I have no feelings towards women, at all. I suppose I could marry a woman and have kids, but that’s just trying to fool myself. Could I really make a woman happy if I don’t love her? I actually find the concept of engaging in intercourse with women weird and kind of gross…Also, some of the people I know with SSA aren’t completely adverse to the opposite sex. Plenty of people with SSA still get married and have children, just like all other tempted and imperfect people do!
I think that poster was referring to those who have SSA but also heterosexual attractions. Since it would seem you do not then marriage would not be a path for you - it would be unfair to your spouse.I have no feelings towards women, at all. I suppose I could marry a woman and have kids, but that’s just trying to fool myself. Could I really make a woman happy if I don’t love her? I actually find the concept of engaging in intercourse with women weird and kind of gross…
Same Sex AttractionSorry for my ignorance, but what’s SSA?
I am a man and I am very attracted to women and they are very beautiful and they are one of the greatest gifts from God to mankind. However I can’t see me ever having intercourse with a spouse and in that I don’t feel called to married life. So I am not homosexual nor asexual but heterelsexual that prefers to live a virgin cellibate life which goes hand in hand to priesthood and or single cellibate life. There are many homosexuals that live cellibate lives and one that I hired felt i was called to priesthood!! It is not so much that SSA is horrible but it is how you act in regard to it. Just as how a heteralsexual behaves is important. Bundy was one that coems to mind being straight, he was a good example of how heterals can get out of hand and commit grave sin… The major difference to someone with SSA is that they must always be cellibate in order to not commit grave sin.I have no feelings towards women, at all. I suppose I could marry a woman and have kids, but that’s just trying to fool myself. Could I really make a woman happy if I don’t love her? I actually find the concept of engaging in intercourse with women weird and kind of gross…
I know what you mean. I’m an asexual girl and i feel the same way about men. men are hansome but I feel no real attraction to them. I just tend to love everybody in a deep Christ-like love.I have no feelings towards women, at all. I suppose I could marry a woman and have kids, but that’s just trying to fool myself. Could I really make a woman happy if I don’t love her? I actually find the concept of engaging in intercourse with women weird and kind of gross…
I was going to suggest the same thing regarding third orders. I’m not sure whether living as a consecrated religious with SSA would be accepted by the Church but I can’t seen why joining a third order wouldn’t be an option.While there seems to be clear instruction on not ordaining men with deep seated homosexual tendencies, there is not the same prohibition for religious life. While life in a community may not be suitable, if you feel so called, you may want to explore options such as third orders.
It’s not really a problem for the Church–it’s more a question of acceptance by the community in question If one is commited to chastity, SSA is not in itself an impediment. Chastity is chastity. However, both the community and the aspirant have to take very seriously the need to avoid temptation and occasion for sin. I expect that most would require some evidence that the aspirant was making good progress, with God’s help, towards a chaste mentality, but at the same time orders have a great body of advice and expertise to offer their aspirants in achieving this.I’m not sure whether living as a consecrated religious with SSA would be accepted by the Church but I can’t seen why joining a third order wouldn’t be an option.
The Church has on at least one occasion discouraged people with same sex attraction from adopting the consecrated life. The 1961 document Careful Selection And Training Of Candidates For The States Of Perfection And Sacred Orders (S. C. Rel., 2 Feb., 1961) makes the following comment, with regard to the priesthood and the consecrated life:It’s not really a problem for the Church–it’s more a question of acceptance by the community in question If one is commited to chastity, SSA is not in itself an impediment. Chastity is chastity. However, both the community and the aspirant have to take very seriously the need to avoid temptation and occasion for sin. I expect that most would require some evidence that the aspirant was making good progress, with God’s help, towards a chaste mentality, but at the same time orders have a great body of advice and expertise to offer their aspirants in achieving this.
“…the Church, even while deeply respecting the persons in question, cannot admit to Seminary or Holy Orders those who are actively homosexual, have deep-seated homosexual tendencies, or support the so-called gay culture”Wait a minute…what’s wrong with people with deep-seated homosexual tendencies? They should be able to become priests. If it’s as small a deal as Rome says it is, it shouldn’t bar someone from the priesthood.