Category: Jesus
-
Some Interesting Stories From This Week
I saw a couple of interesting stories in the media this week that I thought I should blog about. The first one was a story from Britain’s Times Online and it had a very provocative title: “The Day I Decided to Stop Being Gay.” Seeing this in Google News the other day, I felt like I…
-
Some Thoughts About Vocations
For the past month or so, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to what my vocation may or may not be. Actually, my discernment started several years ago, shortly after my confirmation. It all began with a pretty powerful experience at Eucharistic adoration and confession one night. It was the first time that I…
-
So Long 2009, Hello 2010!
It’s about 4:00 p.m. on December 31, which means that there are about eight hours left in 2009. What a year this has been. I don’t think I can recall another year in my life that has been so difficult and yet held so much promise. I say this year has been difficult because my…
-
Reflections on the Feast of St. Stephen, Protomartyr
Today was the Feast of St. Stephen, the Church’s first martyr. I was really struck by the first reading from the Office of Readings today, which was a longer version of the first reading at today’s Mass. In this reading, we hear how St. Stephen is debating some men in the synagogue, and he’s saying…
-
What Are You Giving Jesus for Christmas?
The other night I was I watching EWTN and they were showing an old re-run of Mother Angelica’s show. During the program, Mother was asking the audience what they were giving Jesus for Christmas. Usually we don’t think about what we are going to give Jesus for Christmas, but we should, Mother said, because after…
-
Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles Elects Openly Gay Bishop
The Los Angeles Times has an interesting story on its Web site about the Rev. Canon Mary D. Glasspool, who clergy and lay leaders of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles elevated to the rank of bishop on Dec. 5. According to the story, Rev. Glasspool has been in a homosexual relationship with another woman for…
-
Fighting Temptations
As I was reading through the Gospel According to St. Matthew recently, I came across the section where Jesus is in the desert and is being tempted by the Devil. Then Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and…
-
Friendship and Men With Same-Sex Attractions
One thing that I have noticed about myself since I learned about the root causes of my same-sex attractions is the amount of importance I have placed on forming good friendships with other men. As you may recall from my conversion story, my own personal experience and research has led me to conclude that I…
-
More Trials and Tribulations
Things continue to be very difficult for me in my struggles with chastity. Last night, I gave into my urge to masturbate without much of a fight. It’s a bit frustrating because I’m getting sick of committing and confessing the same sin over and over again. But I guess I’m just getting a little tired…
-
Sloth
Last night, the chaplain of the Courage chapter I belong to gave a talk about sloth, which, according to NewAdvent.org is the “sadness in the face of some spiritual good which one has to achieve,” or kind of a spiritual laziness. (As an aside, Courage is the Catholic Church’s ministry to men and women with…