Adrestia Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 [quote name='MissyP89' timestamp='1310933553' post='2268841'] Sometimes I want to kick people in the face. And I find being chaste, as an unmarried woman, extremely irritating. But I don't, and I am. [/quote] me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudreyGrace Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 As Christians, we all have crosses to carry. Christ is our master and we are his servants. If our master carried a cross and died, we as servants much have so much to go through! And just like Jesus did, we must offer it up for the good of others. Same sex attraction is one of those crosses people carry. Whether they are born that way, whether it's psychological, or whether it's environmental, it is a cross to carry. It's a sin because the Bible specifically regards homosexuality as such and because it leads to relationships that are not Free, Total, Faithful, and [b][u]Fruitful.[/u][/b] [b][u] [/u][/b] As Catholics, handling our sexuality in a moral and holy way is difficult. It requires both the private virtue of chastity (allowing yourself to be in control of your sexual desires instead of your sexual desires controlling you) and the strength to cling to Christ and stay away from the temptations of the world. The world hates things that are difficult, so it finds easy ways out. The world sees a rough situation, and rather than working through it, they make up an excuse to say it's okay. They've done the same with same-sex attraction. Satan knows that sex within a marriage is beautiful, holy, and brings a man and woman united in God closer to Him. It's one of the most beautiful things on earth. Because Satan wants us far from God and true happiness, he does everything he can to take this beautiful gift away from us. He has the world convinced that it's perfectly fine to taint sexual beauty with sex before marriage and homosexual relationships and intercourse. It is so sad that even Catholics have fallen into this trap rather than embracing the virtue of chastity. "The world can offer you comfort. But you were not made for comfort; you were made for greatness." -Pope Benedict XVI. I'd also like to add this- in my opinion, chastity for a single man or woman is probably just as hard as chastity for a person experiencing same-sex attraction. I'm sure that even some religious and clergy struggle with chastity. However, we all help each other out, hold each other up to standards put forth by Christ and his Church. That's the beauty of being a Catholic. The support of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 [quote name='AudreyGrace' timestamp='1311091229' post='2270144'] I'd also like to add this- in my opinion, chastity for a single man or woman is probably just as hard as chastity for a person experiencing same-sex attraction. I'm sure that even some religious and clergy struggle with chastity. However, we all help each other out, hold each other up to standards put forth by Christ and his Church. That's the beauty of being a Catholic. The support of it. [/quote] Amen!! Also amesome B16 quote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 [quote name='tinytherese' timestamp='1310953969' post='2269070'] Like Jason Evert, I eagerly look forward to the day when the Church canonizes a saint that carried the cross of same sex attraction and resurrected in his or her life in Christ. [/quote] Quite probably, She already has. We'll simply never know because such saints would have quietly and humbly submitted their crosses to God, and worked with His grace to overcome their disordered passions, rather than yammering on ad nauseum about their "orientation" and making it part of their public identity. Present-day Catholics struggling with this problem should do the same. While the article was good, I have a problem with people identifying as "Gay Catholics." Catholics should not make something objectively disordered part of their identity. They should simply be "Catholic." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maria Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Socrates' timestamp='1311095256' post='2270175'] Quite probably, She already has. We'll simply never know because such saints would have quietly and humbly submitted their crosses to God, and worked with His grace to overcome their disordered passions, rather than yammering on ad nauseum about their "orientation" and making it part of their public identity. Present-day Catholics struggling with this problem should do the same. While the article was good, I have a problem with people identifying as "Gay Catholics." Catholics should not make something objectively disordered part of their identity. They should simply be "Catholic." [/quote] I would agree (and I mostly do), 'cept that there can be benefit in knowing that a Saint struggled with a particular cross, particularly for those others struggling with it, and right now it's being made such a big deal of that I think there could be great good in knowing that a Saint struggled with ssa. I'm not trying to say that it would be helpful if they had 'yammered on ad nauseum' about it, or that anyone else should, though. Edited July 19, 2011 by Maria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deus te Amat Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 [url="http://littlecatholicbubble.blogspot.com/2011/07/gay-catholic-and-doing-fine.html"]I thought this was worthy of being posted again. [/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 (edited) There was a second in the series posted Monday, too. It's also excellent, and worth a read. ETA: I can't post the link because of the word "amesome" in the title. Can anyone else figure out how to do it? Edited July 21, 2011 by Lisa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deus te Amat Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 (edited) Your link didn't work, but I think this is that to which you were referring. [url="http://littlecatholicbubble.blogspot.com/2011/07/youre-such-hypocrite-or-maybe-not.html"][url="http://littlecatholicbubble.blogspot.com/2011/07/from-amesome-gay-lifestyle-to-catholic.html"]My link[/url] [/url] Edited July 21, 2011 by Deus_te_Amat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amppax Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 [quote name='Deus_te_Amat' timestamp='1311272431' post='2273036'] Your link didn't work, but I think this is that to which you were referring. [url="http://littlecatholicbubble.blogspot.com/2011/07/from-amesome-gay-lifestyle-to-catholic.html"]My link [/url] [/quote] Doesn't work DtA, but its easily fixed. take the "m" and replace with "w". YAY, FIXED!![img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/clap2.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 This thread WILL stay on the topic of how people with SSA can live a chaste, Catholic life. Thank you. No debate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deus te Amat Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Oooooh, that explains a lot. Whoops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 I'm going to merge this with the discussion posts I pulled from the imploded thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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