Through the psalms, we were reminded of our constant reliance on God; through the silence, our mortality; through the minimalist architecture, our tendency to excess; through reading, our ignorance; through the monks, our pride.

To be an authentic man, we must invest in the formation and development of our soul, our skills, our service and our solidarity. These four are the door to having real masculine confidence; security in being the man who God designed us to be.

How do we define purity? Seeing it as living out our God-given identity will change everything about our lives. It will allow us to be pure of heart, thought, and sight.

Defeating a pornography addiction starts with identifying the causes. On one side we have the physical addiction where the body becomes physically dependent on the drug. On the other side we have the emotional addiction where a person become emotionally dependent on the drug, often to cope with some form of emotional pain.

A man that is self-possessed, controlling his passions and putting them to the service of his will and intellect, is a man of tremendous strength. When we lack self-possession, we cannot give ourselves in love – because no one can give what they do not have. The North American Martyrs are a great model of this.

Jesus teaches us men to be humble through His actions. From His nativity, Passion, and presence in the Eucharist, His humility is on full display. Take a moment to reflect on this nature of God.

One does not wake up one day and suddenly be great. Greatness or magnanimity is a virtue talked about by St. Thomas Aquinas that can be developed. Here are five concrete ways to grow in this virtue.