There’s a great deal of debate over whether a person’s sexual orientation can be changed. From my own experience, I can definitely tell you that my sexual orientation has been somewhat fluid. When I was a teenager, I was definitely interested in girls. My first sexual fantasies were about girls. But as I got older, I started to think less and less about girls and women and more and more about men. By the time I was in my 20s, all of my sexual fantasies and sexual experience was with men.
Now I’m seeing signs that my sexual orientation is shifting back towards women. Last night, I fell into masturbation twice after being very tempted by sexual thoughts about a woman. I wish that I hadn’t fallen into the sins of lust and masturbation, but I’m happy to see that my sexual orientation is moving back towards women.
I think a lot of people who are living the gay lifestyle would probably laugh at this and try to tell me that I’m gay and that I should just accept it as who I am because it’s not going to change. I find it funny that gays readily admit that people can be heterosexual all of their life and become homosexual, but won’t admit that it can work the other way around too. What’s up with that?
I think the Gospel reading from the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, which the Catholic Church celebrates tomorrow, has an answer for us to the question of whether a person’s sexual orientation can be changed.
The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. And coming to her, he said, “Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.” But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his Kingdom there will be no end.” But Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?” And the angel said to her in reply, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren; for nothing will be impossible for God.” Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her (Lk 1:26-38).
Beautiful, huh?
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