The Catholic Church will welcome homosexuals as long as they don't practice "homosexual behavior

[cradlecatholic5]

***It is our right as Christians to admonished our brothers and sisters, sons, and daughters to correct their behavior. Chastity is the way to go. No sex. ***

our right? Admonish? What I really think you’re looking for is JUDGE.

We are to love our neighbor as ourself.

Prayers for you.

 

[cradlecatholic5]

***Good for you for accepting your son’s lifestyle!
I agree, all people are the children of God and Our Blessed Mother and it is never our place to judge anyone. ***Felix II Gatto,

Felix II Gatto, Thank you. All glory & honor to God. Yes we ARE children of God an He gave us His wonderful Blessed Mother.

Peace to all,

 

[cradlecatholic5]

It’s great that you love your son and his partner. However, loving your son and his partner does not entail accepting their behavior. Continue to show love towards your son and his partner, but you should not condone their sexual behavior with each other.

Again, NONE of my business. I would never ask him such personal questions, as he would not ask me such personal questions.

Peace

 

[lutherlic]

This thread is getting side-tracked a bit.

We are to be witnesses for the truth, not judges of others.

We also have a special responsibility to our spouse and children in our vocation of marriage to help them get to heaven.

Back to the title of this thread - homosexuals are welcomed by the Catholic Church regardless if they engage in homosexual acts or not. There is however, no ambiguity in Church teaching that sex outside of marriage is always sinful and marriage between homosexuals is simply impossible. The question posed by the title is therefore “are sinners welcome in the Catholic Church?”

 

[Dale_M]

Wow! This is a really solid thread (so far). I am impressed with the comments (particularly puzzleannie), respect for Church teachings, accuracy and the overall sanity. If only more discussions could be like this!

Yes, it is all the more amazing considering the topic is homosexuality, which often sets off fireworks.

I am single now and it seems like that’s the only option available to me: a long, sterile, lonely single life with no significance or impact.

No significance or impact? Having a wife or children aren’t the only ways to have a significant life. As a single person you are free to put in long hours volunteering, starting a business, exploring a hobby, etc. And you are much freer to drop everything to travel to parts of the world which might benefit from your talents.

Unfortunately, most men my age are married with kids and wouldn’t have time for someone like me.

Yes, that is a problem. I am divorced, no kids, and didn’t remarry, with no intention to do so. I am familiar with the loneliness of a single life for a guy 25-45. I guess there is no way around it, except to prize the time you can spend with other guys.

The upside of being single during those years is that you are likely to be healthy and energetic, allowing you to help others to a greater degree than your peers.

The question posed by the title is therefore “are sinners welcome in the Catholic Church?”

I would hope so. That is what the Sacrament of Reconciliation (confession/repentance, atonement and forgiveness) is for.

Jesus hung around with prostitutes and tax collectors, not because he approved of their sins, but because he wanted to encourage them to change their ways.

 

[chazk728]

If this post seems to be coming from a person who is hurting, that would be a good guess because I absolutely HATE and DESPISE having SSA and think of it as a cancer in my mind in my heart. If there was a quick way to rid myself of SSA once and for all, I would do it last year. Instead, I’m left with these unwanted feelings, hating myself for them and all the other faults that I believe flow from them. Is there help for me? I doubt it as God seems disinclined to heal people with SSA and leaves them to suffer this completely degrading issue without any hope of change or consolation, only more and more of the same. It truly sucks.

Read “The Courage To Be Chaste” by Fr. Benedict Groeschel. Having thought for years (I’m now 26) about same sex attraction, one conclusion I have reached is that the joy of a good conscience and the awareness that God will surely bless those who suffer in this life in order to be faithful - these things are what must help those of us with same sex attraction to go on.

Yes, it truly sucks. Same sex attraction is not merely a disordered sexual orientation but - at least for me - also involves suffering from depression, loneliness, feelings of inferiority, lack of solid friendships, inability to marry and be intimate with another, the list goes on. So where is our hope? This is the question that Fr. Groeschel answers. Our hope lies in the fact that only God can ultimately satisfy the desires of our heart, and He will make all things right in the end.

LCMS No More - continue to go on. Fr. Groeschel says this: “When life isn’t fair, when it doesn’t make sense at all, go on.” And from what I can see, you have been going on, so please know that this is pleasing to God.

 

[hellopeople]

It is our right as Christians to admonished our brothers and sisters, sons, and daughters to correct their behavior. Chastity is the way to go. No sex.

This is pretty easy to say when you are attracted to the opposite sex and can have sex with the opposite sex in a moral way according to the church.

 

[Newbie2]

Good for you for accepting your son’s lifestyle!
I agree, all people are the children of God and Our Blessed Mother and it is never our place to judge anyone.

***It is our right as Christians to admonished our brothers and sisters, sons, and daughters to correct their behavior. Chastity is the way to go. No sex. ***

our right? Admonish? What I really think you’re looking for is JUDGE.

We are to love our neighbor as ourself.

Prayers for you.

Sometimes there is a fine line between correcting/admonishing and judging, no? Or at the very least, how correcting/admonishing may be taken by the recipient as judging.