By Garrett Johnson, Crisis Magazine, April, 24, 2023
Garrett Johnson was first labeled gay at the age of seven. He resisted this labeling as long as he could but eventually gave in as the identity took hold. He lived a gay life for over 15 years and began using drugs and alcohol heavily to numb the pain of living this identity. …
This morning, I meditated on Jesus being brought in front of Pilate and the religious leaders and accused of all sorts of things He hadn’t done and of being someone He wasn’t. I asked Him to help me feel what He felt as His Heart encountered the darkness; while all those He came to set free and those He had drawn close to Himself abandoned Him.
As I started to enter into this scene and imagine His pain, I began to think of the words “homosexual people” our Holy Father Francis used and the pain this brought me. I am not comparing my pain to our Lord’s, but I can at least put myself in His shoes when it comes to feeling abandoned by those whom I should feel closest to and most supported by. …
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