“Jesus rode into Jerusalem with fanfare! People laid down their cloaks for him to ride over and waved branches as he passed, singing ‘Hosanna in the highest!’ But honestly, with the chaos of COVID-19 I don’t need any more fanfare right now.”
“The tomb I built around me kept me in safety, but I was dying from fear, shame, and loneliness.”
Bondings 2.0 offers its readers suggestions for what to do to advance LGBTQ equality in the Catholic Church while staying home because of COVID-19
Are we willing to call out to Jesus to cure us of our varied kinds of blindness?
Is there anything that LGBTQ Catholics and allies lose because of the closing of churches and religious programs?
If only the Samaritan woman were like all the other women in the town… if she had had a reputable past… if she subscribed to the social and moral mores of Samaria, and held her tongue, especially in the company of men, she would not have encountered Jesus.
“When I think about the transfiguration I see Jesus on that mountain revealing a very secret, special, and essential part of himself his disciples.”
Times of testing often come with the shame that always brings along a kind of self-hatred.
Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent’s 40 days, when we try to pay closer attention to God’s gifts of love, mercy, and forgiveness. Read how several Catholic LGBTQ people and Allies have experienced that love and mercy in so many unique ways.
This Wednesday, we will begin our Lenten journeys towards the great feast of Easter! This season of purging and repentance is filled with reassurances of God’s everlasting love and mercy. Catholic LGBTQ people and Allies have experienced that love and mercy in so many unique ways, through so many powerful experiences.