Email correspondence from Jim McCrea, describing how the homily at Most Holy Redeemer talked about “all kinds of holy families: nuclear, single parent and same-sex couples with and without children”, ended with the observation I doubt that this kind of…
Monthly Archives: December 2013
The Queer Holy Family and the Return from Egypt (Matthew 2:13-15,19-23)
The Sunday after Christmas is traditionally celebrated as the Feast of the Holy Family - an occasion which all too often is used in homilies as an excuse to commend the modern nuclear family - thereby leaving the substantial proportion…
“In the Beginning Was the Word”: Hearing the Rainbow Scriptures
For the Christmas “Mass During the Day”, we heard the opening words John’s Gospel: In the beginning was the Word: and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him…
Dec 27th: John, the Queer Evangelist
The Gospel of John is of particular interest to queer people of faith for its repeated references to the “beloved disciple”, or to “the disciple that Jesus loved”. These references make clear that whoever he was, this disciple had a…
Dec 26th: St Stephen, the First Christian Martyr
Today we remember St Stephen, the first martyr. Just as Stephen some of his hearers who disliked his words, but could not counter the truth of what he said, were “infuriated and ground their teeth at him“. Stephen, however persisted…
“Prepare Ye The Way of the Lord” (Luke 1:67-79)
In today’s Gospel, I see two key take-aways from the words of Zechariah, father of John the Baptist: One is a reminder that the promise of the Lord that he “that he would save us from our enemies and from the…
“Hold Your Heads High, Your Liberation Is Near at Hand” (Psalm 24).
2013 has been dubbed the “Year of gay marriage”. Pope Francis was named “Person of the Yea” by gay magazine the Advocate, and as number two “Gay Rights Hero of the Year” by New Yorker magazine. The words of the…
Gay Marriage - New Mexico, and UTAH!
When a New Mexico court ruled on Thursday that same - sex marriage was permitted under state law, the ruling was widely anticipated: there never had been any state law explicitly prohibiting it, and county clerks have been issuing marriage…
Pope Francis, Person of the Year - by “ADVOCATE”!
It’s not often that LGBT media pay any attention to religious leaders, other than to complain about their perceived (and sometimes actual) homophobia. So when a major gay magazine not only writes about one, but follows the lead of Time…
Three Young Men in the Burning Fiery Furnace: Dec 17th
Today, the church celebrates the feast of three young men, Shadrack, Mesach and Abednego, the companions of Daniel the prophet: they are important for highlighting a much neglected group in the church - the transgendered. We are probably all familiar…
