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Article: Gay dimension to spiritual life. (Spirituality)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- March 26, 1993
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We are very aware of the influence of gender identity on spirituality. Many spiritual directors working with lesbian and gay directees are becoming aware of the special influence of sexual orientation on one's spiritual life. Lesbians and gay men, because of their sexual orientation and its implications for their lives, will relate differently to Christ and to God than will their heterosexual counterparts.
Carl Jung recognized a special spiritual quality that characterized the homosexuals with whom he worked as a therapist: "He [the homosexual] is endowed with a wealth of religious feelings which help him to bring the ecclesia spiritualis into reality and a ...