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Joseph,
In my opinion, the wallpaper is an excellent reminder for you to be chaste. When Jesus touched the leper, it did not make him unclean; it made the leper clean. Our Lady cannot be defiled, but rather she purifies. While you shouldn't get the idea that this image of her will make the porn OK (You should be making the effort, with every fiber of your being, to reject, renounce, and repudiate porn.), it might, through various means, help you to combat porn. Remember that watching porn (and accompanying activities) is a grave sin that, if you do it freely and intentionally, deprives you of God's grace and merits Hell. Porn is destructive on many levels; read
Porn literally re-wires the brain, and supporting it supports the exploitation and trafficking of women, many if not most of whom are forced into the sex acts portrayed in the porn.
I recommend you look into:
- STRIVE— Join Matt Fradd and a community of brothers in discovering the keys to living porn-free with the STRIVE: 21-Day Porn Detox, and
- have frequent recourse to Confession, so that you can receive the Eucharist after your falls into porn.
In general, anything that helps you invoke the Blessed Virgin Mary would be beneficial. And yes, there is no reason you can't venerate the image.
Eric
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