Prayers of Lament and Hope for LGBTQ+ People
Lamenting is part of our path to God, and in practicing lament, we express the fullness of our human emotions: distress and hope, longing and love, fear and joy.
Entries by Guest Contributor
Why We Should Like Public Accommodations Laws: A Response to “303 Creative”
Some commentators think the opinion is a narrow, correct reading of the law. I disagree. I think everyone, including you, should join together in rejecting its reasoning.
Knowing Jeremiah’s Lament—and God’s Love—as an LGBTQ+ Catholic
As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, I know personally Jeremiah’s lament and his sadness.
Finding God and Self by Bicycle During the Pandemic
I remember thinking about how strange it was to be transforming in real time—day by day, chin hair by chin hair; my voice dropping, decibel by decibel—in private.
“Rules Are Written for the Majority”: Dress Codes in Catholic Schools and LGBTQ+ Students
Curious about dress codes at other Catholic high schools, I scoured online handbooks and had conversations with other administrators. Beyond reading their dress codes, I wanted to understand the rationale behind them.
Knowing the Divine in the Trinity and Queer Time
I think this “neither here nor there,” non-linear approach to time has important meanings for how we are to live as Catholics, and I think that Queer Catholics are particularly knowledgeable of this way of living.
Encountering Hope in the Story of Emmaus
As I read and prayed over today’s gospel reading, the Road to Emmaus story, thinking about the church’s relationship with the LGBTQ+ community, the word that came to me was “encounter.”
Germany’s Synodal Way Is a “Source of Hope” for Transgender Catholics, Writes Delegate
“The final Assembly of the Synodal Way in Germany was an emotional rollercoaster for queer people in attendance, like me, and others watching from home. In the end, it became a source of hope.”
Transgender Healthcare and the Catholic Moral Vision
Even as the USCCB has chosen to follow a narrow tradition that inconsistently places the good of persons behind the functionality of their body parts, the moral tradition itself continues to offer many more expansive interpretive possibilities.
Do You Realize What I Have Done For You?
Far too many individuals and groups of people, like LGBTQ+ folks, do not experience church as a place where that foundational Last Supper example that Jesus calls us to follow is practiced.