Return to Catholism

[Jaime85]

I need help, I want to return to catholism, but often its too hard to do

I broke away from our religion(although stayed Christian) about 10 years ago

at that time I was kicked out of my parents house becase I was sleeping(having sex with) a girl named Victoria… Prior to that day I had never had premarital sex, nor had I had any intention of “sleeping” with her, but at 18 I was stupid, and well we had a child, then she changed me with a whole lot of bogus things, even then I held true with my Christian teachings, and I prayed the rosary all night well I was in a holding cell… Somehow I got threw that ordeal without a scratch or a criminal record …

My family is UBER catholic, Their are still living members of my family of the ******** sisters (sorry wont mention their branch for both their privacy and mine) and after that ordeal I Didn’t leave the catholic faith, but found comfort and sluice in a Baptist church… as a catholic I knew I couldn’t accept communion from the church but I was happy and safe in my faith their… until my family found out then it was practically WW3 over what church I attended… That is not the Christian way, nor our way as Catholics … I wrote off our faith that day as meaningless… but never forgot the teachings

I sinned many times after that, 3 (including the mother of my child) having sex with women out of, a MAJOR SIN)

since then I have found soluice in our Catholic faith, I plan on returning to church in the same “cluster” I was raised in this week …

I was wondering how they would accept me, I know now I am gay, but I have never engaged in homosexual activates… and really I have no desire to … will I be welcomed with open arms, or am I wasting my time coming back… and should look at other Christian faiths

 

[corsair]

Get thy self to confession, Lad (asap). Talk to a priest.

 

[808Catholic]

I need help, I want to return to catholism, but often its too hard to do

I broke away from our religion(although stayed Christian) about 10 years ago

at that time I was kicked out of my parents house becase I was sleeping(having sex with) a girl named Victoria… Prior to that day I had never had premarital sex, nor had I had any intention of “sleeping” with her, but at 18 I was stupid, and well we had a child, then she changed me with a whole lot of bogus things, even then I held true with my Christian teachings, and I prayed the rosary all night well I was in a holding cell… Somehow I got threw that ordeal without a scratch or a criminal record …

My family is UBER catholic, Their are still living members of my family of the ******** sisters (sorry wont mention their branch for both their privacy and mine) and after that ordeal I Didn’t leave the catholic faith, but found comfort and sluice in a Baptist church… as a catholic I knew I couldn’t accept communion from the church but I was happy and safe in my faith their… until my family found out then it was practically WW3 over what church I attended… That is not the Christian way, nor our way as Catholics … I wrote off our faith that day as meaningless… but never forgot the teachings

I sinned many times after that, 3 (including the mother of my child) having sex with women out of, a MAJOR SIN)

since then I have found soluice in our Catholic faith, I plan on returning to church in the same “cluster” I was raised in this week …

I was wondering how they would accept me, I know now I am gay, but I have never engaged in homosexual activates… and really I have no desire to … will I be welcomed with open arms, or am I wasting my time coming back… and should look at other Christian faiths

Talk to a priest. Review your sins and make a heart felt confession. God is always ready to forgive. Welcome home and God Bless you.

 

[robwar]

I need help, I want to return to catholism, but often its too hard to do

I broke away from our religion(although stayed Christian) about 10 years ago

at that time I was kicked out of my parents house becase I was sleeping(having sex with) a girl named Victoria… Prior to that day I had never had premarital sex, nor had I had any intention of “sleeping” with her, but at 18 I was stupid, and well we had a child, then she changed me with a whole lot of bogus things, even then I held true with my Christian teachings, and I prayed the rosary all night well I was in a holding cell… Somehow I got threw that ordeal without a scratch or a criminal record …

My family is UBER catholic, Their are still living members of my family of the ******** sisters (sorry wont mention their branch for both their privacy and mine) and after that ordeal I Didn’t leave the catholic faith, but found comfort and sluice in a Baptist church… as a catholic I knew I couldn’t accept communion from the church but I was happy and safe in my faith their… until my family found out then it was practically WW3 over what church I attended… That is not the Christian way, nor our way as Catholics … I wrote off our faith that day as meaningless… but never forgot the teachings

I sinned many times after that, 3 (including the mother of my child) having sex with women out of, a MAJOR SIN)

since then I have found soluice in our Catholic faith, I plan on returning to church in the same “cluster” I was raised in this week …

I was wondering how they would accept me, I know now I am gay, but I have never engaged in homosexual activates… and really I have no desire to … will I be welcomed with open arms, or am I wasting my time coming back… and should look at other Christian faiths

how do you now know you are gay after having sex with all these different women? go see a priest.

 

[R_C]

I need help, I want to return to catholism, but often its too hard to do

I was wondering how they would accept me, I know now I am gay, but I have never engaged in homosexual activates… and really I have no desire to … will I be welcomed with open arms, or am I wasting my time coming back… and should look at other Christian faiths

Ok, first of all, welcome back. Because if you want to return to full communion with the Catholic Church, then odds are you are already back, at least in the eyes of Christ.

Now, for the practical aspects to which obedience calls us, this is going to be very, very simple. Go to confession tomorrow, to any priest, in any parish. Confess with simplicity and trust. Remember that you are confessing to Christ.

Remember that the Catholic Church is the Church of Jesus Christ, possessing the fullness of the Christian faith. Everyone is welcome here! And with open arms! The open arms of Christ Crucified, who came here to call sinners to repentance and salvation, without ever asking anyone whether he is attracted to men or women.

The Church has a wonderful ministry called Courage that you may want to learn more about in the future.

In any case, do not wait any further. Go to confession. I myself and many friends can witness to being away from the Church for one or more decades and then receiving God’s love and forgiveness and the reconciliation of the Church by the simple, humble act of confessing with simplicity, and as a result, we now live a most rewarding existence.

Yes, we struggle with temptations, with obedience, etc. But such struggle is a most sweet yoke when we are restored to the friendship of Christ and the Church.

I pray in thanksgiving for your desire to rejoin the Church in full communion. If only you knew how much the Church needs you, and how much rejoicing your return will bring about…!

 

[Monica4316]

I agree with others about Confession God welcomes anyone back, and so does the Church! We are all sinners… I’m a convert and had to make a huge long Confession when I entered the Church, lol. God welcomes sinners.

You might be interested in the Divine Mercy devotion! ewtn.com/Devotionals/mercy/index.htm

regarding being gay… the Church teaches to live chastely and not accept any temptations in thoughts (or acting on them). God can give the grace for this, as He’s given to many others. There’s a Catholic ministry to help people with same sex attraction who want to be good Catholics. The Church is for all no matter what you’re struggling with, or your past, etc. Each person has something they struggle with. I recommend talking to a good priest.
couragerc.org/

God bless you!

 

[Monica4316]

I highly recommend reading these words from Jesus to a nun, Sr Josefa Menendez, who had visions of Him and He gave her a message to give to the world. This is for those who are struggling with sins or want to overcome them or have them be forgiven. This can help to understand more how much God loves you and how He welcomes you tanbooks.com/doct/divine_mercy.htm

God bless!

 

[josh987654321]

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The Prodigal Son -

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Jesus to Catalina:

The Passion - loveandmercy.org/Eng-TP-Reg.pdf

I want to teach sinners that because they have sinned, they should not distance themselves from Me thinking that they no longer have recourse and that they will never be loved as before they sinned. Poor souls! These are not the feelings of a God who has shed all His Blood for you. Come to Me all of you and fear not, because I love you. I will cleanse you with My Blood and you will be as white as snow. I will drown your sins in the water of My Mercy and nothing will be able to snatch from My Heart the Love that I have for you.

Jesus to St. Faustina -

"…when you go to confession, to this fountain of My mercy, the Blood and Water which came forth from My Heart always flows down upon your soul and ennobles it. Every time you go to confession, immerse yourself entirely in My mercy, with great trust, so that I may pour the bounty of My grace upon your soul. When you approach the confessional, know this, that I myself am waiting there for you. I am only hidden by the priest, but I myself act in your soul. Here the misery of the soul meets the God of mercy. Souls draw graces solely with the vessel of trust. If their trust is great, there is no limit to My generosity. The torrents of grace inundate humble souls." (Diary, 1603).

"Tell souls where they are to look for solace; that is, in the Tribunal of Mercy. There the greatest miracles take place (and) are incessantly repeated. To avail oneself of this miracle, it is not necessary to go on a great pilgrimage or to carry out some external ceremony; it suffices to come with faith to the feet of My representative (The Church, Confession) and to reveal to him one’s misery and the miracle of Divine Mercy will be fully demonstrated. Were a soul like a decaying corpse so that from a human standpoint, there would be no (hope of) restoration and everything would already be lost, it is not so with God. The miracle of Divine Mercy restores that soul in full." (1448)

Divine Mercy Image - St. Faustina

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"My Heart overflows with great mercy for souls, and especially for poor sinners. If only they could understand that I am the best of Fathers to them and that it is for them that the Blood and Water flowed from My Heart as from a fount overflowing with mercy." (Diary, 367).

"My mercy is greater than your sins and those of the entire world. Who can measure the extent of my goodness? For you I descended from heaven to earth; for you I allowed myself to be nailed to the cross; for you I let my Sacred Heart be pierced with a lance, thus opening wide the source of mercy for you. Come, then, with trust to draw graces from this fountain. I never reject a contrite heart." (Diary, 1485).

"…who will proclaim My great mercy. I shall protect them Myself at the hour of death, as My own glory. And even if the sins of souls were as dark as night, when the sinner turns to My mercy, he gives Me the greatest praise and is the glory of My Passion. When a soul extols My goodness, Satan trembles before it and flees to the very bottom of hell" (Diary, 378).

"Oh, if sinners knew My mercy, they would not perish in such great numbers. Tell sinful souls not to be afraid to approach Me; speak to them of My great mercy" (Diary, 1396).
Jesus to Catalina:

The Passion - loveandmercy.org/Eng-TP-Reg.pdf

13) My children, poor sinners! Do not distance yourselves from Me. I wait for you night and day at the Tabernacle. I will not reproach you for your crimes; I will not throw your sins in your face. What I will do is to wash you with the Blood of My wounds. Do not be afraid; come to Me. You do not know how much I love you.

Jesus to Catalina:

The Great Crusade of Mercy - loveandmercy.org/Eng-CM-Reg.pdf

11) Mercy is love, My child. It is union with God and union with God is the certitude of victory and an everlasting abundance of virtues. Mercy is the unquestionable proof of love for Me.

God Bless

Thank you for reading
Josh

 

[Catholic1954]

I need help, I want to return to catholism, but often its too hard to do

I broke away from our religion(although stayed Christian) about 10 years ago

at that time I was kicked out of my parents house becase I was sleeping(having sex with) a girl named Victoria… Prior to that day I had never had premarital sex, nor had I had any intention of “sleeping” with her, but at 18 I was stupid, and well we had a child, then she changed me with a whole lot of bogus things, even then I held true with my Christian teachings, and I prayed the rosary all night well I was in a holding cell… Somehow I got threw that ordeal without a scratch or a criminal record …

My family is UBER catholic, Their are still living members of my family of the ******** sisters (sorry wont mention their branch for both their privacy and mine) and after that ordeal I Didn’t leave the catholic faith, but found comfort and sluice in a Baptist church… as a catholic I knew I couldn’t accept communion from the church but I was happy and safe in my faith their… until my family found out then it was practically WW3 over what church I attended… That is not the Christian way, nor our way as Catholics … I wrote off our faith that day as meaningless… but never forgot the teachings

I sinned many times after that, 3 (including the mother of my child) having sex with women out of, a MAJOR SIN)

since then I have found soluice in our Catholic faith, I plan on returning to church in the same “cluster” I was raised in this week …

I was wondering how they would accept me, I know now I am gay, but I have never engaged in homosexual activates… and really I have no desire to … will I be welcomed with open arms, or am I wasting my time coming back… and should look at other Christian faiths

Come on Home! We missed you and there is no need to announce your sexual orientation to anyone except maybe your confessor, if it comes up.

 

[Monica4316]

I just came across this article and thought I’d share chastityproject.com/2014/08/homosexuality-destined-alone/

 

[Sean_St_Jude]

Jaime, Welcome back. Please do not let the people in the Church drive you away from her. We the people are the Church in one sense, but in it we also find the Divinity of Jesus Christ. That’s why I think a person should never judge the Church by the attendees. You are there for God and everything else falls into order beneath His Feet, so to speak.

If you haven’t acted out on your same sex attraction, you’re not gay. The culture calls you gay and wants you to call yourself gay, but you are a man attracted to other men. So am I. The only thing is that I lived the actual lifestyle for 25+ years and called myself ‘gay’. I no longer do. I repented of all my sins and have been back in the Church, completely chaste as God calls, since 2000, and I plan to stay. People would ask more questions of me when I was younger, like “When are you going to get married?” But I used to reply, “I don’t plan to,” and not offer anymore information.

Please do not go to another denomination since the fullness of Truth and Jesus Christ’s Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity are available only in the Catholic Church, something which can’t be said for Protestant denominations. They don’t have the apostolic succession to consecrate men who can in turn consecrate the bread and wine.

Did you know that when we go to Mass, during the consecration we are present at the original sacrifice, breaking the time, space continuum? I didn’t know that until recently.

Many blessings,

 

[Petaro]

I need help, I want to return to catholism, but often its too hard to do

I broke away from our religion(although stayed Christian) about 10 years ago

at that time I was kicked out of my parents house becase I was sleeping(having sex with) a girl named Victoria… Prior to that day I had never had premarital sex, nor had I had any intention of “sleeping” with her, but at 18 I was stupid, and well we had a child, then she changed me with a whole lot of bogus things, even then I held true with my Christian teachings, and I prayed the rosary all night well I was in a holding cell… Somehow I got threw that ordeal without a scratch or a criminal record …

My family is UBER catholic, Their are still living members of my family of the ******** sisters (sorry wont mention their branch for both their privacy and mine) and after that ordeal I Didn’t leave the catholic faith, but found comfort and sluice in a Baptist church… as a catholic I knew I couldn’t accept communion from the church but I was happy and safe in my faith their… until my family found out then it was practically WW3 over what church I attended… That is not the Christian way, nor our way as Catholics … I wrote off our faith that day as meaningless… but never forgot the teachings

I sinned many times after that, 3 (including the mother of my child) having sex with women out of, a MAJOR SIN)

since then I have found soluice in our Catholic faith, I plan on returning to church in the same “cluster” I was raised in this week …

I was wondering how they would accept me, I know now I am gay, but I have never engaged in homosexual activates… and really I have no desire to … will I be welcomed with open arms, or am I wasting my time coming back… and should look at other Christian faiths

I believe firmly that Jesus will accept back anyone reluctantly kicking a stone back to his home. He will rush to find you, clothe you with a cloak and ring of sonship and throw a party. He will leave the other 99 and find you. He has been searching so long. We all have. Welcome home. Don’t worry about the travel worn garments; just get yourself inside and washed up. Dinners on and there is wine on the table.

 

[Petaro]

Jaime, Welcome back. Please do not let the people in the Church drive you away from her. We the people are the Church in one sense, but in it we also find the Divinity of Jesus Christ. That’s why I think a person should never judge the Church by the attendees. You are there for God and everything else falls into order beneath His Feet, so to speak.

If you haven’t acted out on your same sex attraction, you’re not gay. The culture calls you gay and wants you to call yourself gay, but you are a man attracted to other men. So am I. The only thing is that I lived the actual lifestyle for 25+ years and called myself ‘gay’. I no longer do. I repented of all my sins and have been back in the Church, completely chaste as God calls, since 2000, and I plan to stay. People would ask more questions of me when I was younger, like “When are you going to get married?” But I used to reply, “I don’t plan to,” and not offer anymore information.

Please do not go to another denomination since the fullness of Truth and Jesus Christ’s Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity are available only in the Catholic Church, something which can’t be said for Protestant denominations. They don’t have the apostolic succession to consecrate men who can in turn consecrate the bread and wine.

Did you know that when we go to Mass, during the consecration we are present at the original sacrifice, breaking the time, space continuum? I didn’t know that until recently.

Many blessings,

In my humble opinion you are a good and brave man. I applaud you for your post and your advice to a man, who,like Mole and Ratty has found the door of Badger in the wild woods. May God bless your bravery and note your courage.