Do you guys still do communion as a gay man or what are your views on it?
Hi everyone, this is my first post here, so I am not sure if anyone has discussed this before.
Ever since I came out in 2020, I stopped doing communions.
I remember a friend of mine told me that it was okay as long as I did not break the Ten Commandments. I remember even witnessing transgender people or known gay people doing the communion. When I had the lessons before my first communion, I don't recall being gay as something to restrict from eating the body of Christ. We were only taught to follow the Ten Commandments. I mean, looking back on it now, who would discuss gay conversations with an 11-year-old?
But growing up, I learned the church's position towards homosexuality, and when I decided to fully embrace my gay identity, I also stopped doing communion. And to me, I do this because I want to respect the church's beliefs and teachings, and at the same time, I also want to live my full truth. I think this is my way of trying to keep practicing my faith whilst being gay.
I'd like to know what sort of changes or what did you had to make to balance both being gay and a catholic? I mean, I'm sure neither can be balanced, at least to the teachings, but you know what I mean.