Being a man is not a right given to you upon birth in this world, nor is it that right given by the amount of time spent living. There will come a time where the boy decides that he must, at all costs, become a man. The times we live in say this is not true. The bar has been set low for us. The modern standard of what a boy must do to become a man seems minimal. That is a lie.
In reality, the boy must face pain, both mental and physical and pass trials to be granted manhood. Modernity has spent its time running away from these trials. There is either an absence or a complete inability of our lords and masters, our academies, our institutions to enforce and maintain the very real need of becoming a man. It is deemed too toxic.
The reality is that the men of modern times face a difficult task and that is to enforce timeless rules upon our own selves. To not only build self discipline, but to properly structure one’s life around it in a society that celebrates an artificial lack of consequences. The world is filled with personal evil, with abundances of vice at every turn. This world welcomes you to take its hand and follow it to the depths of hell.
Because the allure of this world is so strong, there are fewer and fewer men each generation. The rest have been sucked into perpetual depravity. Most of the world simply does not seek the light. They are indeed happy to go through life with a veil over their eyes.
When you fail to be a man, nobody will condemn you. Your choices are in your own two hands. Each day when you rise, it is your choice either to recognize them and repent, forget them…. or shout them from the rooftops and celebrate them with…pride.
Without easily followed and enforced social rules, tight-knit communities that encourage honor, reward valor, punish sin and accept common standards, there will continue to be fewer and fewer men. Fewer and fewer defenders of culture.
“The times are never so bad that a good man cannot live in them”
Today, choose to root yourself in the belief that there IS an ideal and that you must strive towards it. Today, choose to be upstanding and confident. Today follow the path of masculinity, the path of Christ, not because it is merely “encouraged”, but because it is TRUE.
Spoiler : No one is there to catch you if you tumble, if you fail. Your failure will be celebrated. If you wish to continue, then do not allow yourself to turn back. Do not pray for a lighter load, pray for broader shoulders.
Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
Nick | Catholic Manhood