Dearest friends, just like Jesus Christ, we ought to love everyone, irrespective of people’s sexual orientation; however, we also have the OBLIGATION to remind everyone that Lesbianism, Gay, Bisexual, Fornication, Adultery, Masturbation, Transgender, etc. are SINFUL lifestyles.
We encourage those involved, just like Jesus Christ too, to REPENT (cf. Mk 1:15)๐๐ผ
Please, let us understand that when an adult consents to a same-sex sexual gratification/union, then, that consent is DISORDERED; perhaps, he or she lacks the necessary human, psychological and moral formation to make an INFORMED consent; just as the child is believed to lack the requisite knowledge to consent on sexual matters (cf. CCC n. 2357).
You can be sure that if the adult receives the requisite formation, he or she cannot sexually consent to a same-sex partner.
Indeed, legal proscriptions cannot really remove sexual desires; even that of some human persons towards animals (bestiality). However, while human persons can sexually desire anything/anybody, gratifying every sexual desire is DANGEROUS, not only legally but morally, spiritually and psychologically.
Now, why did God create Eve (woman) as the most suitable companion to the man (Adam)? Truly, such Divinely ORDERED union has proven over the centuries to be the best in sustaining the human society. Is that not true; because it is open to PROCREATION (Cf. Gen 1:27-28).
Thus, whether the human society accepts it or not, any sexual desire outside that of a man towards a woman (and vice verse), is simply a SEXUAL PERVERSION (Disorder) which needs serious psychological and spiritual assistance. The Scriptures refer to such DISORDERED sexual desires thus:
… They exchanged the truth of God for a lie… Because of this, God gave them over to SHAMEFUL LUSTS. Even their women exchanged natural relations for UNNATURAL ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with LUST for one another. Men committed INDECENT ACTS with other men… Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve DEATH, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them (Cf. Rom 1:20-32).
Again, when there is a well ordered sexual desire (between a man and a woman), then they will be free to gratify such desire only within MARRIAGE. To choose to gratify it without being married may be approved by some societal laws but certainly NOT APPROVED by GOD. The former may call it sexual agreement but God calls it SIN (cf. 1 Cor 6:18, CCC n. 2390).
Well, the heartfelt truth is that any parental, pastoral or friendly support, love, care, etc. towards a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, etc. should be geared towards making him/her realize that such lifestyle is SINFUL and DESTRUCTIVE; and then encouraging him/her to REPENT. Any effort that excludes the above is simply DECEPTIVE and also a cooperation in SIN (cf. CCD n. 329).
๐๐ผIndeed, God accepts a HUMBLE and REPENTANT Sinner. However, he rejects both the Righteous and Sinners who are PROUD (cf. Luke 18:9-14, Ps 51:17).
Therefore, I encourage every sincere person that is searching for the TRUTHย about dealing with sexual desires to follow the above teaching for his/her well-being, both in this temporal life and in eternity.
Remain blessed๐๐ผ
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