Say ‘Yes’ To Sex

Assamite let me listen to a song today. It’s a rap song, written by a priest Father Stan Fortuna, CPF. It’s a song about sex. That was enough for me to raise my eyebrows at. I burst out into spontaneous laughter especially when I heard the words “Humanae Vitae” and “Gaudium et Spes” in the [...]

There’s no such thing as a weak will

While “Homosexuality and the Catholic Church” by Father John Harvey, OSFS. In it, there is a section on St. Augustine’s confessions regarding his struggle for chastity.
According to St. Augustine, there’s no such thing as a “strong will” or “weak will”, only a united or divided will. He speaks of two kinds of inner battles - [...]

What’s wrong with two men (or two women) in a loving, sexual and monogamous relationship?

I was reading Leslie Lung’s book Freedom Of Choice when the answer to this question occurred to me. It was asked at the CANA forum sessions, and it was asked on this blog comments, word for word. So let’s answer this question by exploring the meaning of these three words used: “loving”, “sexual”, and “monogamous”.
On [...]

Book Review: Homosexuality and the Catholic Church

I’ve just finished a most excellent book titled “Homosexuality and the Catholic Church” written by Father John Harvey, OSFS, the priest who started Courage - the only Catholic ministry dedicated to persons with same-sex attraction that completely embraces the Catholic teaching on homosexuality.
I bought this book on the third session of “A Christian Response To [...]

Homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered

I attended a forum today held at CANA - The Catholic Centre. It is the second part of a series of forums titled “A Christian Response To Same-Sex Attraction”. This session was interesting because one of the speakers invited was Alex Au, of Yawning Bread fame. He’s shorter than I expected. The other two speakers [...]

Let me have just this one vice!

In Spider-Man: House of M, a five-issue comic book limited series that ran throughout Marvel Comics’ House of M crossover in 2005, Spider-Man is famous for being an actor, superhero, wrestler, and businessman. The House of M is an alternate reality where Homo superior, instead of Homo sapiens, rule [...]

“One who is unable to live without sex, in the end, becomes a slave”

I picked up the following story from LifeSiteNews.com today:

“One who is unable to live without sex, in the end, becomes a slave”: Italian Soccer Superstar
TURIN, January 30, 2008 (CWNews.com/LifeSiteNews.com) - In an interview for the Italian magazine Sportsweek, a star defender from Turin, Italy’s Juventus soccer club, Nicola Legrottaglie, revealed that [...]

Wednesday, October 24 - Temperance

Romans 6:12-14
You must not let sin reign in your mortal bodies or command your obedience to bodily passions, you must not let any part of your body turn into an unholy weapon fighting on the side of sin; you should, instead, offer yourselves to God, and consider yourselves dead men brought [...]

Flaws in the pro-gay position

I came across this blog post yesterday, in which an atheist explores the flaws in the pro-gay position. I thought it’s pretty good reading.
One of the things that I’ve always found hard to argue against in the topic of homosexual sex is that the pro-gay position says that real love can [...]

Tuesday, September 11 - Sexual Freedom

Colossians 2:6-15
You must live your whole life according to the Christ you have received - Jesus the Lord; you must be rooted in him and built on him and held firm by the faith you have been taught, and full of thanksgiving.
Make sure that no one traps you [...]