Holy Saturday: depression/Salome
Did God ever wake up?
Entries by Dwayne Fernandes
Good Friday: Long the Night
A Good Friday folk hymn from Ukraine.
Holy Thursday: Jesus Washes Judas’ Feet
Jesus gives a new commandment.
Exodus – Of Pride and Marches
Take a journey through the desert, enter a covenant with God, and discover who you truly are as God’s pride.
And We? What Should We Do?
Through these readings for this Sunday of Advent, God is stirring and electrifying the LGBTQ community to be “filled with expectation.”
The God Who Named You Mother
A Catholic mother from Texas recently reached out to New Ways Ministry for support. While I spoke with her, she wept. “I am fighting to hold on to my family’s faith,” she said.
Embracing Abrahamic Faith
One of the most disturbing chapters of my childhood still haunts me.
Of Mangoes, Vines and Jesus
To me, mangoes are what I think of when I imagine God’s lavish, extravagant and abundant harvests. When Jesus speaks of grapes, vineyards and vine-growers in his parables, my mind races immediately to the sultry summers I enjoyed as a child in Goa, and I find myself nodding in perfect understanding of the divine story.
Palm Sunday of Jesus’ Passion: The Suffering Servant
Many LGBTQ people and allies lead lives of hushed fortitude. Their identities remain a secret, and stories of being deserted by family or condemned by religious and secular authorities are all too common. Just like Jesus at his passion.
Fifth Sunday of Lent: i-den-ti-ty
The human person made in God’s image and likeness has, from the very beginning, been created for relationship: first of all with God, and then with other persons.