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Love: The Difference Between Knowing and Knowing About

January 30, 2022/1 Comment/in Scriptural Reflections /by Michaelangelo Allocca

These readings display the root of the Church’s traditional rejection of our LGBTQ community: it “knows about” us in a catechism sort of way...But it is only beginning to know us." Read More

Find Joy, Bring Glad Tidings, Unleash Love Into the World

January 23, 2022/3 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Guest Contributor

Those who want to reject this person or that group are reminded that there are many members of one body. Think about “re-membering” as not just memories, but the very act of reconciling and restoring the entire Body. Read More

Fear Not: Finding Courage to Share in the Synod

January 9, 2022/0 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections, Synod on Synodality, Uncategorized /by Mark Guevarra

Fears of not being listened to are still real, but we cannot let them hold us back. Read More

Christ the King: The Official Sacred Holiday of LGBTQ Catholics?

November 21, 2021/4 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Michaelangelo Allocca

I propose that the Solemnity of Christ the King be made the official sacred holiday of the Catholic LGBTQ community. Before I am tied to the stake and a fire lit beneath my feet, please allow me a minute to explain. Read More

Hope After the Doom of the Last Days

November 14, 2021/1 Comment/in Scriptural Reflections /by Guest Contributor

Kushner, like Daniel and Mark, chooses to leave us with hope after the doom of the Last Days. Read More

Queer Community and the Widow’s Act of Faith

November 7, 2021/5 Comments/in Personal Stories, Scriptural Reflections, Uncategorized /by Guest Contributor

I can relate to the widow’s fear that what I have to offer is insufficient. Read More

Expanding Our Images of God By Encountering the Other

October 31, 2021/1 Comment/in Scriptural Reflections /by Yunuen Trujillo

We must connect more and more with our human nature, with ourselves, and with those different than us so that our idea of God becomes more expansive. Read More

All Our Relations Are Sacred

October 3, 2021/2 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Scriptural Reflections, Uncategorized /by Maka Black Elk

In my Lakota culture we use a particular phrase when we pray, “Mitakuye Oyasin.” Roughly translated it means, “All our relations.” Read More

Now Is the Time: LGBTQ Catholics in the Synodal Journey

September 26, 2021/0 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Scriptural Reflections, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Mark Guevarra

For Catholics who seek equality for LGBTQ people in the church, now is the time to redouble our efforts to speak our truth for the sake of justice. Read More

Embracing The Real Meaning Of What It Means To Be Last.

September 19, 2021/2 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Guest Contributor

Being last doesn’t have to feel as negative as it might sound. Read More

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