“Can I Be Gay & Catholic?”: One Woman’s Powerful Advice for Catholics With Same-Sex Attraction
This is such beautiful advice! Gay simply means:- of, relating to, or exhibiting sexual desire or behavior directed toward people of one's own sex or gender. Zember’s ministry focuses on helping people struggling with same-sex attraction and “know they are not alone.” “When people ask Kim Zember the question, “How can I be gay and Catholic?” she responds with the question, ‘Why is ‘gay’ coming before your Christian identity?’ “Through her ministry, Overcome , Kim helps people with same-sex attraction overcome those desires and know they’re not alone. Central to overcoming that desire is denying ourselves, as Christ said: “‘If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me’ (Matthew 16:24). “Kim knows what it’s like to have homosexual desires, and encourages those who have any kind of disordered sexual desire to go to Jesus and say, ‘Lord I surrender this desire to you.’ “As St. Paul writes to the Corinthians: “‘We demolish argumen...