[NYer]

Scott McDermott’s biography,
Charles Carroll of Carrollton:
Faithful Revolutionary, is available
at www.scepterpublishers.org.

[NYer]

I wish that the instruction on vocations with respect to homosexuality had come out sooner. Thank God we have it now. It will be remembered as one of the most compassionate acts of a merciful pontificate.

[Rutles4Ever]

Fantastic article. It reverberates for every Catholic in the search for God's will.

Thank you for posting that.

[Tax-chick]

What a great article! The directions who kindly directed this honest, and psychologically troubled, man away from a religious vocation showed true compassion.

[rzeznikj at stout]

Excellent Post!!

[Talking_Mouse]

This is not to say that people, like me, who struggle with emotional difficulties and same-sex attractions, cannot be great, committed Christians.

Indeed, the Catechism of the Catholic Church (No. 2358) teaches that Catholics who experience unwanted same-sex attraction, like those afflicted with any other cross whatsoever, can offer up their sufferings for the good of the Church and the salvation of others.

This is something that, I think, can not be repeated enough. If someone is struggling with sin (addiction, homosexuality, rage, etc) you can still be a committed Christian and a committed Catholic. Fight the good fight, offer the sufferings of your struggle for the salvation of the lost. Sacramental confession is there when you fall, use it. That you have fallen does not make you less of a Catholic, giving up and giving into the sin does.

[NYer]

Ping!

[little jeremiah]

Reading the article gave me goosebumps. What a good man, and an honest one. May God bless him.

[DirtyHarryY2K]

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[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

Many scientific studies have shown that homosexuals have a much higher incidence of clinical depression, suicidal tendencies, and drug and alcohol addiction than the general public.

You mean they're not gay?

[GAB-1955]

"For myself, painful as my disappointment was, I soon realized that priesthood was not the only way I could strive to do “something beautiful for God.” I should have known that my real calling was to be a writer, and shortly after I accepted my lay vocation, God gave me the opportunity to publish a book. He rescued me from a vocation to which I was ill-suited, and led me to a fulfilling apostolate in keeping with my natural aptitudes."

Well said. I would have been a terrible priest, but I'm a better apologist and lay worship leader. Thanks be to God!

[Coleus]

I wonder what Hubbard thinks about this?