Denver, Colo., Feb 16, 2012 / 09:01 am
In a new series of guest columns, CNA contributor Patrick Einheber will discuss his experience as a faithful Catholic with same-sex attraction.
“I was born and raised as a Catholic and have experienced same-sex attraction for as long as I can remember being aware of attraction,” said Einheber, a 37-year-old software engineer from Denver, Colorado.
“In college I abruptly and naively came to the conclusion that the Church was wrong about its views on same-sex relationships and marriage,” he told CNA. “I rebelled against the idea that Catholics need to understand and believe everything the Church teaches and so I stopped going to Mass.”
But after college, “I experienced a profound emptiness that God eventually revealed as a longing for him,” he recalled. “When I again sought the face of God and tried to learn why the Church teaches what it teaches, I began to see its wisdom and beauty and have been drawn onward ever since.”