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Homily and Personal Reflection Aids for August 2025

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Sunday readings in August speak of being fed and being calmed by Jesus. Read More

Transformed in the Wilderness, Trusting in God’s Promises

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Lent offers an opportunity to reflect on our own spiritual journey, to stand firm in our belief, and to listen to the voice of Jesus calling us to transformation. Read More

A Bright Cloud: A Transfiguration Story from India

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Jesus’ transfiguration in the Gospel suggests prodigious potential for change and renewal, much like the kinnar journey - a process of shedding classical expectations of male and female, to embrace an infinitely higher understanding of self. Read More

Jesus’ Transfiguration: What a Queer Story!

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What relevance does the Transfiguration have for all of us as disciples of Christ, here in the second week of Lent, and for us as LGBTQ+ Catholics and allies, in particular? Read More

The Transfiguration: God’s Invitation to Being Your Whole LGBTQ Self

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How are our lives as LGBTQ Catholics transfigured when we look at them through the lens of God’s loving presence?  Read More

The God Who Named You ‘Mother’

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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.  Read More

Eating in the Land of the Living

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This year, I ate meat on the first Friday of Lent. Not by accident, like I’d done before. Not justifying it with a technicality (like it was after midnight Friday night when we left the bar, so it was really Saturday). Not feeling out of control, or like I couldn’t stop myself, but on purpose. Purposefully. Read More

Transfiguration = Coming Out

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"When I think about the transfiguration I see Jesus on that mountain revealing a very secret, special, and essential part of himself his disciples." Read More

The Feast of the Transfiguration Through a Catholic LGBTQ Lens

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Today is the Feast of the Transfiguration, commemorating the event where Jesus brought Peter, James, John, to the mountain top and revealed His beautiful and true identity as God.  We invite you to reflect on the importance and symbols of this story as they apply to you as an LGBTQ person or ally.  Read More

Transfiguration: A Complete Change Into a More Beautiful State

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Each time we disclose a truth about ourselves, we part a veil. By doing so, we invite others to come into our lives and make contact with us. Parting any veil forces a degree of vulnerability and demands unimaginable trust and faith. Read More