Is Christianity a bunch of nice words about love?
A few years back I left the Catholic Church and Jesus. Approximately this was a break of six years, I then returned or rather, was brought back. In all honesty internally I am often leaving Him and returning to Him over and over again. The problem is that as a gay man I do not really find myself within the Catholic Church notwithstanding the fact that I know I am dearly loved by Jesus, His mother and all of heaven, notwithstanding the fact that I have religious people around me who minister to me in loving ways, other lay people who genuinely love me and others who try to. I still feel that I cannot find my place within this Church. My own relationship with the Church is as ambiguous as my own relationship with Jesus. I love Christ and believe in Him and in all that He says. I also love the Church and believe in all the goodness that is found in her messages and actions. And yet I still don’t feel at home. Hence the questioning and debate starts, usually uncomfortable ones and the jour
