Can gays be catholic?

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lizaanne said:
There is help out there for you. I’ll see if I can find some links. No one is saying that your SSA must be erased from you - that may not be possible. But you CAN live a celibate life - and that will allow you to live fully in the Grace of Christ in His Church.

~Liza
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Celibacy sounds way too difficult for me(and most people i’m sure), sex is just too tempting.
 
Teen4Christ said:
Celibacy sounds way too difficult for me(and most people i’m sure), sex is just too tempting.
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There are millions of men and women who are celibate - it IS possible. You just have to want something else more.

Desire to have an eternity with Christ, and not one in hell. Desire to have a Grace filled life here on earth, and not one filled with regret, sin, and conflict.

It’s about priorities. What is more important to you?

~Liza
 
lizaanne said:
There are millions of men and women who are celibate - it IS possible. You just have to want something else more.

Desire to have an eternity with Christ, and not one in hell. Desire to have a Grace filled life here on earth, and not one filled with regret, sin, and conflict.

It’s about priorities. What is more important to you?

~Liza
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Eternity with Christ of course.
 
Teen4Christ said:
Hopefully your right.
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I hope so too.

Hang in there. Your first step is to get to Confession TODAY. Even if you have to knock on the rectory door. And don’t go to your “gay friendly” parish either where you run the risk of being told that your sexual activity is up to you. That is a lie. You need to find a priest who will be truthful and honest with you.

Go now - and find him. Then start today. 🙂

~Liza
 
Teen4Christ said:
Eternity with Christ of course.
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Then you know what you have to do - and what’s ahead of you. 🙂

Your profile says you are in Ohio - perhaps some members here can suggest a good solid parish for you if you can give a general area you are near.

~Liza
 
lizaanne said:
Then you know what you have to do - and what’s ahead of you. 🙂

Your profile says you are in Ohio - perhaps some members here can suggest a good solid parish for you if you can give a general area you are near.

~Liza
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…I guess I do

I live in Lorain County.
 
Teen4Christ said:
Celibacy sounds way too difficult for me(and most people i’m sure), sex is just too tempting.
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Remember, every non-married person is called to celibcay.

We all know it’s hard, and most of us have failed at one point or another, often many times.

But I feel that God will have far more mercy on the habitual sinner than on those who deny that their actions are sins. That’s making ourselves into our own “gods”.

As others have said, find an good priest and go to confession today. And everytime you sin, go to confession, and keep trying not to sin.

Confession gives tremendous graces to stop sinning.

Courage, couragerc.net, is a Catholic organization in full compliance with the Church that helps those with SSA live chastely. maybe you should check them out.

God Bless
 
You know what, I don’t know. I like myself, I don’t believe god has any problem with Gays, I don’t need to change…
 
Teen4Christ said:
I don’t think so, I like myself alot already.

Thanks
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So let me ask you then, if you are ok with where you are, and it doesn’t matter…why did you come here to ask?

You know it’s not right. You know you are in a state of sin. But it’s hard, seemingly impossibly hard, to say in one single moment that you will turn your back on that lifestyle for ever.

I can’t imagine how hard that must be. But you don’t have to do it alone, and you don’t have to take the entire ball of wax all at once either. Start with today. Go to confession. Don’t have sex today. Then, get through tomorrow - then the next day. But don’t try to swallow the entire rest of your life in one internet post. Take it a day at a time, and you can do this.

~Liza
 
lizaanne said:
So let me ask you then, if you are ok with where you are, and it doesn’t matter…why did you come here to ask?

~Liza
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This poster has done this numerous times and has had all his questions answered again and again. Unfortunately, he does not like the answers he is given hence the new threads.

Maybe someone will get through one day but I fear that, with all the pro-homosexuality posted by people claiming to be catholic, he will eventually hear what he wishes.

To the person who tries to convince Teen that homosexuality is OK, I remind you of the millstone, your neck and the sea.
 
iamrefreshed said:
This poster has done this numerous times and has had all his questions answered again and again. Unfortunately, he does not like the answers he is given hence the new threads.
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I truly hope that means that he is just trying to work up the courage to be chaste. I’ll pray that happens soon - for the sake of his eternal soul.

~Liza
 
Teen4Christ said:
Can they?:confused:
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Of course they can. Catholic means universal, and their “sin” in some people’s eyes (I do not believe it is, it is just the who they are) is no worse than other sins everyone else does. They are just normal, regular people.
 
Teen4Christ said:
I go to a gay friendly catholic church, I can’t accept communion there?
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Of course you can. They are a Catholic Church, communion is as valid there as any other Catholic Church. Consider the second greatest commandment when thinking about “gay friendly”.
 
NewUlm1976_2000 said:
Of course they can. Catholic means universal, and their “sin” in some people’s eyes (I do not believe it is, it is just the who they are) is no worse than other sins everyone else does. They are just normal, regular people.
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1854 Sins are rightly evaluated according to their gravity. The distinction between mortal and venial sin, already evident in Scripture,129 became part of the tradition of the Church. It is corroborated by human experience.
1855 Mortal sin destroys charity in the heart of man by a grave violation of God’s law; it turns man away from God, who is his ultimate end and his beatitude, by preferring an inferior good to him.
Venial sin allows charity to subsist, even though it offends and wounds it.
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vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s1c1a8.htm#1853

All sins are not equal.
 
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