Thought-provoking article on a tactic for addressing the root cause of impurity. Postulating that images of Mary breastfeeding the Divine Infant teach us that the body is for giving, not taking, he gives Maria Lactans as the patron of those struggling with lust (which is, at its heart, wanting someone else's body to satisfy our own desires).

Wow! 

The official newspaper of the Holy See has "declared it is time to undo four centuries of church disapproval" of public depictions of the Blessed Mother nursing the Infant Jesus, according to this British periodical (quoted below for you, since it's the press' job to find the most provocative image they can).

Explains Italian Church historian Lucetta Scaraffia, "when the early Christian artists represented the Virgin breast-feeding they had sought to reveal the reality of God's incarnation."

What an explanation!  I've long enjoyed the collection of images of Mary nursing Jesus at the Fisheaters website, but I have to admit I was a bit confused as to how it was consistent with the idea of Marian modesty to have such depictions not only exist, but be common.  I decided (based on other evidence) that it may well be that breasts were not commonly seen as objects of seduction until we deprived them of their primary purpose, but after reading this, there is yet another strong impetus for the images.  The Incarnation - when God took on flesh in Christ.

Ultimately, all Catholic teaching & tradition about Mary is really about Christ. As she did at Cana, Mary always points to her Son.