Homosexuality Within The Priesthood

[the171]

I don't know but i guess it is Whether you pray for Jesus to save you from the feeling or thought or not i guess. But Jesus says in holy scripture that " i tell you no! Even if a man thinks of a married women lustfully he has already commited the act in his heart." What does this passage of sacred scripture mean, is he being direct and only talking about the commandment of thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife, or sin in general. Another example is the old testament states " do not let the sun set on your anger." I take that as whether harbouring the anger or not. I guess we must cry out to our warrior LORD christ Jesus to fight the battle anytime feelings or thoughts of sin appear hence why st paul said " pray all the time." to be in a constant vigil waiting for the evil spirit/s to come and try rob us of communion with The father,son and holy spirit. All in all i think it says in the o.t. that we are to subdue the beast and the beast is sin, however long it takes personaly and communaly.

I understand nothing of what you have just said.

[Oremoose]

I don't know but i guess it is Whether you pray for Jesus to save you from the feeling or thought or not i guess. But Jesus says in holy scripture that " i tell you no! Even if a man thinks of a married women lustfully he has already commited the act in his heart." What does this passage of sacred scripture mean, is he being direct and only talking about the commandment of thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife, or sin in general. Another example is the old testament states " do not let the sun set on your anger." I take that as whether harbouring the anger or not. I guess we must cry out to our warrior LORD christ Jesus to fight the battle anytime feelings or thoughts of sin appear hence why st paul said " pray all the time." to be in a constant vigil waiting for the evil spirit/s to come and try rob us of communion with The father,son and holy spirit. All in all i think it says in the o.t. that we are to subdue the beast and the beast is sin, however long it takes personaly and communaly.

 

What I see Jesus talking about is not the temptation of thinking "wow that woman is sexually attractive and makes me feel fuzzy inside." but to the sin that can quickly follow of "Man the things I'd to that woman." 

 

It is not a sin to be tempted, it's human. The fight does not end as it begins...it only end when you sin, or you overcome the temptation with grace from God. 

[BigJon16]

IMO: There is not enough concrete psychological/physical evidence to be able to pin point exactly what causes same-sex attractive tendencies. Every psychologist (some Catholic, some not) that I have ever heard on the subject has noted that SSA varies on a person to person basis, and thus should be approached as such. .