Saint John: the only male from Christ's inner circle who stood by Him at the Cross. Today, I have been thinking about John a lot. He was the young and virginal favorite of Our Lord. He was the smallest of Christ's followers. Yet, the manly and the burly among the Apostles were the first to hide and deny Christ. For this reason, I believe that John is the ultimate sacred model for gay men and all those who struggle and suffer with sexual temptations. Like John, we must embrace our sexual sanctity and join our sufferings with His on the Cross. Only by giving all our woundedness, transgressions, fears, childhood pains, and disappointments to Jesus can we ever find peace and salvation. Saint John, Pray for Us.