Mark 10:46-52
How many gay and lesbian brothers and sisters have abandoned the Roman Catholic faith? I myself have told people to leave if they have an ounce of self respect. We are the blind man calling to Jesus for salvation, for wholeness and for respect for what God the father created us. The church would be the ones sternly warning us to be quiet but we will not be silenced. We call to the Lord for holiness. We call the Lord for wholeness and salvation. We call to the Lord as brother.
There are those in the church that feel our mere presence is an affront. Still others in their arrogance feel compelled to tell us what our role is. We are to be silent and celibate. No one need know, be silent. No need to acknowledge who you are. You are all simply intrinsically disordered. It's unfathomable why God would create intrinsically disordered people. The church fails (once again) to look at the evidence around us in God's diverse creation to see that what is 'intrinsically disordered is quite in evidence throughout His created world. This is not the normal for all but it is the norm for those creations. God made it so.
In a world where we are told that being gay is abnormal, shut up and do as we the enlightened ones say, we the gay community call out to Jesus as the bland man did. We call out for wholeness and love which sadly the Roman Catholic church of our upbringing does not offer and cannot conceive of.
In essence then, we have not abandoned the Church, the Church has abandoned us.
How many gay and lesbian brothers and sisters have abandoned the Roman Catholic faith? I myself have told people to leave if they have an ounce of self respect. We are the blind man calling to Jesus for salvation, for wholeness and for respect for what God the father created us. The church would be the ones sternly warning us to be quiet but we will not be silenced. We call to the Lord for holiness. We call the Lord for wholeness and salvation. We call to the Lord as brother.
There are those in the church that feel our mere presence is an affront. Still others in their arrogance feel compelled to tell us what our role is. We are to be silent and celibate. No one need know, be silent. No need to acknowledge who you are. You are all simply intrinsically disordered. It's unfathomable why God would create intrinsically disordered people. The church fails (once again) to look at the evidence around us in God's diverse creation to see that what is 'intrinsically disordered is quite in evidence throughout His created world. This is not the normal for all but it is the norm for those creations. God made it so.
In a world where we are told that being gay is abnormal, shut up and do as we the enlightened ones say, we the gay community call out to Jesus as the bland man did. We call out for wholeness and love which sadly the Roman Catholic church of our upbringing does not offer and cannot conceive of.
In essence then, we have not abandoned the Church, the Church has abandoned us.
They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!’ Many sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried out even more loudly, ‘Son of David, have mercy on me!’ Jesus stood still and said, ‘Call him here.’ And they called the blind man, saying to him, ‘Take heart; get up, he is calling you.’ So throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. Then Jesus said to him, ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ The blind man said to him, ‘My teacher, let me see again.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Go; your faith has made you well.’ Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way.
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