REGINA: Now that you have had some time to digest what you heard, do you agree that the current crisis in the Church and in government in the West has come about because bad, weak people have grabbed power for the sake of power?
JERRY: Yes, the Catholic Church is charged with the moral compass of the world. Ever since the men in the Church (laity, priests, bishops) have become emasculated and effeminate, evil has stepped in to fill the void.
REGINA: The Strength & Honor Conference asked men about the ‘three major areas of temptation for men’: flesh, possessions and pride, often demonstrated in lack of commitment, objectification, laziness and anger.
JERRY: We men are aloof. And if we aren't challenged (especially spiritually) we will sit back and allow women to do it all. And knowing women as I do, this is exactly what they will do. Even though they aren't called to these tasks. But, they are nurturers and have and will always step up to the plate.
I fight this in my life through sacrifice and mortification for my Beloved wife and for Christ. This is the only way to go. Men don't understand that prayer is sacrifice. And religion, especially the Catholic Faith, is hard.
We must remove the focus from our own ego and selfishness and give our lives away for our Beloved and Christ. I do this mostly by prayer, daily mass, adoration, fasting, rosary, frequent Confession, and my apostolate CatholicAlpha.com to name only
a few!
REGINA: Some say most discussions about the porn epidemic wrongly presuppose that men are incapable of controlling their lust. They argue that boys and men need to be protected from porn, for the good of society.
JERRY: We can't even breathe without God. And I think True Man, Authentic Men, Men Of Courage, learn to control their sexual urges, as well as their pleasure seeking urges.
Only then can they become as Christ. We all have crosses to carry: eating, alcohol, porn, homosexuality, anger, whatever we are charged with in this life that helps purify us.
So that in the end we shed this cross and become holy, saints, and seek perfection as Christ asks us.
I believe prayer helps us defeat whatever cross we are carrying. People place way to little importance on their prayer life.
erry Jacobs Jr. is from Indianapolis. Recently, REGINA Magazine
caught up with Jerry to ask him about his thoughts after a Catholic men’s conference he attended with his young sons last summer in Michigan, STRENGTH & HONOR, sponsored by ChurchMilitant.com
For those easily offended, fair warning: Jerry doesn’t pull any punches.
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For those easily offended, fair warning: Jerry doesn’t pull any punches.