Does anyone know of any articles, books, or other materials on chastity appropriate for a non-Catholic?

[Holly3278]

Hey everyone. I have a boyfriend who is not a Christian. Him and I are living in a chaste relationship but he doesn’t believe in chastity. I am wanting to print out some free materials for him to read on chastity. I’d also maybe like to get him a book or something about chastity. However, I need articles or books that are not overtly religious in nature because he will probably reject them. He doesn’t like religion very well and he is not religious. He believes in God but he doesn’t consider himself to be religious at all. He is very much opposed to Catholic teachings on things like birth control, fornication, and other such things. Therefore, I was wondering, what kind of stuff can I present to him to help him change his mind on things concerning chastity?

 

[Bookcat]

Contact Catholic Answers (I mean call em) …I think they do.

 

[AntalKalnoky]

Holly, Best to Part from him. Only Worst Problems will ensue, UNLESS HE Takes RCIA Now, and lives by Your Wishes, if he wishes to remain your bf. If he loves His Attitudes, he doesn’t care about YOU. Vivat Jesu

 

[AntalKalnoky]

Books don’t help much, if he doesn’t respect, abide by Your Wishes, even your Requirements. It’s His Choice of His Attitudes, or Yours, and Idealism. Lets hope you don’t live together: 50 % Higher Divorce, Violence rates Proven Result.

 

[Holly3278]

To be honest with you, I don’t know for sure why I am dating him. He is definitely my best friend though. He comes over all the time and helps me out with a lot of stuff. He has been there for me through thick and thin in the past 3 years that I have known him. So yes, I do love him. I am definitely not going to quit being his friend. I really don’t think I’ll ever get married to him because we are not compatible for marriage but I do love him. I mainly made this thread because I have been trying to evangelize him for the past 3 years and I just really don’t know how.

 

[1ke]

To be honest with you, I don’t know for sure why I am dating him. He is definitely my best friend though. He comes over all the time and helps me out with a lot of stuff. He has been there for me through thick and thin in the past 3 years that I have known him. So yes, I do love him.

These are not reason to date him.

I am definitely not going to quit being his friend. I really don’t think I’ll ever get married to him because we are not compatible for marriage but I do love him.

These are reasons **not **to date him.

I mainly made this thread because I have been trying to evangelize him for the past 3 years and I just really don’t know how.

It is great that you want to evangelize your fellow human being. It is not great if this is in hopes of changing him into someone you would want to date.

Change comes from within. It is unlikely that you will change his anti-Christian worldview.

But I suggest www.chastity.com for books on the topic.

 

[Holly3278]

Well everyone, I am no longer dating him. I had an argument with him tonight on a personal matter. We are still best friends though. I keep hoping and praying for his conversion to the Catholic Church. I have the inspiration of Saint Monica, the mother of Saint Augustine. She prayed for Saint Augustine’s conversion for many years and eventually God answered her prayers and Saint Augustine was converted and became the saint that we know him as now. I know I am definitely not a saint but I ask for Saint Monica’s intercession in this matter from time to time to. Her experience shows me that sometimes even when it may seem that the conversion of someone is impossible, God can still bring about the conversion of a person. I am also inspired by Elisabeth of Leseur. She is not a saint or even a blessed as far as I know. However, her husband who was an Atheist converted to Catholicism and even became a priest after reading her diary after she had died. In the book I am reading called “The Secret Diary of Elisabeth Leseur: The Woman Whose Goodness Changed Her Husband From Atheist to Priest” he attributes his conversion to her witness of Christ and the Gospel. Finally, we know from the Bible that all things are possible with God. Therefore, I just put the issue of my friend’s conversion in God’s hands and I pray for his conversion frequently. I don’t know that he will ever convert but I do have the hope that he will.