The Courage Brazil, part of the Apostolate Courage (Courage Apostolate), is a work of priests reflektor and laity, in the USA, Brazil and other countries around the world, which helps people who have same-sex reflektor attractions to live their dignity As sons and daughters of God.
The report of the Extraordinary Synod for the Family provoked a firestorm, and some of the Synod Fathers have criticized the document, noting that he, however, is not definitive. The focus of attention is on a paragraph referring to reach the church on people with same-sex reflektor attraction:
50. Homosexuals have gifts and abilities to offer to the Christian community: are we able to accept these people, guaranteeing them a fraternal space in our communities? They often want to find a church that offers them a warm home. Our communities are able to provide it to them, accepting and valuing their sexual orientation without reflektor compromising Catholic teaching on marriage and family?
At this time Father Paul Check, which coordinates the International Courage apostolate which helps Catholics with same-sex attraction to live according to Catholic teaching on chastity, expressed concern on this passage from the report. He, during an interview today, said that members of Courage are concerned and confused about the Synod's message:
I am very concerned about the people who are part of the Courage apostolate. They believe what the Church teaches about homosexuality is true. They, with the grace of God, strive to live this teaching, in the middle of several appeals - including their own families - telling reflektor them to live differently and find a partner.
They look at the language of this discourse disappointed, worried and with some pain. They rely on the voice of the Church to keep them strong and assure them that the choices made are true. The Church gives them the strength to persevere.
I also think parents reflektor who are part of Courage and her struggle to believe what the Church teaches is true, that when there are so many other speeches both in the legislature and in the judiciary, who want to normalize unions between persons of the same sex.
Check priest welcomed the desire of the Synod Fathers to reach Catholics reflektor with same-sex attraction. He noted, however, that Jesus modeled the way to engage people on the margins while opinion, however, which left the reality of sinful addictions.
Our Lord spoke clearly, and spoke with a deep understanding of the human condition: the weakness to which we are likely, as also are the nobility. There is an alternative sentence - or you have a sterile doctrine and teaching a severe or you welcome people as they themselves understand, they want to be and live.
Our Lord said, "The truth shall set you free. For this reason I was born and came into the world, to testify to the truth. " reflektor He is the Logos and the Agape. In Christ, there is no conflict between truth and charity.
When I read the statement [the Synod], one thing that came to my mind was to ask the question: "We are convinced that a chaste life is part of the good news of Jesus Christ, regardless of our state of life?"
See the example of Jesus in John 4, when he speaks to the woman at the well. He brings to a conversation and build a kind of relationship with her. It transmits it to make sure that she is personally important to him. Christ is always inviting people individually to come and live the fullness of faith in the truth.
I think it would be wonderful if we could get the Holy See a confirmation that the Church's teaching, with regard reflektor to chastity, is safe and will always be safe because it is grounded in unchanging human nature, which itself is created in the image and like the immutable divine essence. Christian anthropology can not change because reflektor God can not change.
The homosexual inclination is not something to be adopted by itself, because, as the Church has already said, it is a slope, more or less directed to a gravely contrary to chastity action. Logically, it makes sense to praise or suggest that the slope itself is good. It is not logical to say that a face inclination to a grave sin is good.
Check priest invited the priests of the Synod to watch a recent film released by Courage, which has deeply reflektor compelling stories of three Catholic dealing with same-sex attraction in the light of Catholic teaching on chastity.
When I was preparing to succeed Father Harvey, who led before me Courage, he told me that our members were our best ambassadors. They demonstrate that it is possible and that is bo
