The story of Ruth and Naomi and their deep love has often been used to illustrate love between women in the Bible. There is more to the book than that alone, for a queer reading. Although the book begins as…
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Dropping the straight-jacket to the ground
That most subversive of stories We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. No, we speak of God’s…
Christ Has Died; Christ Is Risen; Christ Will Come Again!
Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of God has risen upon you. - Isaiah 60:1 Christ lives! ….. The mystery of resurrection replaced the law of cause and effect with a new reality: the law of love.…
The Temple Veil Was Torn in Two; The Dead Awaken; The Resurrection Begins!
The story of the Passion is so familiar, so overpowering, that usually I have little to say about it, feeling that I can have nothing to add that is new, and not wanting to simply repeat old platitudes. It is…
The Queer Passion, in Art: The Crucifixion
I continue with links to the Jesus in Love series on the Queer Passion, as depicted in the paintings of David Blanchard. Once again, for each post I include a link, the text that Kittredge uses to begin her reflection,…
The Queer Passion, in Art: “They Killed a Faggot!”
Easter Saturday occupies an odd kind of place in the Easter triduum, bridging the solemnity and awe of Good Friday and the celebration of the Resurrection on Easter Sunday. Kittredge Cherry has two posts which bridge the passage from the…
The Queer Passion, in Art: The Garden, Arrest and Trial
As we move deeper into the Easter Triduum, with the most solemn day of the liturgical year, I continue with some links to Kittredge Cherry’s series on the Queer Passion, in Art - her reflections on the extended series of…
Spend Some Time With the Lord - on Retreat.
Then Jesus said, “Let’s go off by ourselves to a quiet place and rest awhile.”(Mark 6:31) Sometimes I really value the California Catholic Daily: not for its commentary, which is frequently offensive, but for the news and information. Quite often, when…
Irish Fuss over Jesus’ Two Dads.
In Ireland, there is some controversy brewing over a poster being used in the campaign to move beyond civil partnership to full marriage equality, which makes an unfamiliar claim about Jesus Christ: that he had two dads. A controversial poster…
The Queer Passion in Art: Palm Sunday to The Last Supper
The “Queer Passion in Art” continues at Jesus in Love. When I first drew attention to this series, I was hoping to post a daily link, but have not kept to this intention. This is not a reflection on the…
