Hi Mikeyavelli. I too am repulsed by homosexual behavior but I don't understand how even this loathsome behavior surrounding you could drive you away from the Real Presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist. Do you not believe the Real Presence? If not, why would you want to be a priest?

I have no ill feelings for you, I am only interested in your beliefs. Please forgive me if I am too intrusive, I have asberger syndrome and don't feel emotions or protocol normally sometimes. Maybe it's none of my business.

I'm doing well for the first day of daylight savings time.
You're a good man, RandyBrian and I respect your faith with a touch of envy.
My catholic faith was damaged early on by aggressive pedophilic priests and the preponderance of gay men drawn to the seminary that I attended for about 2 weeks and left because I am not gay. The ritual is beautiful, but the corruption within is sin itself.
So, I've built my own church. I am pope of my life, which is, very good in health and happiness and lifestyle.
I see the power of nature and anthropomorphic climate change goes right out of contention.
Something is running it all, and it could be one God entity, but I am sure that God in his perfection, should there be a God, expects nothing of me good or bad. I live, I die, and it's the only bright space between the time before I was born and the time when I die.
A man dead for one second is as dead as a man dead for a thousand years.
The one consolation is that death is a concept of the living. Being dead is nothing.

That's because we know that. We don't know the future. That's the beauty of faith.

When my 82 year old grandmother was on her deathbed, we were called into her hospital room to be with her. We were talking among ourselves - there were about five of us - and suddenly she looked up as if she were staring behind my father on the other side of the room. She smiled and said "they're all here". When I asked her who was all here, she said "Rick, Paul, Jimmy and Carolyn". Two were her siblings and two were people she worked closely with at her job her whole life. I don't know what she meant by "all" here, because she certainly knew a lot more people than those 4, but I sincerely believe she really saw those people on that day. When she finally slipped away in the middle of the night, she had a smile on her face.

So maybe there's nothing and maybe not....but it's really nice to think that Nana had some good people that she knew and loved who escorted her to her next life! And now, years later, I am comforted to think on the image of my now deceased father, mother and brother there with her having a most wonderful reunion! I like the thought, and I will probably be thinking about this on my own deathbed (if there is one). I believe I will be seeing Jesus when I die....it's not a guess....I really honestly believe it. There has been too much evidence in my own life that there is more than this.

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Been a Catholic at 3 years old. Never seen a homo Priest in my entire life. All I see are Priests sacrificing and serving the Lord for the rest of their lives. When serving the poorest of the poor in Africa, some of them are killed by Muslims. And I've known lots of them who've sacrificed.

I am surprised those who are not Catholics see homos more than I do.
These so-called homo priests were not known homos when they applied for Priesthood. Until later found out.

Stages of Adult Catholic Baptism is not simple. That is why many don't have the patience, and just leave. For adults, starts with Baptism, then Confirmation, and the Holy Eucharist. If adult is not yet baptized, it requires the RCIA (Rights of Christian Initiation of Adults.) Takes about 1 to 2 years. Divorced can't re-marry in the Catholic Church unless the 1st marriage is annulled.

I'm doing well for the first day of daylight savings time.
You're a good man, RandyBrian and I respect your faith with a touch of envy.
My catholic faith was damaged early on by aggressive pedophilic priests and the preponderance of gay men drawn to the seminary that I attended for about 2 weeks and left because I am not gay. The ritual is beautiful, but the corruption within is sin itself.
So, I've built my own church. I am pope of my life, which is, very good in health and happiness and lifestyle.
I see the power of nature and anthropomorphic climate change goes right out of contention.
Something is running it all, and it could be one God entity, but I am sure that God in his perfection, should there be a God, expects nothing of me good or bad. I live, I die, and it's the only bright space between the time before I was born and the time when I die.
A man dead for one second is as dead as a man dead for a thousand years.
The one consolation is that death is a concept of the living. Being dead is nothing.