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“I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. “You shall have no other gods before me. “You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me, and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. “You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. You shall labor six days, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates; for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy. “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you. “You shall not murder. “You shall not commit adultery. “You shall not steal. “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

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	Swim Against the Current!

By Dorota & Bartosz,
Love One Another 12/2009→ True Love Waits - Pure Hearts

I am twenty-four years old. We joined the Movement of Pure Hearts on my boyfriend’s name day and we have now been going out for four years. The day we became sharers in this lofty idea was a truly beautiful and exceptional one. We asked a priest friend of ours to witness our act of entrustment to Christ. We said the Prayer of Pure Hearts before Blessed Caroline’s relics in the chapel named after her. After that, we received Holy Communion, and the priest prayed over us.

We joined MPH because we were convinced it was only through Jesus Christ that we could come to enjoy joy, happiness, and true love. Daily prayer, a decade of the rosary, the chaplet of divine mercy, and reading the Scriptures give us the strength to overcome our failings and weaknesses. Prayer is like a light that illuminates the mind. It shows us how to conduct our daily lives, be it in the family, at work, or in love.

After joining MPH, I became conscious of a deep longing for God, a growing desire to know Him better. I also felt a need to receive Jesus in the Eucharist more often.

You cannot imagine the joy and order that the Lord has since brought into our lives! Now we find it easier to forgive, to keep a check on our tongues, to master our weaknesses, and to put every unpleasantness behind us; and this, in turn, gives us great inner peace. Of course we have to be demanding of ourselves. But we both see that the path we are now taking is the only right one.

I am delighted that on our wedding day we will be able to offer each other the most beautiful of wedding gifts — our own pure love. Though we have been together for so long, we have not — thank God! — betrayed our pledge.

The “freedom” that today’s world offers us (the freedom that leads into sexual enslavement) is now only too tritely familiar. It brings on nothing but a sense of loss and despair. These days we have to swim against the current. We have to demand a lot from ourselves, and this is where MPH comes in. What better challenge and reason for praising Jesus Christ!

Dorota & Bartosz

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Published in February 2012.

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