Overcoming Lust In Our Lives
We all struggle with lust. Lust can take many forms: for example, we lust for money, power or love. Lust is an intense
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Growing in our Relationship with God
A continuing challenge people with SSA struggle with is personal renewal. We know what this looks like: our desire to love God and
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Finding God in the Messiness of Our Struggles
Raquel Falk’s reflection entitled “Fit for Glory” describes when she first became aware she was a person with SSA and how she then
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Friendship with God and with others
Some weeks back, we viewed Eve Tushnet’s talk, ‘Gay and Catholic’. A point she raised was the vocation of friendship that people with
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The Slow and Steady Process to Holiness
We come to Courage to grow in holiness. Our desire to be chaste and our efforts to remain chaste express our commitment to
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Can I be Catholic and Gay?
Catholics with SSA grapple with many questions as they try make sense of who they are, how God loves them and whether they
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Dare to live as Saints
Between Easter and Advent is what the Church’s Liturgical Calendar calls Ordinary Time. In Ordinary Time, the Church invites us to live in
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SSA: What’s Our Response?
Do you know how to relate to someone with same-sex attraction? Even today, homosexuality or same-sex attraction (SSA) is a difficult subject for
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Being Open to the Holy Spirit
This week I’d like to share a spiritual reflection by Rebecca Ruiz on the good work of Holy Spirit in our lives. It
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Choosing God, Choosing Freedom
For this week’s reflection, let us consider this video from the BBC that features Bro Giles reflecting on prayer and freedom. I find
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