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 feeling of […]
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 to be […]
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 struggled to […]
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 SSA can […]
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 become holy. […]
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 have a […]
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 the everydayness […]
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 many in […]
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 is entitled […]
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 his reflection […]