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Those We Have Lost Are Still With Us
A reflection on Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Breath of the Spirit: Which Way to My Burning Heart?
April 19, 2023
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DignityUSA
Todays reflection reminds us that we are all somewhere on the road to Emmaus grieving celebrating realizing retelling We all find ourselves along this archetypal path seeking a unity with and a community of Love Where are we on that journey in this m
Breath of the Spirit: Do Not Touch Me Put Your Hand Into My Side
April 13, 2023
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DignityUSA
Todays reflection examines the tension between Jesus resurrection appearances to Mary Magdalene and Thomas and what those two stories tell us about the importance of our bodies Instead of a neatly packaged conclusion we are compelled as in the gosp
Breath of the Spirit: Resurrection in the Now!
April 5, 2023
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DignityUSA
It is so tempting to pin our hopes on someday an unspecified day in the future when our current troubles will be over Nowhere is this temptation more acute than the resurrection As in Someday in heaven we will move beyond this valley of tears But tod
Breath of the Spirit: Just the Beginning
March 30, 2023
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DignityUSA
It is grounded in the Jewish prophetic tradition and focused on showing Jesus story as a fulfillment of the Hebrew Scriptures Perhaps more importantly this reflection reminds us that Jesus Passion is not the end of an old story but a bridge to our ow
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US Bishops Statement on Transgender Health Care Denies Reality Violates Stated Principles of Catholic Medicine
March 22, 2023
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Marianne Duddy-Burke (she/her)
On the US Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Doctrine released a policy statement on how Catholic medical institutions should treat transgender and nonbinary people Entitled Doctrinal on the Moral Limits to Technological Manipulation of the
US LGBTQ+ Catholic Group Celebrates Courage of German Bishops Who Approved Formal Blessings for Same-Sex Couples
March 12, 2023
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Marianne Duddy-Burke (she/her)
he worlds oldest organization of Catholics working for justice equality and full inclusion of LGBTQIA+ people in our church and society applauds the Catholic Bishops of Germany who have voted to support formal blessings for samesex couples In a vote
Breath of the Spirit: Transfigured: Now What?
March 1, 2023
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DignityUSA
We often struggle with what to do next when we have a religious experience Do we tell the world? Or at least our close friends and family? It is likely they will not understand This weeks reflection provides no easy answers but instead reminds us tha
Breath of the Spirit: The Temptation to Love With Less Than All of Me
February 22, 2023
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DignityUSA
As we begin Lent Jesus temptation offers us a meditation on being whole In a world that communicates we are only worth the sum of our stuff and in a Church that officially teaches any sexual minority is damaged Jesus reminder that each of us is calle
Breath of the Spirit: To Love Others as God Has Loved Us
February 15, 2023
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DignityUSA
Loving ones enemies often lands somewhere between empty prayers for people with whom we disagree and the threat of letting others take advantage of us in the name of Jesus But neither of those encapsulate this difficult task about which Jesus preache
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