some nine thousand people have entrusted themselves to Jesus in the Movement of Pure Hearts (MPH), allowing Him to change their lives. We have found true Love! Join us!
The following are extracts from letters sent to us:
Catherine:
“I have come to understand that I must “swim against the current.” Without authentic love, which is Jesus Christ, everything is worthless. Now I know that Jesus loves me unconditionally and that Satan tries to draw me away from God. I know this from the temptations that beset me. I know that without God’s help I cannot remain pure in heart. Only God gives me the strength and purifies me in the sacraments of penance and the Eucharist.
“Thanks to the personal testimonies you publish in your magazine, I have come to realize that our fate does not depend on the stars or horoscopes, but on an encounter with Jesus, who loves each and every one of us without condition, despite our being sinners.
“I joined MPH last year. I offered up my life to the Blessed Mother and Jesus (…). Every day I struggle with myself, with temptations, with my weak character, and beg Jesus in prayer that I may never return to my sins and evil conduct (…).
“Every day I pray also for the gift of a pure heart for all those in MPH, that they may grow in faith and be an ‘example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity’” (1 Tim 4: 12).
A brother in Christ:
“I have been wrestling with self-abuse for several years. I have been confessing this sin in confession, but the pleasure it brings is so strong that I keep miring myself deeper in it. Sometimes I manage to remain chaste for a week or two. Two years ago, I realized this habit had a destructive effect on my relations with my loved ones. I treated my girlfriend like an object. I had to break off with her, even though our friendship looked promising. But I wounded her and myself too much. I was unable to love her. Seeing how I was ruining my life, I began to fight this sin. But my will was too weak. God made me see that I was addicted. Six months ago, I learned about MPH. There I came to understand that I did not have to wrestle with my weakness on my own. I could entrust it to Jesus, to the intercession of the saints, and the prayers of those close to me. At first it wasn’t my intention to join the movement, but after a while, experiencing my powerlessness, I began to consider it. Now, after experiencing God’s love at the MPH retreats, I want to entrust myself to Jesus, His Mother, and Blessed Caroline. I believe, that with their help, and your prayers, I will free myself from this addiction and change my view of this area of life. That is why I am joining MPH and ask you to pray for me. I wish no one to experience what I have gone through, and I will pray that none of you will.”
Michael:
“I joined MPH a year ago last February. I did so because I wanted—and still want—to be a “better” person. I learned about MPH through LOA—and my addictions. I was very eager to read other people’s testimonies, since I was experiencing exactly the same problems. I appreciated the various bits of practical advice, such as planning your day, getting up early, etc. I suppose that what I paid least attention to was my relationship with Jesus, about whom the writers so often wrote. What was most important to me then was ridding myself of this sin as soon as possible—a sin that I found terribly embarrassing. Of course, the desire was good in itself. But I lacked what I now know to be the most important thing. At first I had no intention of joining MPH. I thought I could do without it myself, especially since I had not yielded to the temptation for the longest time. I just didn’t think it was for me. I thought (as I still do sometimes) that I was someone special, who didn’t need a community to remain pure. However, after a while, I began to fall back into sin; and this time the outlook was pretty bad.
Somehow God enabled me to drag myself out of it. After this, my conscience prompted me to do as the others did, i.e. join MPH. When I did, something inside me began slowly to change. I started turning to God more often with my problem. After a while, my lapses became increasingly rare. Each time the temptations made themselves known, I would cry out to God. I told Him that if He did not help me, I would fall into sin and that I was doing my best not to fall into it. Now I am learning that whatever I wish to achieve, I have to entrust to God, since only He knows what is good for me. This is difficult, and I have to work hard to make this act of entrustment. I tend to do things in my own way, and, theoretically, this gives me certainty. On the other hand, it is not a matter of throwing everything in God’s lap. I need to cooperate with Him and walk through life with Him.
“I’d also like to share with your readers a thought that often accompanies me when I see that my motives are not entirely pure. You should never give up. You need to go on doing what is good, even if your motives are not as pure as you would like. Turn to God, and He will purify them.”
Barbara:
“A tree that grows alone is the more easily broken. That is why I am writing to you. I have joined the Movement of Pure Hearts.”
Catherine:
“I feel the power of other people’s prayer in my daily life. I know that a spiritual bond has enormous power. That is why I want to join MPH. I promise that I will support in prayer all those who are struggling spiritually to save sex for marriage. With this intention, I have decided to join myself spiritually with the LOA staff at 3 o’clock when they pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy (…). I believe that only Jesus can free us from enslavement to sin. Only He restores purity to the heart, and enables it to love.”