Well let me say i’m a lesbian in a relationship of 9 yrs. I go to church and i do recieve communion, i have talked to my priest in confession and he sad that i should recieve. He is not the only priest i ve talked to . I have checked with another one in my area. and they say i should.
Before I get accused of bashing gays, let me say that is not my intent. I understand that some have strong impulses that way. I myself have strong impulses toward violence; however, when our impulses, desires, whatever, contradict the law of God, we must pray to overcome it. We have a friend of the family who is homosexual, he knows it’s wrong, and fights the urges. Those with homosexual desires are called to live chastely, which is not impossible as many nuns and priests do it. It may be hard, but no harder than it is for straight people.
Priests do not override Church teaching. The Bible and Catechism (1994, approved and hailed by Pope John Paul 2) speaks plainly on this.
Catechism of the Catholic Church:
2357: …Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that “homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.” They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved.
2359: Homosexual persons are called to chastity.
No one can say that this is impossible to do, esp. nuns and priests have done it for 2000 years.
Romans 1:26-32
For this cause, God delivered them up to shameful affections. For their women have changed the natural use into that use which is against nature. And, in like manner, the men also, leaving the natural use of the women, have burned in their lusts, one towards another: men with men,
working that which is filthy and receiving in themselves the recompense which was due to their error. And as they liked not to have God in their knowledge, God delivered them up to a reprobate sense, to do those things which are not convenient…Who, having known the justice of God, did not understand that they who do such things, are worthy of death: and not only they that do them, but they also that consent to them that do them.
Jesus said “If you love Me you will obey Me,” and He’s made it clear, through the Scriptures, Old and New, as well as the constant teaching of the Church, that this behavior is sinful and not to be practiced. “Not everyone who says to Me 'Lord, Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but those who do the will of My Father." It’s forbidden, and there is a reason behind it.
If you think that I’m full of it, fine, but you out to get the opinion of the priests regarding the verses I gave. If they still think it’s okay, I would be interested to know where it is supported in the Bible, or Church documents, or any canonized Saint. If they can’t back it up with those, then they’re expressing personal opinion, not the teachings of God. “If you love Me, you will obey Me…With God, all things are possible.”
My suggestion: go to Confession, and make a Rosary novena for light, and to go with the novena (and to not go back in a state of sin) remain totally continent. Research the topic.
) if the perception of ABC is based on number or children or lack of children only then you are being very very judgmental.