@KirstieMAllsopp Completely agree. People die. They pass if they walk by you on the way to the pub. If you claim to be Christian then you should admit that a person is dead. Only then is there hope of the resurrection.
The Holy Spirit brings about a holy rainbow of different expressions of our one humanity in Christ. Lesbians, gays, bisexuals, trans persons, intersex persons, asexual people, and the rest are a gift to the church that should be cherished and welcomed as prophetic existences.
The Sacred Heart bleeds with every LGBTQIA+ person who is shunned by Christians, who are told they cannot be queer and Christian. The Sacred Heart of Jesus is the theological core of Pride month.
On this first day of Pride Month, I pray for those who labor under the false idea that their queerness is somehow against God, or the Bible, or the church. Pride as self-respect is a holy gift. Pride as sin is using the Bible to prop up your hatred of people who are different.
The latest issue of Marriage, Families & Spirituality is now available in OpenAccess: https://t.co/8eOsiETBC7
This issue has three articles and several book reviews addressing LGBTQIA+issues.
Pilot: we are delayed because of faulty equipment here – not our fault – there will be some extra delay. But we are on a KLM flight out of Schiphol?? @KLM
June is Pride Month and the month of the Sacred Heart. The two complement each other and lead to a deeper spiritual meaning. Here are my reflections: https://t.co/D3ePou3WAu
BR diocese is sponsoring another Catholic anti-Pride event (thankfully in August but publicized now). Sigh! As an alternative, I'd be happy to meet at George's Place sometime in these last 2 weeks of June to talk real possibilities for queer affirmation in Catholic perspective