Category: Suffering
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Today I felt a general sense of longing for another man several times at the gym, in the shower afterward, and various other times during the day. I know that in the past my same-sex attractions (SSA) have been driven by a perceived lack of masculinity on my part as well as a desire for…
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More Signs of Healing
Over the last several weeks, I have seen more signs of healing in my life. For one, I am really experiencing a fairly strong attraction to women. Thanks be to God! This is a true blessing. Unless you have experienced the cross of homosexuality, you cannot know how difficult it is to have no appropriate…
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Surrendering to God and Learning to Suffer
First of all, let me start by wishing you all a happy Palm Sunday! We are entering the holiest week on the liturgical calendar, and I’m sure that I’m not the only one who finds it emotional to recall the passion, death and resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I’m finding it much…
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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…
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“Teacher, We Want You to Do for Us Whatever We Ask of You (Mk 10:35)”
I was really struck by this first line of today’s gospel reading. It made me think about how many times I have asked God for something and expected Him to give it to me simply because I asked for it, without giving much thought to whether the thing that I was asking for was something…