Category: Same-Sex Attraction
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Shame
Last Tuesday night our Courage chaplain gave a very good talk about shame. He told us that we can fall into one of two extremes when it comes to shame: constructing our own moral order (i.e., rationalizing away our sins) in order to get rid of the feelings of shame, or allowing the feeling of…
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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…
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Can Sexual Orientation be Changed?
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,…
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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…
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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…