Hello my brothers and sisters in Christ. I wish to become a priest when I get older so this is especially a very hard time for me. For a few years now I have been dealing with lust. Not sexual thoughts lust, but sexual actions. I masturbate at least one or twice a day now. It is terrible. I feel awful. Sometimes I cry about it. I have tried the Jesus prayer, taking the eucharist, doing work for my church, but it is not working. I researched online and it blames hormones, but I can’t just give up. That would be surrendering to the evil one. I hope to God I will grow out of this evil, sinful, lust. I do not want to ruin my life. Please pray for me.