LGBTQ - The Truth

 CREATED BY GOD, CALLED BY GRACE: 

The Catholic Truth About LGBTQ Persons and Identity

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Human dignity is not earned. It is received—from the Creator who lovingly fashioned each human person in His image. This includes individuals who identify as LGBTQ.

Yet, in our age of moral confusion and ideological warfare, many people falsely believe that affirming dignity means affirming every desire. 

Catholic teaching, however, draws a firm but merciful distinction: 

God creates all persons, but not all impulses or actions reflect His will.

Let’s break this down with clarity, pastoral charity, biblical depth, and visual organization.

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🕊️ I. GOD CREATED EVERY HUMAN PERSON IN LOVE


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🔹 The Image of God in Every Person


📖 Genesis 1:27 – “So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.”


📖 Wisdom 11:24 – “You love all things that are and loathe nothing that you have made.”


✅ Truth: Every LGBTQ person is willed into existence by God, formed with infinite dignity, and loved deeply.

✝️ The Church proclaims this truth even in the face of rejection, not out of ideology, but in fidelity to the Gospel.


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🔹 The Call to Relationship with God


📖 Isaiah 43:1 – “I have called you by name, you are mine.”


📖 Romans 5:8 – “While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”


🟣 Our identity is not defined by attractions or struggles, but by our relationship with the God who saves. Every person, regardless of orientation, is called to intimacy with Christ.


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🧭 II. UNDERSTANDING SAME-SEX ATTRACTION IN THE CATHOLIC VIEW


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🔹 Distinguishing Between Orientation and Action


Aspect Explanation


Orientation Often emerges unchosen; not sinful in itself

Desire Can be disordered, like many human desires; not sinful unless indulged

Action Homosexual acts are morally wrong (CCC 2357)


📚 CCC 2358: "This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity."

⚠️ Sin begins when choices contradict God’s plan for sexuality—not with the mere experience of attraction.


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🔹 Why “Disordered” Doesn’t Mean “Degraded”


📖 Romans 7:23 – “I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind.”


📖 Psalm 103:14 – “He knows how we are formed, He remembers that we are dust.”


🔶 “Disordered” means misdirected—not evil in essence. The Church applies this term to many desires: greed, lust, vengeance, gluttony, etc.

🟡 LGBTQ persons are not worse sinners. Every person is wounded in some way by Original Sin—and each is offered grace to overcome.


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⚔️ III. FALSE REDEMPTION: CULTURAL CONFUSIONS AND BLINDSPOTS


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🔹 Mistaking Identity for Desire


📖 2 Corinthians 5:17 – “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.”


🌪️ The modern world teaches: “You are your desires.” But Catholicism says:

💬 “You are not your temptations. You are a beloved son or daughter of God.”

That’s real identity.


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🔹 Mistaking Acceptance for Approval


📖 Proverbs 14:12 – “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.”


🌈 Pride parades often demand not just tolerance, but celebration of lifestyles that conflict with God’s plan.

✅ The Church welcomes persons.

❌ The Church cannot bless or normalize actions that lead away from salvation.


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🔹 Mistaking Love for Silence


📖 Ezekiel 3:18 – “If you do not speak to warn the wicked… I will hold you responsible.”


🔇 Silence can be deadly. True love speaks even when it’s hard—because truth heals and frees.


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💒 IV. THE CHURCH’S RESPONSE: TRUTH WITH MERCY


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🔹 What the Church Teaches:


📚 CCC 2357 – Homosexual acts are "intrinsically disordered."


📚 CCC 2358 – Persons must be treated with "respect, compassion, and sensitivity."


📚 CCC 2359 – They are “called to chastity… through prayer and sacramental grace.”


🔵 Every Christian is called to chastity, not just LGBTQ persons.

🟢 Marriage between a man and a woman reflects the unity of Christ and the Church (Eph 5:31–32).


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🔹 Ministries of Compassion


💠 Courage International – Offers support for same-sex attracted Catholics seeking to live chastely.

💠 EnCourage – Helps parents, siblings, and friends to accompany their loved ones with faithful love.

💠 Parish Hospitality – Authentic welcome means calling to holiness, not affirming confusion.


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🔹 Examples of Grace at Work


✅ David: A same-sex attracted Catholic who lives in celibate communion with Christ, now teaches RCIA.

✅ Maria: A mother whose child identifies as non-binary; she prays, listens, and shares the Gospel patiently.

✅ St. Charles Lwanga: Martyred for defending chastity against a predatory king—now patron of African youth.


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🌿 V. THE DEEPER CALL: HOLINESS BEYOND LABELS


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🔹 Our Ultimate Identity Is in Christ


📖 John 1:12 – “To all who received him… he gave power to become children of God.”


📖 Philippians 3:20 – “Our citizenship is in heaven.”


🌟 You are not defined by your sexual orientation. You are defined by your baptismal dignity.


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🔹 The Cross Is the Path to Resurrection


📖 Matthew 16:24 – “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.”


🌈 The LGBTQ lifestyle offers pleasure without purpose, but Christ offers sacrifice that leads to eternal glory.


🙌 Chastity is not repression—it is redemption. It is the freedom to love rightly, not the license to indulge.


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VI. CONCLUSION: CALLED, NOT CANCELED


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🎯 God created LGBTQ individuals. He created them for Himself, to know, love, and serve Him in this life, and be happy with Him forever in the next.


💔 The world offers affirmation without truth. The Church offers truth filled with mercy.


📖 John 8:32 – “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.”


Let us, as faithful Catholics:


✅ Embrace each LGBTQ person as beloved of God


✅ Reject any ideology that distorts the Creator’s design


✅ Proclaim boldly the hope of the Gospel


✅ Offer companionship, not compromise


✅ Walk in truth, grace, and sacrificial love


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🕯️ No soul is excluded from God's call to holiness.


🌈 But not every desire leads to heaven.


✝️ The road is narrow, the cross is heavy—but the glory is eternal.

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