Humility month + What does the Catechism of the Church say about homosexuality- explained

*deep breath* I'm doing it. I'm jumping in the deep end of the pool. Let's dive right into it!

 Happy Humility Month!!That is what I believe June should be called with the current state of things. June is the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Humility is one of the greatest characteristics of His Sacred Heart; and one we should strive to imitate. It's not enough to protest 'Pride month' with words, we need to protest it with our actions by practicing the virtue of humility. You can't fight fire with fire. We have to quench the raging fire of pride with the cool waters of humility. 

Gay 'pride' doesn't just target adults: children's schools, movies, shows, books, and entertainment have homosexual elements included in, ruining the innocence of children. Worse than that,people are encouraging kids to come out as gay as young as five! It's horrific. Children that age shouldn't know anything about that sort of thing, and yet they are praised as heros if they 'come out'. Our age has sunk so low if it would destroy childhood.

But he that shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he be drowned in the depth of the sea. ~Mathew 18:6.

Serious words, ones our modern world would do well to remember. For every child they scandalize they will need to give a reckoning.

 'Pride month' also is a distortion of charity, true love. In the modern world, love is a 'connection' between two people, and physical attraction. It's all about feelings. What they want to do, what they feel like doing, not what they will to do, what they ought to do. Love is the supreme act of the will, not the heart, something homosexuality is not. 

What does the catechism say about homesexuality?

Basing itself on sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered. They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved(Catechism of the Catholic Church 2357).

 

However, the Church also acknowledges that “[homosexuality’s] psychological genesis remains largely unexplained. . . . The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God’s will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord’s cross the difficulties that they may encounter from their condition.

 

Homosexual persons are called to chastity. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection” (CCC 2357– 2359).

Let's break that down, shall we?

"Homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered."

You might think that sounds a bit harsh, but it's not. All sin is disordered because it is out of order. God created the world perfect and beautiful. It had no sin or evil. It was in perfect order. Then Lucifer came along and created chaos by his sin, disorder. So this applies for all sins, really. It is just stressed in regards to homosexuality because so many people do not think it is a sin, or if it is, they were 'born that way.'

"They are contrary to nature. It closes the sexual act to the gift of life."

One of the main reasons for marriage is the promulgation of children, so... yeah. 

"They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity."

And this is about the second object of marriage, to help each other get to heaven, which it says homosexuality does not accomplish.

"Under no circumstances can they be approved."

Period. 

"However, the Church also acknowledges that [homosexuality’s] psychological genesis remains largely unexplained. . . . The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible."

The church does not know exactly why same sex attraction occurs. Why someone has a strong tendency to go against natural law, and it acknowledges this. It also allows that there is a large number of people with same sex attraction."

This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided".

This paragraph is first prefaced by again stating that homosexual acts are wrong. But we are all sinners and we all have our temptations. And that is why we must not treat people with same sex temptations as worse than the rest of us. We all have our temptations to overcome. We must treat them with true charity, which is saying that it is wrong, but recognize with humility that we all sin. (See how Humility Month ties in again?) However, notice how it says unjust discrimination. For instance, not letting them in Church, refusing life essentials, or such things. But, since marriage is the foundation of human society, a distortion of marriage, distorts society. That is why gay marriage should not be sanctioned by the church or society. Because the marriage between a man and a woman is a sacrament, and it must not be mocked.

"These persons are called to fulfill God’s will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord’s cross the difficulties that they may encounter from their condition."Like all Catholics, those who struggle with same sex attraction can offer their sufferings to our Lord, and their willingness to fight against them for His sake.

"Homosexual persons are called to chastity. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection".It ends with a note of encouragement. Like all Christians, homosexuals are called to chastity, and like all Christians, they must learn self mastery, which is control over our sinful passions. The things it recommends to help overcome this are, disinterested friendship (so if you have a friend struggling with this, help them! don't turn them away), prayer, ("pray and watch that ye shall not enter into temptation"), and sacramental grace, which we get from receiving the sacraments. (Please note: this is not encouraging those who have engaged in homosexual acts to recieve Communion without first going to confession. That would be a grave sin. This is for people struggling with the temptation, or who confess and then receive the Eucharist.) Finally remember this is a gradual process and takes time. But with God's Grace, we can and will conquer.

It is a difficult battle, but we must strive to win it and to rediscover our small road to Damascus in order to walk toward the destination to which we all must arrive." ~Bl Pier Giorgio Frassati.

And recall this Catholics as to the way you should act:

Modern society is drowning in the sorrows of human passions and it is distancing itself from every ideal of love and peace. Catholics, we and you, must bring the breath of goodness that can only spring from faith in Christ. ~Bl Pier Giorgio Frassati

I have never struggled with homosexual temptations before, so I can't imagine what it is like. But to anyone who is wrestling with this, you have my prayers. 

God Bless!