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Repent and Believe in the Gospel
Today is Ash Wednesday, the day in which we receive ashes on our foreheads and are told by the Church to “repent and believe in the Gospel.” In addition to being told by the priest to “repent and believe in the Gospel” as he makes the sign of the Cross on our foreheads with ashes,…
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Jesus Never Gives Up–and Neither Should I
I was really struck by the Gospel reading from last Sunday, Feb. 7. In this reading from chapter 5 of the Gopsel According to St. Luke, we hear the familiar story about how Simon Peter and several other fishermen have been out on the lake all night but have caught nothing. When Jesus tells Simon…
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Fighting the Spiritual Battle
Things have continued to be difficult for me over the last several days, particularly in dealing with my temptations to masturbate and have sex with other men. This is part of the spiritual battle, one in which the devil attacks me and tries to get me to act on the temptations that I experience. Like…
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Trusting in God
Over the last couple of days, God has really been helping me to see some of the obstacles in my spiritual life that are preventing me from growing closer to Him and from having peace in spite of my circumstances. Last night, I was thinking about my friendships, specifically how I feel I don’t have…
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Congress to Lift Ban on Gays in the Military?
The Center for Military Readiness, a non-partisan educational organization that was created to promote sound military personnel policies, has a great document on its Web site about the “LGBT Law,” which is a piece of legislation being considered by Congress that would lift the ban on homosexuals serving openly in our nation’s armed forces. According to…
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I Choose to Believe
I think I’ve identified a pretty major stumbling block in my spiritual life. I was praying before Mass started today, and I caught myself asking God to help me have faith. I think this is problematic because I don’t really need God’s help to have faith. It’s a choice that I have to make. I…
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Joy
Earlier this week, the chaplain of my Courage chapter gave a talk about joy. Joy is not an emotion that I have been feeling much of lately, unfortunately. For several weeks now, I’ve been feeling rather lonely and starved for friendship. Whenever I feel like that, it becomes very difficult for me to remain chaste…
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California Gay Marriage Trial Turning Into a Joke
The ongoing trial in California over the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the voter-approved ballot measure that banned same-sex marriage, is quickly becoming a joke. First, the proponents of gay-marriage set out to prove that the voters who supported Proposition 8 were motivated by hate, as if that could be proven. What are they going to…
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Manliness
I had a pretty good day today until tonight, when I let my loneliness and my feelings of insecurity about my manliness get the better of me and I fell into masturbation. I see the same pattern repeating over and over again: I feel this desire for masculinity, which I feel that I am lacking,…
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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…