"We need to see ourselves through the lens of Jesus Christ". This was beautifully said and such an eye opener for me. Thank you Hudson for your honesty and beautiful story! God bless you!
I have been going to the Catholic Church about 6 mons, I was wrong about the CHURCH, JESUS is here, I can FEEL HIM, when I am at MASS, HIS LOVE IS THERE !!! Jesus Call ME to join his table !!!! I have walked away from the gay community, that worship LUST, and DESIRE that is all they are about. I have enrolled in RCIA, I want to serve JESUS CHRIST forever and I want to be part of HIS CHURCH !!!!
I don't know why but reading your story made me cry tears of joy. I believe the Church needs to to better in ministering to the SSA community. I hope your journey home is going well.🙏🏾
Thank you for this testimony. I'm at the SLS18 conference and I saw a shirt that said "Catholic Faith, rated E for everyone" with the logo. God loves us all and desires for us to come closer to him. God bless.
@@josephlucks5461 he's sharing his journey, the youtube clip is addressed to people like him, not you or me. Again your sex life, his sex life and my sex life is nobody elses business.
If you mean by this that you have same sex attraction and that you make all good effort to resist it then indeed you can be at peace. However if you have accepted yourself as homosexual and see no problem with it then you most certainly are at odds with God's Holy Word.
U r not. Do not worry, God doesn't hate you. Focus on your studies, get a good vocation, travel a lot and that will give you knowledge . The knowledge will bring you closer to Christ. There will always be lots of negativity outside but listen to your heart and keep focus on God. World is a good place.
Some of these comments obsessing about celibacy and chastity and wondering why he doesn’t talk about it...Maybe take a good hard look at how you practice chastity before prying into another man’s life and criticizing what he chose to focus on in his personal testimony. It’s clear that Hudson has a relationship with God, and already knows where the Church stands on this issue. Hudson’s life choices are a private matter between him and God - most of us do not understand his struggle with same sex attraction and the completely radical form of chastity it entails. Trust the love he declares for God in his testimony and stop looking to judge.
Hi Emelin, What you say is true, but we need repentance from sin to benefit from God's love. This man turned from his sin and that was an indispensable part of his experience.
Joan Liut God loved us first, we are all already benefiting from his love. We just have to built a relationship with God based on this unconditional love. This will eventually lead to asking for forgiveness because you are so thankful to God and wish to serve him. I don't think one has to repent in order to feel his love because he already does even before you were born. I just think we have to notice it.
God loves us first before we can possibly love God. Still, to gain forgiveness for sin, we need to turn to God by means of the Sacraments. For those already baptized, that means confession. Feeling God's love is great so far as it goes, but it is not a necessary thing.
People in the comments are judging a man for openly coming and giving his testimony.Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Stop being judgemental. When you aren't perfect either.
Do not judge lest you be judged.. Do not judge another persons heart, because when we all face God one day.. Your heart will be judged.. Who are any of you to say what this man needs or feels.. You have not a clue.. He gave a beautiful insight into "his" souls journey, and would you have the strength to walk in his shoes. He is loved by God and that is all that matters and he has given his heart to God.. That is all that matters, not your hateful comments..
Judge righteous judgement for the same measure you use will be measured to you. It’s impossible not to judge. We judge everything that comes into our view, hearing, and touch. We need to use righteous judgement. How did Jesus judge the woman caught in adultery? He didn’t condemn her but told her to sin no more. Judging that her act was a sin, and must no longer be done. Our Lord is merciful. He loves us all. We are all precious to Him and He wants us home with Him. We’re all the prodigal son when we come home to our Father.
When we get to the painful realization that we are who we are, yet we are ashamed of who we are, we hide on the outside and on the inside. Especially at the tender ages of puberty. This weighs a psychological burden deep in us from which many may not recover, and it drives us further away from the moral codes which God and the Church teach for the prosperity of ourselves and our nations. The Church can not be fully experienced in the hidden shadows of an ashamed soul, it must be experienced in the light to prevail. Thank you for your courage to tell your story and for the impact of your message. God bless you!
I am so pleased that you had the courage to explain what happened to you and how you always felt about your self. Turning to God was your hope and salvation. Coming into the house of God to find hope and new life in Christ, he will lead you and give you back your self esteem. Keep strong and keep your faith. Don't be discouraged, keep on the right path, don't go back to forward. God Bless.
I am TRANSGENDER AND CATHOLIC!!! There is nobody more perfect than Jesus and feel extremely proud that I had come back to my Catholic home after years of despair, confusion and being completely lost under the total control of the enemy! Amen :)
This is beautiful and extremely inspiring. Thank you, Hudson, for courageously sharing your story. Thank you, dear brother in Christ. I am going to share this with others.
Hudson truly has a gaping desire to take in all the love that God can give. Not only does he submit himself to the shepherd's staff - but in doing so - he receives countless seeds of wisdom from Peter and the apostles. He says yes to God's true church, the very one Christ ordered Peter to erect. Hudson has the courage to harden up through faith and thrust himself into the church, head first. It's a wondrous union.
The way you talk about Jesus brings tears to my eyes and makes me want to strive to have that deep of love for Christ as well. Continue to tell you story because it is the light that makes the world brighter.
I appreciate they are trying to tackle a sensitive topic, but I'm thinking this is too ambiguous. In this day in age, if you don't speak in the clearest language about celibacy and chastity for those with homosexual inclinations, then you can easily be misunderstood. People do not automatically know nowadays that "life in Christ" means a chaste life with no homosexual relationships. Since originally posting this, I see Ascension Presents clarifying the issue and affirming Catholic chastity. Good to see. I like this series of videos.
Joan Liut you said "life in Christ means a chaste life with no homosexual relationships". But life in Christ is more than that. It is a CHASTE LIFE WITH NO SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS, WHATSOEVER, OUTSIDE OF A CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE BETWEEN A MAN AND HIS WIFE.
Of course that's true. I meant to clarify the "no homosexual relationships" angle because I felt concerned that someone might see this and not realize that the man had to renounce his homosexual past- they may think that this was about a "LGBT" Catholic who was somehow having it both ways. I thought it needed to be made crystal clear that this interpretation was wrong, because some posters below seem like they might be confused on that point. I don't think my remark implied that other sexual sin is okay.
This was beautiful. This world is obsessed with sexual gratification and many have made it the center of their lives. The love of Christ puts everything in its proper place. He helps us live in the healthy order that was intended for us before the fall. This world will mean sacrifice and suffering for those who love Him, but even in this we find peace. This life is temporal and we live for eternity with the One who loves us so much that He laid His life down for us. Pray for all our brothers and sisters who long for this Love.
Thank you for being so brave to share. I have experience something similar and despite being active in my faith and parish I fear what will become of me in my later years when everyone gets married and settles down or moved on (I’m still a young adult in my early 20s). It’s like a looming fear in the distance that kind of comes and goes yet on a certain level is always there
It can be lonely for a person to be celibate. I don't know what it is like to be you and I wont claim to know. But look at priests(most of them anyway). They live a celibate life to death. They find things and ways to keep them uplifted. But at the center it's Christ. Christ is the only thing in this world that wont fail you. So when you are in a hard place, turn to Him and hold on to Him. It will take time and courage to this and to feel right, but I hope you are able to do so. As a straight man I, in a way can relate. I don't have a SO and I feel terribly depressed about it at times. It is a cross that we must carry. But with Christ we can do it. I don't mean to sound patronizing, I don't mean to sound rude. If I have come off this way, I am truly sorry. God bless you brother
@@CedanyTheAlaskan thanks for sharing. It truly is kinda scary. Right now I’m in a youn adult group and we’re on some level on the same boat (almost everyone’s a single college student lol). But I fear what will become of me once everyone moves on and settled down with kids. I don’t think God is calling me to marriage since I experience SSA, but I’ve always dreamt of having a family (growing up as a little kid and having a wife). It’s weird. But a cross I must carry (not) alone.
@@CedanyTheAlaskan here’s the problem, priest’s choose this. God forced this on me. All I know at this point is that heaven had better be worth it cause if I had to live in the burning hellscape I call a life for just a reskin of it in the next I’m gonna fight God.
so whats the conclusion? do you accept being gay and reconcile your homosexuality with your faith or are you suppressing it and living in celibacy. we still did not get an answer.
Salvation through Christ is expressed through the Great and New Commandments... And a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” And He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?” And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” And He said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this and you will live.” -- Luke 10:25-28 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” -- John 13:34-35 Through these all of the other commandments are fulfilled. God bless you, Hudson. You are loved by your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. Those who hate and persecute you do so apart from His Love.
X-Files A The KJB has 7 books missing in it thanks to Martin Luther and his Protestant Reformation, so don't even go there with Bible quotes when you don't even have the WHOLE book and your "church" is a result of the 16th Century Church Reformation. MY Church on the other hand was founded in 30 A.D. by Jesus Christ of Nazareth himself and with authority mind you. Matthew 16:18
Click on the little arrow to the right of the title...expand the detailed description of this video and it shows the links to the full video and explains more... the call to chastity, etc... this is an extended preview & we would be wise to get the whole book & not just this Cliff Notes... knowledge is power... God bless..
OMG, This IS ME, I WANT TO SERVE GOD FIRST AND NOT THIS SICK AND DISGUSTING EVIL WORLD, WHAT THIS EVIL WORLD SAYS ITS OK, BUT IN GOD'S EYES ITS EVIL. GOD IS GOOD !! THANKS FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO !! I WANT TO SERVE GOD FIRST !!
This is very interesting because, when most of the time someone gives their testimony about their conversion to God, pornography is for the most part involved in one's journey to find God. I say this because I too am a porn addict, and I try to fight it.
I've started to have homosexual attractions and I lived in a strict catholic church and family so I don't know what to so please give me an answer anybody
Hey there! I struggle with these attractions too, and I can understand how scary and difficult they can be. When I first went into the Catholic church I got completely blindsided by the presence of God in the Holy Eucharist. I knew there was no way I could just experience it once and then move on with my life. I kept coming back, and it’s been a long journey of self-discovery and sacrifice, but I believe it’s worth it, and I have learned to trust in Him. That’s why I’m still choosing to convert to Catholicism this spring, despite the church’s views. My family had some trouble understanding as well, but thankfully there are a lot of videos and articles out there that might help. Maybe you could show them, and open up a conversation? I can understand if that’s not an option though. I just wanted to let you know I support you no matter what, and if you have any questions or just want a listening ear, don’t be afraid to ask! I’ll be praying for you!
Thanks Raul, this is an excerpt from a larger program we produced called YOU which certainly affirms every individuals call to chastity, not just those dealing w ssa. We encourage you to check it out and thanks for bringing it up!
Bravo, Hudson! Our Church needs to be doing more of this: sharing the testimonies of people who experience same-sex inclinations. Reading through the comments, I’m astounded by how people confuse sharing one’s testimony with Catechetical instruction. This is the testimony of Hudson, who shared his personal experience of discerning his sexuality and using that experience to grow ever more closely into communion with the Church- it’s not a finger-wagging how-to-be-gay instructional video. And this is the problem with our Church today, particularly with the laity who mistakenly regard themselves as Canon lawyers: we don’t actually know the LGBTQ, so we try to confine the abstract SSA person into our own little box. We’re all sinners, from the LGBTQ parishioner in the back pew to the little blue haired old lady praying the rosary in the very front. We all need repentance, and we all need the mercy of God. Too many Catholics are falling into the trap of the Pharisees by pretending that their sins aren’t as great or numerous as the gay guy with a rainbow tattoo praying before entering confession. All y’all need Jesus! Anyway, end rant. Thank you, Hudson!
I am a mother to four children. Two younger boys of my own, a 12 year old step son, and a 15 year old step daughter. My step daughter struggles with identifying as a lesbian. I am 33 and I do not fully comprehend what she is going through other than depression and anxiety (as that is what I have, and she has also been diagnosed with). I want to help her, love her as Christ loves her, support her the way I should as a Catholic mother. Her own biological mother is not Christian. How do I help her, support her? I love her as if she was my own. Any advice and direction of the Church's teachings would be most welcome. Thank you, and God bless you.
I am 17 years old and I am gay and Catholic and I think of coming out to my mother but she is a strict catholic I don't know if I do come out she will be ashamed of me for the rest of my life so please anybody give me an answer on what I should do.
She will be disappointed but it's normal, dont you think? But a disappointment is always something that we can fix. The disappointment from this situation may come out of fear of you will leave catholicism. So when you come out to your mom, make sure you are both alone and calm, and prepare yourself to convince your mom that you need support in getting through this, and that you will choose a life of chastity. Have you heard about Andy Warhol? He struggled from this too and his mom was a strict catholic and he stayed in the church..he wasn't a perfect example but maybe it can inspire you
I will pray for you, brother. I believe Rinsanti has given you good advice. You can't live a lie and I am sure that even if the revelation is shocking at first, your mother will love to get to know for who you really are. God loves you just the way you are, and I believe your mother will do the same. Ask Our Mother Mary for help. God bless you!
Just a small advice: if you want everyone to click on videos like this, even people who would be in theory opposed to the ideas expressed in it, you should be more subtle with the title. Not to deceive, but to open the door to those who are not willing to hear differing voices.
Ascension Presents, would you be able to talk about Father James Martin and whether or not we as Catholics should follow him? I think this topic ties into this video, but it is not explained as clear as it could be. Thanks!
Okay this was very beautiful but where in this entire video does he talk about how he is living life as a chaste and single man of God and avoiding same sex romantic relationships? Father this is a great video but unless you have a commentary either in the beginning or at the end stating the Church’s position on homosexuality, that they are children of God first and foremost, that we are not identified by our sexuality but by who we are as individuals, and that those with same sex attractions are called to be single, then this video fails to truly glorify Christ and His Church’s teachings. Please make sure there is clarification so that people don’t think it’s okay to be “actively” homosexual in the Catholic Church.
Just to be clear, being gay is not a sin, we love everyone, just like being a straight man who has sexual urges outside of marriage is not sinning. But all of us, heterosexual, bi, or homosexual, are only to be sexual within the Sacrament of Marriage which is only between a husband and his wife, as a means to bond and to procreate.
From watching thos video I also realise the sin that us heterosexuals commit and why. For example, I was also exposed to pornography early on. I was always told by older man and friends that I should have sex with as many women as I can. A lot of young man are told the same thing. We were told that we are gay if we do not sleep around. I really struggle with fornication and pornography. I have slowly left that vice but It is really hard not to look at women lustfully. I guess evrrything that we struggle with has a root. God bless you all.
Hudson's testimony is nice. He found people that were accepting of him. This is important especially, in Catholic faith. Catholicism has not been very accepting with homosexuality. I think that needs to change.
Brigit R I think you misunderstand the Church's standing on homosexuality. While the Church teaches that homosexual acts are sinful and condones any of these acts, we are also called to love those who struggle with these feelings. Everyone has their own crosses to bear and we have to help and support others in carrying their own; not by encouraging them to give into the temptations but by helping them to overcome their desires and carry their cross strongly and relying on God's loving grace.
Brigit R You are right, there is nothing "wrong" with people who experience same-sex attraction; the sinfulness lies in the acting out of these desires.
Brigit R Yes, there is something wrong with it. The homosexual desire IS disordered. But we ALL have different disordered desires! We cannot accept sinful inclinations and thoughts as acceptable and good. For example, I may be jealous of someone, or angry and want revenge. I may have lustful thoughts, etc. What if I have a sexual attraction to children? This is a disordered desire. If you have wrong thoughts of ANY kind, you have to fight them, not tell yourself that is just who you are. If you give in to them, they become habits that are hard to break, but God's grace can and does give us the strength to overcome.
AnnInFL You're absolutely right. As someone who struggles with SSA and who is a student of theology and Scripture and a revert to the Church from Protestantism I can affirm that there is something disordered in me that leads to these disordered desires contrary to the revealed will of God, but through the grace of the all-loving God all of us, no matter our sins or proclivities can be brought to the fullness of God's Truth and Love. God bless!!
" true identity in Christ, Catholicism, and chastity" But see THAT is exactly the problem. How is gay sex a sin exactly? (I have had this argument already and spoiler alert. The gays win.) "Well its a sin because it doesn't end with a child being born" ok, but can you point out where God favors having children over true love? Besides there are 7.2 billion people on earth and many places have had to do some really radical things just to deal with over population. Adding more kids into the mix won't make it any easy to fix things you claim to care about such as world hunger and homelessness.
Finding Christ means a renewal of the heart. If one is identifying as gay, or adulturous, or whatever it may be, but proclaiming that as not sin because he or she isnt "physically" acting on it is wrong. They are still sinning through thought of the heart. Christ came to free us of these sins. Accept us as we are, teach us the truth, so that we may escape sin (in all forms, not just physical actions) through Him.
God bless you for sharing your journey, Hudson. You have pinpointed and rightly identified the source of your ssa. So sorry for the abuse you endured. May God use you and your suffering to mightily proclaim His truths. Your love in action through your good works and perseverance will sustain and encourage you and all those who are blessed to cross your path.
I have gender disphoria. But I am not transgender as a Catholic. But unlike him I am a cross-dressing gender non confirming male. Unlike most cross-dressers I have female length hair where as most cross-dressers just wear wigs. Also in addition to that I want to start a family with tomboy wife.
La práctica homosexual que no la atracción hacia las personas del mismo sexo, no es una cuestión, dentro de la revelación cristiana, de libre elección como propone la ideología de género, sino que es una transgresión a los planes de Dios porque así mismo se nos ha sido revelado en las Sagradas Escrituras: "Y creó Dios al hombre a su imagen, a imagen de Dios lo creó; varón y hembra los creó" (Génesis 1,27). No podemos comparar el entendimiento humano corrompido por el pecado y las propias limitaciones humanas, con el entendimiento y el juicio de Dios. Tampoco podemos comparar el amor humano, que por lo general se busca a si mismo, con el verdadero amor, cuyo modelo está en Jesucristo, que como Dios conoce que es amar y que no; él con su obediencia y con su vida nos muestra que el verdadero amor es oblativo: olvido de si mismo para donarse como ofrenda al Padre del cual procede todo, como todo concluye en él. Por tanto, como cristianos y también como criaturas, estamos llamados a buscar el verdadero sentido de nuestra existencia, que es presentar la cara visible de Dios en nosotros, ya que a imagen suya fuimos creados. La homosexualidad es revertirble, de hecho hay cientos de testimonios que así lo avalan en la Web, y si en algunos no se da este cambio o lo ven como algo inalcanzable, tenemos que aprender a llevar la cruz como hizo Jesucristo, porque por hedonismo y por hacer lo que siento y deseo en cada momento (en la autocontemplacción de mi propio yo) al final terminaremos matando a los deficientes físicos y mentales (ya se hace con el aborto) y a los ancianos o personas jóvenes postradas como pasará ahora con la ley de la eutanasia. En cualquier caso me dirijo principalmente a personas que se dicen cristianas o seguidoras de Jesucristo. Aquí os dejo en el enlace que pondré a continuación mi autobiografía, la experiencia que yo he vivido en el mundo homosexual; de como llegué a sentir atracción por las personas de mi mismo sexo y como pude salir de la práctica homosexual bastantes años después, la puedes descargar a tu tlf, tablet u ordenador desde Google Drive drive.google.com/file/d/1zheBVrfAwhdwdlo-HlGiCVHes9YTVDLD/
Unfortunately, false teaching from the highest levels of the Church on down have made a story told like this obsolete. Much easier to follow Fr. Martin than Christ - or Fr. Mike, who will not deal with the problem straight on.
Every person is loved by God. BUT Our Lord said that if we love Him we are to keep His commandments and in other places in holy scripture He even said to look on another with lust is a form of adultery. We are all called to chastity in our state of life. Fornication is mortally sinful. Acting on every inclination is not okay. Sex is for marriage which can only ever be between a man and a woman united in the sacrament. We are all called to holiness and only the pure in heart shall see God. Saying not to judge is not helpful! Truth with love is what is needed. To support, promote, and celebrate sinful lifestyles does not help a soul to enter heaven.
[ATRAVÉS DA LENTE DE CRISTO] -10min. Assistam este belíssimo testemunho de restauração da sexualidade, força que permeia a vida humana. Depois de acreditar em uma cruel mentira sobre a identidade que possuía, ele ficou com "medo de não caber mais na Igreja Católica", até encontrar o acolhimento e comunhão de pessoas, onde experimentou da liberdade que um filho de Deus possui. No final encerra: Ah, louve a Deus!
He walked into a church and the priest was talking about homosexuality? Not immigration and global warming? That's a miracle in and of itself! If only we had more such priests.
So Beautiful Hudson! And I believe it was the Baby Jesus who himself said to the people of Nazareth, and I quote, "It's Ok, to be Gay" ~ Mona Lisa 16:18 👍😇❤️
Stephen Nesbit I think the answer to your question is - Yes, he is celibate. I think that this video is genius because it's a reverse of more liberal videos that make gay people (who don't live celibately) out to be people who are oppressed by churches, and that they've found love in a church that doesn't suppress them.
That’s irrelevant. He knows where the church stands on this issue, and it is clear that he is close to God. Do you have adulterous thoughts? Have you ever looked at a woman lustfully? I don’t think you would like being asked questions about your sexual sins, so maybe rethink the point of a testimony and what it’s meant to communicate - no one has to answer to you. Hudson’s life choices are a private matter between him and God, trust the love he declares for God in his testimony and stop looking to judge.
Exactly, this was very beautiful but where in this entire video does he talk about how he is living life as a chaste and single man of God and avoiding same sex romantic relationships? Father this is a great video but unless you have a commentary either in the beginning or at the end stating the Church’s position on homosexuality, that they are children of God first and foremost, that we are not identified by our sexuality but by who we are as individuals, and that those with same sex attractions are called to be single, then this video fails to truly glorify Christ and His Church’s teachings. Please make sure there is clarification so that people don’t think it’s okay to be “actively” homosexual in the Catholic Church.
He practices celibacy, Stephen. We are all sinners and we cannot and should not speak to any individuals' personal sins, but, we and Hudson both believe that homosexual urges should not be acted upon. The primary key is to seek out the mercy of God (through the ministry of the Church) through the Sacrament of Confession if and when we do fall into any serious sin.
Ascension Presents, this video is vague. Are you saying it is ok to be "abnormal"? Is it ok for him to be at the sacraments while negating God's original plan of creation, being sexual relations between male and female? Yes, the Church advocates that we love and pray constantly for those who face such life challenges but to me, this video says it's ok to be what he is. It says nothing of his journey to conversion as it were. Please clarify, to the undiscerning mind, this is misleading.
Love means “to will the good of the other.” Which has nothing to do with gender. Marriage and sexuality are sacramental, and a particular way God has designed to harness that love. And God has made genders for this precise purpose, meaning marriage, and by proxy sexual acts within marriage, ought to be between males and females. I love Hudson’s testimony because it is a witness to this fact! God bless :)
just like alcoholism and drug abuse, homosexual behaviour is anti-social and should be called out as such! I know I will be persecuted for saying this. Bring it on.
Do you think all of our priests wake up in the morning and say "I'm miserable!" Then go outside and be some of the most loving, kind people I've ever met?
These videos do nothing but promote internalized hatred and homophobia. Hudson didn’t need catholicism, he needed a psychiatrist. Imagine suppressing all your urges and feelings just to “fit in”. He must be so miserable in private.
clintgimbel Who are you to judge? God's wisest servant on earth is humble enough to admit that the church, while God's child, is built by humans, who are fallible and may very well be wrong. Who are you to think you're better than our pope?
vesperview Wow, you think that these people are hiding their homophobia? You must be a physic! Let me ask you: What did I have for breakfast? You should go on Oprah! But for real: You are a bigot, stop hating religious people who want to provide spiritual care for people of other sexual attractions. You should also stop victimizing the homosexuals who decide to live moral lives, that's real homophobia.
WELL DAMN! If I thought that this is how the homosexual experience is even I would be put off by it. Luckily I know better. This video is 90% some random experience of inner battles with perversion/pornography and 10% of what actual gay people go through. It's interesting how he never specifically mentions being attracted to men, but rather just feeling different and more feminine than he should. A huge red flag is that he says he started watching gay and transgender porn? Lol if you were an actual gay male you'd know that gay men wouldn't watch transgender porn. They'd be put off by the female bodies. What I see happening here is a really confused man who is just kinky as hell. He seems to have fetishes and attractions to penis but also the female body. That's more in the "Femdom" realm of sexual activity than the homosexual one. This guy's just perverted and submissive and confusing it for homosexuality. Sad, but oh well.
*I really wanted to believe you are different, Fr. Mike. But no. You are like Fr. Martin and the rest of the homosexualist clergy. Very sad. I'm disappointed. Unsubbed.*
You misunderstand about Fr. Mike. Well, Fr. Mike might never directly say "it is bad" for modest reason, but he NEVER EVER promote homosexuality at all. In fact, if you actually clam down and watch his video, you find how clearly he against. In regard of Fr. Martin, I am totally with you on the same page.
What? This video is the story of a homosexual man who turned away from immoral sexual behavior because he found the Catholic church. This is /not/ Fr. Martin.
Grace be with you brethren in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and God our Father, I thank God our Father for accepting me on His Kingdom of His Son and as a garden still on cultivation, Brothers and sisters stop saying you " We we're born this way", All the spirit of sins are not from God, but "We humans are all from God", He made and knitted us on our mother's womb for purpose and free will, but the sins are not from God but from the rebelious fallen angel, which is the serpent that "Tempted the humanity" on our dowfall. We are all from God our Father, but we are not from the father of sins: discouragement, confussions,immorality, discouragement, lies, hopelessness and all negativity which is from the devil. We are born on "likeness and image of God" which are "Humans" but the devil tainted us and made us believed we are born "This Way". Nope we arent, The Lord Jesus told us and warned us that the devil is a liar and there was no truth on him, father of lies, hatred, doubt and so on twisting truth into lies producing discouragement of the us the Children of God to depart and condemn are selves from our Savior and Lord Jesus. On the gospel the Lord Jesus said "Deny yourself" and follow me. We Humans was consumed by our own sins that satan has produced .The Lord Jesus means repent, deny, and forsake your sinful selves and follow Him. There are many "unclean diseases" in people in the Gospel and the Lord Jesus always replied " Do you believed I can?", "Unclean disease Lepper" is known to be uncurable disease, that symbolizes the "sin" that afflicted us that we thought its uncurable, 😄😄😀😀 So stop saying " I am who I am", No you're not, you are Child of God, He loves you, If you believed and follow Him, He will cleansed it, and you will be born again. In the Gospel the Lord said to the woman that has "uncurable internal bleeding" she said to her "your faith has cured you, daughter". Sin is nothing but a disease that people thought its uncurable, but the Lord Jesus is the Great Doctor, He mends broken the heart. So dont be hopeless. So dont condemned yourself away from the Lord Jesus, In God everything is possible, one touched if you believed He will cure you. You're a Child of God, you're not a child of sin. God loves you more than you know. Paul mentioned was all the spirit of sins that afflicted and corrupted the human soul in I Corinthians 6: 9-10, the spirit of homosexuality is not from God and not from us but it is from the devil the father of all sins. So stop saying God made you that way, No He didnt, But It is from the father of lies and sins the devil. So stop departing and hating the Lord Jesus, He came for all of us to be cured and freed from what we think "uncurable unclean disease" which is the shackles of any spirit of "sins" . God is our Father who made us, We all are all humans came from Him , not from the devil who produced lies, misery, and disbelief. So please brothers and sisters, If you are willing to be free. Repent, forsake,deny put off the old man of yourself and follow the Lord Jesus Christ. It will be hard but remember we all have a cross to carry. Submit to God and resist the temptation of sin , Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these shall be added unto you. Do not condemn yourself God knew all our pain, His thought is higher than all of us, Read the Book of Isaiah. It is the God's mercy, judgement and justice for the oppressed. God's justice is right and just, why? because it is written: MERCY ALWAYS TRIUMPHS JUDGEMENT. It is all the cause of the wicked while we are on a great pain of self-hatred, to others and to God because of the hatred and confussions. But God was never the author of confusion but of peace, thats why He came down and walked here on earth, as the Light in the darkness. We are all Children and made by God and we we're never an accident so stop hating yourself. it is the spirit sins that caused us such hatred to ourselves and to God.The Lord Jesus said the eyes are the window of our souls on what we see can affect are soul, so see things only that is good so it will brighten your soul and if that is bad it can darken your soul and corrupt it. But again Lord Jesus is a Great Doctor that mends broken heart, souls, and cast off unclean spirits all you have to do is to follow and deny and depart from your oldself and resist the sin of any lust of the flesh on mind, heart, soul and physical and lived and walked into what God's Will's you to do by His Son Lord Jesus Christ. God will purify us all by one touch if you believed and accepted His Son and all sins and impurity are cleansed and we are all now in the Book of Life. "Their sins and their lawlessness deeds I will remember no more" - Hebrew 10: 17 Walking on Spirit will be quite hard because the sins of spirit that you fomerly commited and renounced in the past will try to attack you and tempt you and you have to resist it but do not fear or fear not you have the Great Shepherd on your side, that will uphold you with His righteous right hand. Dont condemn yourself, God knew and sees everything that happened in the our past why we are like these. Watch the Parable of the prodigal son for brothers who seeks God and to sisters who seek God watch Amazing love : Gomer and Hosea. Peace be with you all, May the grace of the Lord Jesus Chrisr be with you all. Amen.
"All unrighteousness is a sin, and there is sin not leading to death". 1 John 5 17 Sin is nothing but a "disease" that can lead to death. But the Lord Jesus is a great a doctor, if you fight your disease with Him with faith.
Devan Brandalick please explain why you are shaming Ascension Press and calling this man weak? Did you watch the video? You used the word “disgusting.” I find sins disgusting too; all sins, including sins such as offenses against the truth. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (paragraphs 2477-2488) describes what it means to be guilty of such sins: “He becomes guilty of rash judgment who, even tacitly, assumes as true, without sufficient foundation, the moral fault of a neighbor” & “To avoid rash judgment, everyone should be careful to interpret insofar as possible his neighbor's thoughts, words, and deeds in a favorable way.”
We are all weak my friend, no one is exempt from the nature of the fallen. But this man was able to practice celibacy. Just like any habitual sin, we have the impulses, but only the spiritually strong are able to overcome; and guess what? We are all called to be spiritually strong. My point is, we are all on the same boat, so do not vent rash judgement.
"We need to see ourselves through the lens of Jesus Christ". This was beautifully said and such an eye opener for me. Thank you Hudson for your honesty and beautiful story! God bless you!
I have been going to the Catholic Church about 6 mons, I was wrong about the CHURCH, JESUS is here, I can FEEL HIM, when I am at MASS, HIS LOVE IS THERE !!! Jesus Call ME to join his table !!!! I have walked away from the gay community, that worship LUST, and DESIRE that is all they are about. I have enrolled in RCIA, I want to serve JESUS CHRIST forever and I want to be part of HIS CHURCH !!!!
Miguel Garcia ME TOO!!
Welcome Home! 😊
I don't know why but reading your story made me cry tears of joy. I believe the Church needs to to better in ministering to the SSA community. I hope your journey home is going well.🙏🏾
Miguel Garcia that’s amazing! I’m so happy for you! God bless you
Welcome home!
Thank you for this testimony. I'm at the SLS18 conference and I saw a shirt that said "Catholic Faith, rated E for everyone" with the logo. God loves us all and desires for us to come closer to him. God bless.
Haha! That's great.
My story is actually really similar to his. I'm happy I'm not alone.
Same, my desires brought me to take my faith seriously.
I'm glad it helps you some way. It only made me more frightened.
I also have gender disphoria but I am instead a cross-dressing gender non confirming male.
Hudson, you're incredible. Everybody from Ascension that had a part in the publishing of this testimony - you're awesome.
Thank you.
I am gay and Catholic. I love with the deepest parts of my heart. Nobody molested me. I am happy and God is with me in my journey of love.
Question. Do you practice your homosexuality. Like do you have active relationships?
@@nacho5801 Would you ask that of a single heterosexual male? It's none of our business, that's between him and his confessor.
@@SaintCharbelMiracleworker If its none of our business why did he bring it up in the first place?
@@josephlucks5461 he's sharing his journey, the youtube clip is addressed to people like him, not you or me. Again your sex life, his sex life and my sex life is nobody elses business.
If you mean by this that you have same sex attraction and that you make all good effort to resist it then indeed you can be at peace. However if you have accepted yourself as homosexual and see no problem with it then you most certainly are at odds with God's Holy Word.
I’m 14 years old and I thought I was the only gay Christian. A child of God before my sexual identity.
You’re not! I’m the same way and I’m so happy i have people like this who can help me on my way to heaven! Praying for you!
U r not. Do not worry, God doesn't hate you. Focus on your studies, get a good vocation, travel a lot and that will give you knowledge . The knowledge will bring you closer to Christ. There will always be lots of negativity outside but listen to your heart and keep focus on God. World is a good place.
Some of these comments obsessing about celibacy and chastity and wondering why he doesn’t talk about it...Maybe take a good hard look at how you practice chastity before prying into another man’s life and criticizing what he chose to focus on in his personal testimony. It’s clear that Hudson has a relationship with God, and already knows where the Church stands on this issue. Hudson’s life choices are a private matter between him and God - most of us do not understand his struggle with same sex attraction and the completely radical form of chastity it entails. Trust the love he declares for God in his testimony and stop looking to judge.
Well put!!!
Hudson, you are just oozing pure joy and the love of Christ! Praise be to God!!
This is what God is all about, he loves *everyone* . This makes me so happy 💖
Hi Emelin,
What you say is true, but we need repentance from sin to benefit from God's love. This man turned from his sin and that was an indispensable part of his experience.
Joan Liut God loved us first, we are all already benefiting from his love. We just have to built a relationship with God based on this unconditional love. This will eventually lead to asking for forgiveness because you are so thankful to God and wish to serve him. I don't think one has to repent in order to feel his love because he already does even before you were born. I just think we have to notice it.
God loves us first before we can possibly love God. Still, to gain forgiveness for sin, we need to turn to God by means of the Sacraments. For those already baptized, that means confession.
Feeling God's love is great so far as it goes, but it is not a necessary thing.
People in the comments are judging a man for openly coming and giving his testimony.Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Stop being judgemental. When you aren't perfect either.
Ray Amukwaya I guess I don’t know what you mean by judge because I don’t think anyone is judging him.
Amen
@M Absolutely true.
You aren't either
@@josephlucks5461
He didn't say he was...
Very powerful, thank you Hudson for sharing your story. God bless you....
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage...
Do not judge lest you be judged.. Do not judge another persons heart, because when we all face God one day.. Your heart will be judged.. Who are any of you to say what this man needs or feels.. You have not a clue.. He gave a beautiful insight into "his" souls journey, and would you have the strength to walk in his shoes. He is loved by God and that is all that matters and he has given his heart to God.. That is all that matters, not your hateful comments..
Judge righteous judgement for the same measure you use will be measured to you. It’s impossible not to judge. We judge everything that comes into our view, hearing, and touch. We need to use righteous judgement. How did Jesus judge the woman caught in adultery? He didn’t condemn her but told her to sin no more. Judging that her act was a sin, and must no longer be done. Our Lord is merciful. He loves us all. We are all precious to Him and He wants us home with Him. We’re all the prodigal son when we come home to our Father.
When we get to the painful realization that we are who we are, yet we are ashamed of who we are, we hide on the outside and on the inside. Especially at the tender ages of puberty. This weighs a psychological burden deep in us from which many may not recover, and it drives us further away from the moral codes which God and the Church teach for the prosperity of ourselves and our nations. The Church can not be fully experienced in the hidden shadows of an ashamed soul, it must be experienced in the light to prevail. Thank you for your courage to tell your story and for the impact of your message. God bless you!
Well done brother. We need more saints on Earth like you, embracing your cross, your mission and giving your talents to others. That is manly.
I am so pleased that you had the courage to explain what happened to you and how you always felt about your self. Turning to God was your hope and salvation. Coming into the house of God to find hope and new life in Christ, he will lead you and give you back your self esteem. Keep strong and keep your faith. Don't be discouraged, keep on the right path, don't go back to forward. God Bless.
I am TRANSGENDER AND CATHOLIC!!! There is nobody more perfect than Jesus and feel extremely proud that I had come back to my Catholic home after years of despair, confusion and being completely lost under the total control of the enemy!
Amen :)
AND STOP JUDGING PLEASE! LOVE is the answer!
I love that for you
Here is a *truly* brave man. God bless you and keep you, Hudson.
Beautiful story. I was almost in tears. May Jesus' love radiate through you.
This is beautiful and extremely inspiring. Thank you, Hudson, for courageously sharing your story. Thank you, dear brother in Christ. I am going to share this with others.
Welcome home Brother.
It is very clear he is celibate and choosing to submit to God 🙏💕 it is so beautiful
Hudson truly has a gaping desire to take in all the love that God can give. Not only does he submit himself to the shepherd's staff - but in doing so - he receives countless seeds of wisdom from Peter and the apostles.
He says yes to God's true church, the very one Christ ordered Peter to erect. Hudson has the courage to harden up through faith and thrust himself into the church, head first. It's a wondrous union.
The way you talk about Jesus brings tears to my eyes and makes me want to strive to have that deep of love for Christ as well.
Continue to tell you story because it is the light that makes the world brighter.
I appreciate they are trying to tackle a sensitive topic, but I'm thinking this is too ambiguous. In this day in age, if you don't speak in the clearest language about celibacy and chastity for those with homosexual inclinations, then you can easily be misunderstood. People do not automatically know nowadays that "life in Christ" means a chaste life with no homosexual relationships.
Since originally posting this, I see Ascension Presents clarifying the issue and affirming Catholic chastity. Good to see. I like this series of videos.
Joan Liut you said "life in Christ means a chaste life with no homosexual relationships". But life in Christ is more than that. It is a CHASTE LIFE WITH NO SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS, WHATSOEVER, OUTSIDE OF A CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE BETWEEN A MAN AND HIS WIFE.
Of course that's true.
I meant to clarify the "no homosexual relationships" angle because I felt concerned that someone might see this and not realize that the man had to renounce his homosexual past- they may think that this was about a "LGBT" Catholic who was somehow having it both ways. I thought it needed to be made crystal clear that this interpretation was wrong, because some posters below seem like they might be confused on that point. I don't think my remark implied that other sexual sin is okay.
The video sounds pretty unambiguous to me
This was beautiful. This world is obsessed with sexual gratification and many have made it the center of their lives. The love of Christ puts everything in its proper place. He helps us live in the healthy order that was intended for us before the fall. This world will mean sacrifice and suffering for those who love Him, but even in this we find peace. This life is temporal and we live for eternity with the One who loves us so much that He laid His life down for us. Pray for all our brothers and sisters who long for this Love.
Thank you for being so brave to share. I have experience something similar and despite being active in my faith and parish I fear what will become of me in my later years when everyone gets married and settles down or moved on (I’m still a young adult in my early 20s). It’s like a looming fear in the distance that kind of comes and goes yet on a certain level is always there
Love yourself. It is important to stay positive because beauty comes from the inside out...
I also relate to this story
Pray for you brother, that our Lord Jesus will give you strength to carry this cross.
This is all well and good but it don't help when I'm literally crying myself to sleep because I can't have an SO to hold me at night.
I’m really sorry. I’ll pray for you. Having someone sleep with you isn’t the only way to be happy.
It can be lonely for a person to be celibate.
I don't know what it is like to be you and I wont claim to know.
But look at priests(most of them anyway). They live a celibate life to death. They find things and ways to keep them uplifted. But at the center it's Christ.
Christ is the only thing in this world that wont fail you. So when you are in a hard place, turn to Him and hold on to Him. It will take time and courage to this and to feel right, but I hope you are able to do so.
As a straight man I, in a way can relate. I don't have a SO and I feel terribly depressed about it at times. It is a cross that we must carry. But with Christ we can do it.
I don't mean to sound patronizing, I don't mean to sound rude. If I have come off this way, I am truly sorry. God bless you brother
Repeat over and over, Holy Spirit fill me.
@@CedanyTheAlaskan thanks for sharing. It truly is kinda scary. Right now I’m in a youn adult group and we’re on some level on the same boat (almost everyone’s a single college student lol). But I fear what will become of me once everyone moves on and settled down with kids. I don’t think God is calling me to marriage since I experience SSA, but I’ve always dreamt of having a family (growing up as a little kid and having a wife). It’s weird. But a cross I must carry (not) alone.
@@CedanyTheAlaskan here’s the problem, priest’s choose this. God forced this on me. All I know at this point is that heaven had better be worth it cause if I had to live in the burning hellscape I call a life for just a reskin of it in the next I’m gonna fight God.
Brave testimony!
Amazing and inspiring testimony!
Thank you for your testimony. May God continue to bless you!!
♥️♥️♥️love you friend!! Whatever happens, you will be loved.
so whats the conclusion? do you accept being gay and reconcile your homosexuality with your faith or are you suppressing it and living in celibacy. we still did not get an answer.
This was beautiful! I honestly almost cried. The Lord does so many remarkable things! Praise Jesus!!!!!
Salvation through Christ is expressed through the Great and New Commandments...
And a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” And He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?” And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” And He said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this and you will live.” -- Luke 10:25-28
"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” -- John 13:34-35
Through these all of the other commandments are fulfilled. God bless you, Hudson. You are loved by your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. Those who hate and persecute you do so apart from His Love.
You made me cry.
Well stated!! 👍
X-Files A The KJB has 7 books missing in it thanks to Martin Luther and his Protestant Reformation, so don't even go there with Bible quotes when you don't even have the WHOLE book and your "church" is a result of the 16th Century Church Reformation. MY Church on the other hand was founded in 30 A.D. by Jesus Christ of Nazareth himself and with authority mind you. Matthew 16:18
father mark, please do a video on DOUBTS
Click on the little arrow to the right of the title...expand the detailed description of this video and it shows the links to the full video and explains more... the call to chastity, etc... this is an extended preview & we would be wise to get the whole book & not just this Cliff Notes... knowledge is power... God bless..
God bless you, Hudson!
Good for you Brother!
I needed this today. Thank you. Amen!
OMG, This IS ME, I WANT TO SERVE GOD FIRST AND NOT THIS SICK AND DISGUSTING EVIL WORLD, WHAT THIS EVIL WORLD SAYS ITS OK, BUT IN GOD'S EYES ITS EVIL. GOD IS GOOD !! THANKS FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO !! I WANT TO SERVE GOD FIRST !!
Lovely Story😇💛
Wonderful testimony!!! Great!! Fantastic!! So amazing 🙏🏻🙏🏻👋🏻👋🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻👍🏻
May God blessed you. And welcome home bro.
Thank you so much for your courage!!!
This is very interesting because, when most of the time someone gives their testimony about their conversion to God, pornography is for the most part involved in one's journey to find God. I say this because I too am a porn addict, and I try to fight it.
May God bless you and May Our Mother Mary help you in your fight. I will pray for you, brother!
I've started to have homosexual attractions and I lived in a strict catholic church and family so I don't know what to so please give me an answer anybody
Hey there! I struggle with these attractions too, and I can understand how scary and difficult they can be. When I first went into the Catholic church I got completely blindsided by the presence of God in the Holy Eucharist. I knew there was no way I could just experience it once and then move on with my life. I kept coming back, and it’s been a long journey of self-discovery and sacrifice, but I believe it’s worth it, and I have learned to trust in Him. That’s why I’m still choosing to convert to Catholicism this spring, despite the church’s views.
My family had some trouble understanding as well, but thankfully there are a lot of videos and articles out there that might help. Maybe you could show them, and open up a conversation? I can understand if that’s not an option though. I just wanted to let you know I support you no matter what, and if you have any questions or just want a listening ear, don’t be afraid to ask! I’ll be praying for you!
Im ok with the video but,why not mention the word chastity?
Thanks Raul, this is an excerpt from a larger program we produced called YOU which certainly affirms every individuals call to chastity, not just those dealing w ssa. We encourage you to check it out and thanks for bringing it up!
and where might one find this larger program called YOU?
@ Ascension Presents - That's not good enough. The short version also needs to make the call to chastity clear. As it is, it risks misleading people.
Lori Thoelke The link to the YOU program is in the description of this video.
Bravo, Hudson! Our Church needs to be doing more of this: sharing the testimonies of people who experience same-sex inclinations. Reading through the comments, I’m astounded by how people confuse sharing one’s testimony with Catechetical instruction. This is the testimony of Hudson, who shared his personal experience of discerning his sexuality and using that experience to grow ever more closely into communion with the Church- it’s not a finger-wagging how-to-be-gay instructional video. And this is the problem with our Church today, particularly with the laity who mistakenly regard themselves as Canon lawyers: we don’t actually know the LGBTQ, so we try to confine the abstract SSA person into our own little box. We’re all sinners, from the LGBTQ parishioner in the back pew to the little blue haired old lady praying the rosary in the very front. We all need repentance, and we all need the mercy of God. Too many Catholics are falling into the trap of the Pharisees by pretending that their sins aren’t as great or numerous as the gay guy with a rainbow tattoo praying before entering confession. All y’all need Jesus! Anyway, end rant. Thank you, Hudson!
I am a mother to four children. Two younger boys of my own, a 12 year old step son, and a 15 year old step daughter. My step daughter struggles with identifying as a lesbian. I am 33 and I do not fully comprehend what she is going through other than depression and anxiety (as that is what I have, and she has also been diagnosed with). I want to help her, love her as Christ loves her, support her the way I should as a Catholic mother. Her own biological mother is not Christian. How do I help her, support her? I love her as if she was my own. Any advice and direction of the Church's teachings would be most welcome. Thank you, and God bless you.
Only God makes all things new!!
Powerful!
I am 17 years old and I am gay and
Catholic and I think of coming out to my mother but she is a strict catholic I don't know if I do come out she will be ashamed of me for the rest of my life so please anybody give me an answer on what I should do.
She will be disappointed but it's normal, dont you think? But a disappointment is always something that we can fix. The disappointment from this situation may come out of fear of you will leave catholicism. So when you come out to your mom, make sure you are both alone and calm, and prepare yourself to convince your mom that you need support in getting through this, and that you will choose a life of chastity. Have you heard about Andy Warhol? He struggled from this too and his mom was a strict catholic and he stayed in the church..he wasn't a perfect example but maybe it can inspire you
I will pray for you, brother. I believe Rinsanti has given you good advice. You can't live a lie and I am sure that even if the revelation is shocking at first, your mother will love to get to know for who you really are. God loves you just the way you are, and I believe your mother will do the same. Ask Our Mother Mary for help. God bless you!
So well said. Wow, thank you
Just a small advice: if you want everyone to click on videos like this, even people who would be in theory opposed to the ideas expressed in it, you should be more subtle with the title. Not to deceive, but to open the door to those who are not willing to hear differing voices.
Ascension Presents, would you be able to talk about Father James Martin and whether or not we as Catholics should follow him? I think this topic ties into this video, but it is not explained as clear as it could be. Thanks!
Thanks so much for this man.
Okay this was very beautiful but where in this entire video does he talk about how he is living life as a chaste and single man of God and avoiding same sex romantic relationships? Father this is a great video but unless you have a commentary either in the beginning or at the end stating the Church’s position on homosexuality, that they are children of God first and foremost, that we are not identified by our sexuality but by who we are as individuals, and that those with same sex attractions are called to be single, then this video fails to truly glorify Christ and His Church’s teachings. Please make sure there is clarification so that people don’t think it’s okay to be “actively” homosexual in the Catholic Church.
Just to be clear, being gay is not a sin, we love everyone, just like being a straight man who has sexual urges outside of marriage is not sinning. But all of us, heterosexual, bi, or homosexual, are only to be sexual within the Sacrament of Marriage which is only between a husband and his wife, as a means to bond and to procreate.
hmmmmm
just take a look at which ethnic group runs all of the pornography industry, shouldn't be too much of a shocker
From watching thos video I also realise the sin that us heterosexuals commit and why. For example, I was also exposed to pornography early on. I was always told by older man and friends that I should have sex with as many women as I can. A lot of young man are told the same thing. We were told that we are gay if we do not sleep around. I really struggle with fornication and pornography. I have slowly left that vice but It is really hard not to look at women lustfully.
I guess evrrything that we struggle with has a root. God bless you all.
Stay strong, ask Mother Mary for help to keep fighting the good fight! I pray for you, brother. May God bless you
Respect ❤️🇻🇦
praise God for you!!!
Hudson's testimony is nice. He found people that were accepting of him. This is important especially, in Catholic faith. Catholicism has not been very accepting with homosexuality. I think that needs to change.
Brigit R I think you misunderstand the Church's standing on homosexuality. While the Church teaches that homosexual acts are sinful and condones any of these acts, we are also called to love those who struggle with these feelings. Everyone has their own crosses to bear and we have to help and support others in carrying their own; not by encouraging them to give into the temptations but by helping them to overcome their desires and carry their cross strongly and relying on God's loving grace.
Katharina Nieves I think that implies there is something wrong with people who are homosexual. There is nothing wrong with them
Brigit R You are right, there is nothing "wrong" with people who experience same-sex attraction; the sinfulness lies in the acting out of these desires.
Brigit R
Yes, there is something wrong with it. The homosexual desire IS disordered. But we ALL have different disordered desires! We cannot accept sinful inclinations and thoughts as acceptable and good. For example, I may be jealous of someone, or angry and want revenge. I may have lustful thoughts, etc. What if I have a sexual attraction to children? This is a disordered desire. If you have wrong thoughts of ANY kind, you have to fight them, not tell yourself that is just who you are. If you give in to them, they become habits that are hard to break, but God's grace can and does give us the strength to overcome.
AnnInFL You're absolutely right. As someone who struggles with SSA and who is a student of theology and Scripture and a revert to the Church from Protestantism I can affirm that there is something disordered in me that leads to these disordered desires contrary to the revealed will of God, but through the grace of the all-loving God all of us, no matter our sins or proclivities can be brought to the fullness of God's Truth and Love.
God bless!!
so is Ascension presents for or not for lgbt rights
" true identity in Christ, Catholicism, and chastity"
But see THAT is exactly the problem.
How is gay sex a sin exactly? (I have had this argument already and spoiler alert. The gays win.)
"Well its a sin because it doesn't end with a child being born"
ok, but can you point out where God favors having children over true love?
Besides there are 7.2 billion people on earth and many places have had to do some really radical things just to deal with over population.
Adding more kids into the mix won't make it any easy to fix things you claim to care about such as world hunger and homelessness.
Finding Christ means a renewal of the heart. If one is identifying as gay, or adulturous, or whatever it may be, but proclaiming that as not sin because he or she isnt "physically" acting on it is wrong. They are still sinning through thought of the heart. Christ came to free us of these sins. Accept us as we are, teach us the truth, so that we may escape sin (in all forms, not just physical actions) through Him.
God bless you for sharing your journey, Hudson. You have pinpointed and rightly identified the source of your ssa. So sorry for the abuse you endured. May God use you and your suffering to mightily proclaim His truths. Your love in action through your good works and perseverance will sustain and encourage you and all those who are blessed to cross your path.
I have gender disphoria. But I am not transgender as a Catholic. But unlike him I am a cross-dressing gender non confirming male. Unlike most cross-dressers I have female length hair where as most cross-dressers just wear wigs. Also in addition to that I want to start a family with tomboy wife.
La práctica homosexual que no la atracción hacia las personas del mismo sexo, no es una cuestión, dentro de la revelación cristiana, de libre elección como propone la ideología de género, sino que es una transgresión a los planes de Dios porque así mismo se nos ha sido revelado en las Sagradas Escrituras: "Y creó Dios al hombre a su imagen, a imagen de Dios lo creó; varón y hembra los creó" (Génesis 1,27). No podemos comparar el entendimiento humano corrompido por el pecado y las propias limitaciones humanas, con el entendimiento y el juicio de Dios. Tampoco podemos comparar el amor humano, que por lo general se busca a si mismo, con el verdadero amor, cuyo modelo está en Jesucristo, que como Dios conoce que es amar y que no; él con su obediencia y con su vida nos muestra que el verdadero amor es oblativo: olvido de si mismo para donarse como ofrenda al Padre del cual procede todo, como todo concluye en él.
Por tanto, como cristianos y también como criaturas, estamos llamados a buscar el verdadero sentido de nuestra existencia, que es presentar la cara visible de Dios en nosotros, ya que a imagen suya fuimos creados.
La homosexualidad es revertirble, de hecho hay cientos de testimonios que así lo avalan en la Web, y si en algunos no se da este cambio o lo ven como algo inalcanzable, tenemos que aprender a llevar la cruz como hizo Jesucristo, porque por hedonismo y por hacer lo que siento y deseo en cada momento (en la autocontemplacción de mi propio yo) al final terminaremos matando a los deficientes físicos y mentales (ya se hace con el aborto) y a los ancianos o personas jóvenes postradas como pasará ahora con la ley de la eutanasia. En cualquier caso me dirijo principalmente a personas que se dicen cristianas o seguidoras de Jesucristo.
Aquí os dejo en el enlace que pondré a continuación mi autobiografía, la experiencia que yo he vivido en el mundo homosexual; de como llegué a sentir atracción por las personas de mi mismo sexo y como pude salir de la práctica homosexual bastantes años después, la puedes descargar a tu tlf, tablet u ordenador desde Google Drive
drive.google.com/file/d/1zheBVrfAwhdwdlo-HlGiCVHes9YTVDLD/
Also this is 1 of 2 Ascension Presents videos that I disliked and I have watched over 50 of them
Unfortunately, false teaching from the highest levels of the Church on down have made a story told like this obsolete. Much easier to follow Fr. Martin than Christ - or Fr. Mike, who will not deal with the problem straight on.
I feel super sorry for this man.
Every person is loved by God. BUT Our Lord said that if we love Him we are to keep His commandments and in other places in holy scripture He even said to look on another with lust is a form of adultery. We are all called to chastity in our state of life. Fornication is mortally sinful. Acting on every inclination is not okay. Sex is for marriage which can only ever be between a man and a woman united in the sacrament. We are all called to holiness and only the pure in heart shall see God. Saying not to judge is not helpful! Truth with love is what is needed. To support, promote, and celebrate sinful lifestyles does not help a soul to enter heaven.
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[ATRAVÉS DA LENTE DE CRISTO] -10min.
Assistam este belíssimo testemunho de restauração da sexualidade, força que permeia a vida humana.
Depois de acreditar em uma cruel mentira sobre a identidade que possuía, ele ficou com "medo de não caber mais na Igreja Católica", até encontrar o acolhimento e comunhão de pessoas, onde experimentou da liberdade que um filho de Deus possui.
No final encerra: Ah, louve a Deus!
He walked into a church and the priest was talking about homosexuality? Not immigration and global warming? That's a miracle in and of itself! If only we had more such priests.
So Beautiful Hudson! And I believe it was the Baby Jesus who himself said to the people of Nazareth, and I quote, "It's Ok, to be Gay" ~ Mona Lisa 16:18 👍😇❤️
...so... does he practice celibacy, or does he give into his homosexual urges? THAT'S the real question for me.
Stephen Nesbit
I think the answer to your question is - Yes, he is celibate.
I think that this video is genius because it's a reverse of more liberal videos that make gay people (who don't live celibately) out to be people who are oppressed by churches, and that they've found love in a church that doesn't suppress them.
That’s irrelevant. He knows where the church stands on this issue, and it is clear that he is close to God. Do you have adulterous thoughts? Have you ever looked at a woman lustfully? I don’t think you would like being asked questions about your sexual sins, so maybe rethink the point of a testimony and what it’s meant to communicate - no one has to answer to you. Hudson’s life choices are a private matter between him and God, trust the love he declares for God in his testimony and stop looking to judge.
Exactly, this was very beautiful but where in this entire video does he talk about how he is living life as a chaste and single man of God and avoiding same sex romantic relationships? Father this is a great video but unless you have a commentary either in the beginning or at the end stating the Church’s position on homosexuality, that they are children of God first and foremost, that we are not identified by our sexuality but by who we are as individuals, and that those with same sex attractions are called to be single, then this video fails to truly glorify Christ and His Church’s teachings. Please make sure there is clarification so that people don’t think it’s okay to be “actively” homosexual in the Catholic Church.
He practices celibacy, Stephen. We are all sinners and we cannot and should not speak to any individuals' personal sins, but, we and Hudson both believe that homosexual urges should not be acted upon. The primary key is to seek out the mercy of God (through the ministry of the Church) through the Sacrament of Confession if and when we do fall into any serious sin.
Ascension Presents thank you guys for responding to this because there seems to be a bit of confusion in the comments
this dramatic music is so distracting and obnoxious that its taking away from this guys story..
Ascension Presents, this video is vague. Are you saying it is ok to be "abnormal"? Is it ok for him to be at the sacraments while negating God's original plan of creation, being sexual relations between male and female? Yes, the Church advocates that we love and pray constantly for those who face such life challenges but to me, this video says it's ok to be what he is. It says nothing of his journey to conversion as it were. Please clarify, to the undiscerning mind, this is misleading.
Watch again. It isn’t vague.
I see nd feel none of that.
Love is love and love is pure and doesn't have a specific gender and that's okay♡
Love means “to will the good of the other.” Which has nothing to do with gender. Marriage and sexuality are sacramental, and a particular way God has designed to harness that love. And God has made genders for this precise purpose, meaning marriage, and by proxy sexual acts within marriage, ought to be between males and females. I love Hudson’s testimony because it is a witness to this fact! God bless :)
There are four greek words for love. Not all love is the same.
just like alcoholism and drug abuse, homosexual behaviour is anti-social and should be called out as such! I know I will be persecuted for saying this. Bring it on.
Ignorant. Go learn before you call judgement. Oh, and have the courage to comment with your real name on.
i rest my case
And then he goes home at night and is miserable. I feel sorry for this guy.
Do you think all of our priests wake up in the morning and say "I'm miserable!" Then go outside and be some of the most loving, kind people I've ever met?
why is someone Miserable for not having sex?
These videos do nothing but promote internalized hatred and homophobia. Hudson didn’t need catholicism, he needed a psychiatrist. Imagine suppressing all your urges and feelings just to “fit in”. He must be so miserable in private.
you make no sense
Agreed. We all need God, but he doesn't need to suppress his feelings. God's fine with gays.
No he isnt. LOL.
clintgimbel Who are you to judge? God's wisest servant on earth is humble enough to admit that the church, while God's child, is built by humans, who are fallible and may very well be wrong. Who are you to think you're better than our pope?
vesperview
Wow, you think that these people are hiding their homophobia? You must be a physic!
Let me ask you: What did I have for breakfast? You should go on Oprah!
But for real: You are a bigot, stop hating religious people who want to provide spiritual care for people of other sexual attractions.
You should also stop victimizing the homosexuals who decide to live moral lives, that's real homophobia.
WELL DAMN! If I thought that this is how the homosexual experience is even I would be put off by it. Luckily I know better. This video is 90% some random experience of inner battles with perversion/pornography and 10% of what actual gay people go through. It's interesting how he never specifically mentions being attracted to men, but rather just feeling different and more feminine than he should. A huge red flag is that he says he started watching gay and transgender porn? Lol if you were an actual gay male you'd know that gay men wouldn't watch transgender porn. They'd be put off by the female bodies. What I see happening here is a really confused man who is just kinky as hell. He seems to have fetishes and attractions to penis but also the female body. That's more in the "Femdom" realm of sexual activity than the homosexual one. This guy's just perverted and submissive and confusing it for homosexuality. Sad, but oh well.
*I really wanted to believe you are different, Fr. Mike. But no. You are like Fr. Martin and the rest of the homosexualist clergy. Very sad. I'm disappointed. Unsubbed.*
You misunderstand about Fr. Mike. Well, Fr. Mike might never directly say "it is bad" for modest reason, but he NEVER EVER promote homosexuality at all. In fact, if you actually clam down and watch his video, you find how clearly he against. In regard of Fr. Martin, I am totally with you on the same page.
I will consider what you wrote, thanks for the responses.
What? This video is the story of a homosexual man who turned away from immoral sexual behavior because he found the Catholic church. This is /not/ Fr. Martin.
Grace be with you brethren in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and God our Father, I thank God our Father for accepting me on His Kingdom of His Son and as a garden still on cultivation,
Brothers and sisters stop saying you " We we're born this way", All the spirit of sins are not from God, but "We humans are all from God", He made and knitted us on our mother's womb for purpose and free will, but the sins are not from God but from the rebelious fallen angel, which is the serpent that "Tempted the humanity" on our dowfall. We are all from God our Father, but we are not from the father of sins: discouragement, confussions,immorality, discouragement, lies, hopelessness and all negativity which is from the devil. We are born on "likeness and image of God" which are "Humans"
but the devil tainted us and made us believed we are born "This Way".
Nope we arent, The Lord Jesus told us and warned us that the devil is a liar and there was no truth on him, father of lies, hatred, doubt and so on twisting truth into lies producing discouragement of the us the Children of God to depart and condemn are selves from our Savior and Lord Jesus.
On the gospel the Lord Jesus said "Deny yourself" and follow me. We
Humans was consumed by our own sins that satan has produced .The Lord Jesus means repent, deny, and forsake your sinful selves and follow Him. There are many "unclean diseases" in people in the Gospel and the Lord Jesus always replied " Do you believed I can?", "Unclean disease Lepper" is known to be uncurable disease, that symbolizes the "sin" that afflicted us that we thought its uncurable, 😄😄😀😀 So stop saying " I am who I am", No you're not, you are Child of God, He loves you, If you believed and follow Him, He will cleansed it, and you will be born again. In the Gospel the Lord said to the woman that has "uncurable internal bleeding" she said to her "your faith has cured you, daughter".
Sin is nothing but a disease that people thought its uncurable, but the Lord Jesus is the Great Doctor, He mends broken the heart. So dont be hopeless. So dont condemned yourself away from the Lord Jesus, In God everything is possible, one touched if you believed He will cure you. You're a Child of God, you're not a child of sin. God loves you more than you know. Paul mentioned was all the spirit of sins that afflicted and corrupted the human soul in I Corinthians 6: 9-10, the spirit of homosexuality is not from God and not from us but it is from the devil the father of all sins. So stop saying God made you that way, No He didnt, But It is from the father of lies and sins the devil. So stop departing and hating the Lord Jesus, He came for all of us to be cured and freed from what we think "uncurable unclean disease" which is the shackles of any spirit of "sins" . God is our Father who made us, We all are all humans came from Him , not from the devil who produced lies, misery, and disbelief. So please brothers and sisters, If you are willing to be free. Repent, forsake,deny put off the old man of yourself and follow the Lord Jesus Christ. It will be hard but remember we all have a cross to carry. Submit to God and resist the temptation of sin , Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these shall be added unto you. Do not condemn yourself God knew all our pain, His thought is higher than all of us, Read the Book of Isaiah. It is the God's mercy, judgement and justice for the oppressed.
God's justice is right and just, why? because it is written: MERCY ALWAYS TRIUMPHS JUDGEMENT.
It is all the cause of the wicked while we are on a great pain of self-hatred, to others and to God because of the hatred and confussions. But God was never the author of confusion but of peace, thats why He came down and walked here on earth, as the Light in the darkness.
We are all Children and made by God and we we're never an accident so stop hating yourself. it is the spirit sins that caused us such hatred to ourselves and to God.The Lord Jesus said the eyes are the window of our souls on what we see can affect are soul, so see things only that is good so it will brighten your soul and if that is bad it can darken your soul and corrupt it. But again Lord Jesus is a Great Doctor that mends broken heart, souls, and cast off unclean spirits all you have to do is to follow and deny and depart from your oldself and resist the sin of any lust of the flesh on mind, heart, soul and physical and lived and walked into what God's Will's you to do by His Son Lord Jesus Christ.
God will purify us all by one touch if you believed and accepted His Son and all sins and impurity are cleansed and we are all now in the Book of Life. "Their sins and their lawlessness deeds I will remember no more" - Hebrew 10: 17
Walking on Spirit will be quite hard because the sins of spirit that you fomerly commited and renounced in the past will try to attack you and tempt you and you have to resist it but do not fear or fear not you have
the Great Shepherd on your side, that will uphold you with His righteous right hand.
Dont condemn yourself, God knew and sees everything that happened in the our past why we are like these. Watch the Parable of the prodigal son for brothers who seeks God and to sisters who seek God watch Amazing love : Gomer and Hosea.
Peace be with you all, May the grace of the Lord Jesus Chrisr be with you all. Amen.
"All unrighteousness is a sin, and there is sin not leading to death".
1 John 5 17
Sin is nothing but a "disease" that can lead to death. But the Lord Jesus is a great a doctor, if you fight your disease with Him with faith.
He is weak. It’s a vice and can be overcome.
It’s disgusting. Shame on you Accession press
Devan Brandalick please explain why you are shaming Ascension Press and calling this man weak? Did you watch the video?
You used the word “disgusting.” I find sins disgusting too; all sins, including sins such as offenses against the truth. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (paragraphs 2477-2488) describes what it means to be guilty of such sins: “He becomes guilty of rash judgment who, even tacitly, assumes as true, without sufficient foundation, the moral fault of a neighbor” & “To avoid rash judgment, everyone should be careful to interpret insofar as possible his neighbor's thoughts, words, and deeds in a favorable way.”
We are all weak my friend, no one is exempt from the nature of the fallen. But this man was able to practice celibacy. Just like any habitual sin, we have the impulses, but only the spiritually strong are able to overcome; and guess what? We are all called to be spiritually strong. My point is, we are all on the same boat, so do not vent rash judgement.