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The Holy Family: A 180 Degrees Flip from Heteronormative Ideals

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Take advantage of today to celebrate this original vision of the Holy Family, and to give thanks for the queer, complicated, loving network of human relationships that magnify your joys and ease your adversities. Read More

Rejoice! But How in Uncertain Times?

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For the first time in my life, the word that has caught my attention most this Advent season is anxiety. Read More

A Time Unsurpassed in Distress

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The apocalyptic visions shared today by both the prophet Daniel in the first reading and by Jesus in the gospel are relevant and instructive. Read More

In the Parable of the Prodigal Son, Which Role Do I Play as an LGBTQ+ Person?

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Of the three main characters in the story—the father, the elder son, the younger son—which do we each think best reflects my experience? Read More

Archbishop Wester: Listening to LGBTQ+ People Puts Love into Practice

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This kind of listening is what it means to love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all our strength, and your neighbor as yourself. Read More

The Path to Glory Looks Like Synodality

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It is difficult to ask for a place of honor when most of the time I just want to be valued enough to be invited to the table – even if I have to pull up my own chair. 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

Is It Best for the Synod to Say Nothing At All?

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Then I read the Gospel a third time, and when I came to this phrase, the word that lingered was “no.” Read More

The Infinite Abundance of God’s Spirit

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Two thousand years later, there are still those who desire to control God in service to themselves. In doing so, confident in knowing they have all the correct answers, they close and lock their hearts to the grace and uncertainty of surprise. Read More

Whoever Receives One Such as This in My Name, Receives Me

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Perhaps it’s not that difficult at all if we can just truly embrace the meaning of some merciful, powerful words ofJesus from today’s Gospel. Read More