Surviving the AIDS Massacre and a Warning to Catholics Who Somehow Find Good in Gay
Prologue: When I got to San Francisco in 1988, I expected an endless funeral procession to be moving down Castro Street – there wasn’t. Instead, I saw hundreds of boys, just like me: rather wide-eyed,
My Conversion Through Orthodoxy
The icon I bought in 1992. “This world deceives even the wise with its appearance, for at times it appears desirable. It even offers benefits and treasures for loan, but in the day of death
No One Walks Away From the Gay Lifestyle; You Have to be Carried Out
I receive a lot of questions about getting out of the gay lifestyle; well, it’s easy to get into, but very difficult to get out. For, over the years, I never knew one person, heavily
Beware of Catholic Converts Who Still Claim to be “Gay”
One of my favorite all time passages from The Bible is that of the women caught in adultery; pious tradition and some of the Saints have maintained that this public sinner was indeed Mary Magdalene,
Catholicism – The Only Answer to the Gay Illusion
Hesychius of Sinai (d. 380), one of the earliest Eastern monks, once wrote: “A heart that is utterly purged of fantasies will give birth to mysteries…” The almost total opposite of this maxim can be
Jesus as Psychotherapist to the Saints
“One of the differences between psychoanalytic examination and examination of conscience is that in the former one stands in one’s own light; in the examination of conscience, one stands in the light of God. That
The Divine Mercy Image as a Window into Salvation
At the moment of Christ’s intervention in my life, I saw the beautiful countenance of Jesus in the Image of Divine Mercy; at the time, I had no idea the history or background of the
What the Gay Community Needs is Humility
As a meditation on humility, the perfect image is of Chris washing the feet of the Apostles: yet, sometimes, as should always be the case – we are focused on Jesus, how the Lord of
What St. Patrick Would Say About Gays in His Parade
“Who of the saints would not shudder to be merry with such persons...They do not know, the wretches, that what they offer their friends and sons as food is deadly poison, just as Eve did
Catholic Saint Predicts the Rise of AIDS – Over 100 Years Ago
In describing a dream in which he had a vision of various young men who had been taken over by the sin of lust, St. John Bosco (1815-1888) said: “I saw another throng of boys,
St. Francis: Trial Unites Us to Christ
“I tell you in all truth, no one must consider himself a servant of God until he has undergone temptations and tribulations. Temptations overcome is in a way a ring with which the Lord espouses
Healing Sexual Wounds Takes Time
From a footnote in “The Ladder of Divine Ascent” by St. John Climacus; Translated by Archimandrite Lazarus Moore (Harper & Brothers, 1959) ~ “Obviously heresy is the greatest of sins. But since the passion of
St. Raphael as the Vanquisher of Gay Demons
In the Book of Tobit, there is an interesting description of the troubles caused by the demon Asmodeus: for, he has killed seven men betrothed to a beautiful woman named Sara daughter of Raguel; who
Few Are Chosen: Why Those With Same Sex Attraction Should Remain Chaste…and Single
St. Josemaria Escriva, the greatest 20th Century commentator on the joys and sorrows of the modern Christian, once said this: “Marriage is for the soldiers and not for the General Staff of Christ’s army.” What
Homosexual Web-Site Tells Gay Men to Look For Their Father in a Lover
Recently, a well-known homosexual news and lifestyle web-site had the following advice for those older men (daddies) who are interested in a relationship with a younger man: “Be real. Be honest. Be direct. Show your
The Canonization of Fr. Junipero Serra and the End of the Gay Revolution
(Left: Dolores Park, 2014.) On January 15, 2015, Pope Francis announced that he would canonize Fr. Junipero Serra: the humble Spanish Franciscan Friar who founded a series of Catholic missions along the California coastline during
Movie Recommendation: Ostrov
“Ostrov” (Russian: Остров, The Island) was a 2006 Russian biographical film about a fictional 20th century Eastern Orthodox monk; although the story bears a striking resemblance to the life of Orthodox mystic St. Theophilus (Feofil)
The Orthodox Fool for Christ: A Tradition Sadly Lacking in Roman Catholicism
In the Orthodox faith, especially in Russia, there is a long tradition of “fools for Christ;” these holy men and women, according to Orthodox sources: “…battling within himself the root of all sin, pride. In
St. Joseph as a Minister of Salvation
St. Joseph was called by God to serve the person and mission of Jesus directly through the exercise of his fatherhood. It is precisely in this way that, as the Church's Liturgy teaches, he “cooperated
St. Augustine Predicted the Emergence of Porn Addiction 1500 Years Before the Internet
“…lust not only takes possession of the whole body and outward members, but also makes itself felt within, and moves the whole man with a passion in which mental emotion is mingled with bodily appetite,
Will I Be Gay in Heaven?
“…evil is removed, not by removing any nature, or part of a nature, which had been introduced by the evil, but by healing and correcting that which had been vitiated and depraved. The will, therefore,
Going Away From Being Gay: Saint Joseph, The Catechism, and Pope John Paul II
In an Apostolic Exhortation (1989) from Pope John Paul II titled “On the Person and Mission of Saint Joseph in the Life of Christ and of the Church,” the Holy Father quoted Pope Paul VI:
The Body of Christ Will Heal the Brokenness of the Homosexual
“…the Eucharist is the sacrament of Christ’s Passion according as a man is made perfect in union with Christ Who suffered.” ~ St. Thomas Aquinas Every gay man is a broken individual. For, in early
The Medal of St. Benedict and the Gay Demons of San Francisco
At the recent Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco, I had a rather odd occurrence involving my St. Benedict medal bracelet, a completely naked “slave,” and a masked gay demon. It went something like this:
St Joseph: The Storehouse of God’s Will and A Powerful Advocate in Heaven
“God found in St. Joseph, as in a second David, the man that His heart desired, the man whom he could entrust with the deepest and most sacred mystery of His heart. To him as
Saint Francis the Exorcist
(Above: St Francis sends a Brother to expel demons from a city.) Although the practice of Exorcism was not confined solely to clerics in the early-Church, since at least the third century, the Catholic Church
When We Are Chained to Our Past and Our Sins
“I cannot believe that God has let me live these three years to die chained to an oar.” ~ Spoken by Judah Ben-Hur in the 1959 film “Ben-Hur.” Ever since I was a kid, the
A Saint One Day; A Sinner the Next
“The evil spirits, cunning thieves that they are, can take us by surprise and rob us of all we possess. They are watching day and night for the right moment. They roam incessantly seeking to
Never Lose Hope in the Sinful; The Next Day They Could Be Saints
I regularly rewatch the 1953 film “The Robe” at least twice a year. Seeing the movie as a kid, it was one of the first VHS tapes my dad bought, is a happy memory from
Why A Gay Porn Star Became Catholic; And Why I am Staying in the Church
“Tell sinners that no one shall escape My Hand; if they run away from My Merciful Heart, they will fall into My Just Hands. Tell sinners that I am always waiting for them, that I
Father’s Day Exposes a Family Tragedy in Gay Culture
(Above picture: From the below mentioned article.) In an ironic turn of truthfulness, that invariably reveals much about homosexuality and its root causes, a famous gay web-site heralded: “This Father’s Day there’s no shortage of
New Study Proves That Gay Men Continue to be Self-Destructive
A recent study headed by The Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles and The County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health, Sexually Transmitted Disease Program, Los Angeles, California, concluded that
“The only difference between the saint and the sinner is…”
Picture caption: Photo is of actor Alessandro Preziosi as St. Augustine in the film “Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire” (aka Restless Heart;) the quote is from “A Woman of No Importance” by Oscar