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Holy Doors, Closet Doors, and Doors to Oz: Father Mychal Judge and LGBTQ+ Pilgrimage

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We sometimes imagine our lives through the metaphor of a journey, but another way is to think of it as choosing (or not choosing) to walk through doorways that are presented to us.  Read More

Painful Coming Out to Parents Grows Into Miraculous Love

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"Whether I lived or died was of no concern. I was already dead to my parents.” Read More
Presentation of Jesus

Presentation of Jesus, Purification of Mary, and. . . .Coming Out

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Coming out, like giving birth, also has its rewards—a new way of being and relating to others. Read More

Jesus’ Baptism Is His ‘Coming Out’ Moment. It Can Be Ours, Too.

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“You are my Beloved, my chosen one!  You are made in my image and likeness.” Read More

God’s Blessings Fall Into Open Hands

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The process of coming out showed me which things I was grasping most tightly, and slowly taught me to let go of them. Read More

Turning to Yes

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This sense that there is nothing to be done but what is reminds me of a favorite piece by lesbian poet Mary Oliver called “The Journey.” If I were to add a fourth reading to the lectionary for today, this would be it.  Read More

Coming Out Is To Be Touched by Jesus’ Hand

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I never would have thought that the Church community proclaiming the words “I love you” and “God loves you” to those considered on the margins could become so threatening to other members of our church. Read More

There Is No “Other” in the Family of God

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The second reading at today’s liturgy reminds me of a coming out journey, like my own and those of others I have walked with. Read More

In Italy, Gay Priests Come Out via Letter Decrying Homophobia in the Church; And More News

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When Bondings 2.0 first began in 2011, the hope was to find enough content to post once a day. Twelve years later, we consistently find ourselves with too much Catholic LGBTQ+ content! We have stuck to one post per day as a rule, but that at times means some news gets lost and never make it onto the blog. Today's post is a form of our "News Notes" series that features two of these older stories, which are still relevant and worth reading. Read More

What If A Synod Participant Would Come Out?

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It's a possibility--and it would be great! Read More