Catholic & Homosexual

[lil_flower_luv]

I can only imagine to live a chaste life or to try to live a chaste life as a homosexual can be very much harder and a much greater struggle to that of a hetrosexual.

Yet again must always show compassion and support towards any homosexual as the smallest matters in their life can be the greatest struggle.

Very true. And like a heterosexual who is struggling with purity, they can give it all to our Lord. I promise you, a man or woman with homosexual tendencies will not look at their temporal life as one big struggle if their spiritual life is one of deep trust and devotion to our Lord through His Bride, the Church. His Love cancels any void, struggle or temptation. Especially for the ones who suffer most.

"Jesus…said to them, “Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do.
I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.” (Mark 2:17)

 

[Vince1022]

I can only imagine to live a chaste life or to try to live a chaste life as a homosexual can be very much harder and a much greater struggle to that of a hetrosexual…

I tend to disagree. My experience is that the vast majority of people (Catholics included) have no problem with pre-marital sex, and many have no problem with extra-marital sex. I don’t mean to be cynical or negative, but I just don’t think chastity is a high value for most people these days.

 

[houseofsaul]

That’s because you’re making the mistaken assumption that homosexuality is ~evil~ in the first place. People are who they are, they are who they’re ~meant~ to be, and some people are homosexual… Made By God…

Do the churches say it’s evil? Sure… but have you ever asked God about it directly? hmm?

read your Bible which is God inspired and you will see God is against it too.

Romans 1:18-32

God’s Wrath Against Mankind

18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness,

19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.

21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.

26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.

28 Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,

30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31 they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.

 

[edwest2]

While this message was intended to give hope, I see several problems with it:

First, it is implied that God actually imposes homosexuality on the victim. That would make God the author of evil.

Second, it makes it sound like God’s love is abusive and hurtful. Think about it. God comes to you, hits you in the face (i.e., gives you the curse of homosexuality) as hard as He can and says, “I love you.” Then, He proceeds to hit you again (worse than second class citizen status in the Church), “do you love Me?” That’s not conducive to trust, it’s more like a recipe for disaster. As a sci-fi geek, I think of two kinds of beings that are similar, both of which are evil. The first on an original Star Trek episode wherein a creature that feeds on violent emotions traps the crew of the Enterprise with a group of Klingons to fight violently throughout eternity as the ship hurtles through the void of intergalactic space. The second is from Stargate SG-1 after the defeat of the Goa’uld and a new enemy called the Ori, which feed on the worship of their followers with the promise of ascension (like heaven) only to never ascend anyone so as to not share the power. I don’t want to think like this, but if God needs us to feel pain in order to know His love, how is that love and not cruelty?

Third, how is my suffering going to help ANYONE be drawn to Christ?

Fourth, how do I know that God won’t send me to Hell anyway?

On your last question, we have the Bible, the Catechism and Church teaching to help us get to heaven. And with all due respect to everyone: How many of you read at least a page from your Bible daily?

We will all experience trials in our lives to a greater or lesser degree:

bible.cc/1_peter/4-12.htm
bible.cc/1_peter/4-13.htm

bible.cc/1_peter/1-6.htm
bible.cc/1_peter/1-7.htm

And regarding those who are suffering and drawing others to Christ:

catholicreview.org/article/faith/vocations/disabled-catholics-draw-on-suffering-to-minister

The following is a comment from someone who is suffering:

“But, of course, Christ calls us to love Him and draw others to him even through our suffering.”

Peace,
Ed

 

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