tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8132410343235772418.post8688502548537782137..comments2023-10-01T03:05:01.291-07:00Comments on GAY MYSTIC: ENCOUNTERING CHRIST ON THE MARGINS WITH JOYUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8132410343235772418.post-31700763210341205612009-12-05T16:44:06.055-08:002009-12-05T16:44:06.055-08:00Thank you, John for this very provocative and pert...Thank you, John for this very provocative and pertinent question, which I will respond to more formally in a blog post. PeaceRichard Demmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116799651068476195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8132410343235772418.post-80284679556657484602009-12-05T16:43:15.280-08:002009-12-05T16:43:15.280-08:00Frank, thank you for your kind comment and the int...Frank, thank you for your kind comment and the interesting connection with the Razt letter. There must be many of us out there. Have perused your blog, Reluctant Rebel, which looks really interesting and have linked it on my Catholic blog list.Richard Demmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116799651068476195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8132410343235772418.post-67659060139572788422009-12-05T10:07:23.904-08:002009-12-05T10:07:23.904-08:00In 30 years of pondering, reading and meditating I...In 30 years of pondering, reading and meditating I still have no clue what "oneness with the crucified Christ" means. Can someone tell me? What does it feel like?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8132410343235772418.post-6280125090653540572009-12-04T17:11:48.651-08:002009-12-04T17:11:48.651-08:00Your sharing is greatly appreciated. There is a c...Your sharing is greatly appreciated. There is a community of bloggers and readers whose commentaries on personal experiences and on the wider political/theological issues I have found to be inspiring. The Rat'z Letter, was also, for me, a warning sign and a turning point as I wrote about fairly recently. - FrankFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04058312079036935995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8132410343235772418.post-71337894701912712912009-12-03T14:27:22.856-08:002009-12-03T14:27:22.856-08:00Thank you so much for these wonderful and supporti...Thank you so much for these wonderful and supportive comments. I hesitated for a long time before making this disclosure, so your support is much appreciated and much needed, before I go forward with more of the same. I'm sure there are many similar stories out there which need to be told. These are hard times, but the Spirit of Truth and Love is with us.Richard Demmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116799651068476195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8132410343235772418.post-66589013614967495332009-12-03T06:08:39.981-08:002009-12-03T06:08:39.981-08:00This post has really triggered some memories. At ...This post has really triggered some memories. At about the same age you speak of in this article, I had the privledge of studying theology under a brilliant priest who was subsequently virtually silenced by Bishop Morlino.<br /><br />This priest somehow got me accepted for a Phd at a Aquinas Institute, but I turned it down because I knew it was the wrong step to take. He was very dissapointed, but wished me luck in what ever I did because it probably wasn't going to be conventional. <br /><br />He had previously told me I was the most 'marginal' person he had ever met in that there didn't seem to be a class or group of people I didn't get along with, that I seemed incapable of defining myself with any of the usual things people do. At first I was kind of taken aback thinking maybe he thought of me as some kind of not fully formed person or something. But then he said that I looked for the commonalities between myself and others and didn't give much credence to the differences.<br /><br />I know now why I looked for the commonalities and didn't credence the differences. It was sublimation, but now it's who I am. Gays have a great deal to offer the Church precisely because we have a motivation for seeking the commonalities between ourselves and others. Some of us also seem to have a need to treasure the differences and avoid being subsumed by a particular cultural millieu. It's truly a gift.<br /><br />One last thing, I couldn't help but note your use of 'peace, love, and joy, because that's how I have been taught to sign off any communication. The Good News is about Peace, love and joy. Other wise it would be called the Bad News--as it actually is presented and enacted for too many people.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8132410343235772418.post-10748207529197924422009-12-03T06:07:32.714-08:002009-12-03T06:07:32.714-08:00Jayden, thank you for this profoundly moving testi...Jayden, thank you for this profoundly moving testimony. Writing from the depths of personal experience is not easy. I want you to know that I'm grateful (and many others will be, I am certain) for your willingness to do so here. Your words will make a difference in many lives.<br /><br />They give me hope. It's definitely a down time for me, in part, because I have been struggling with physical illness, which tends to pull mind and soul down along with it. <br /><br />It helps to be reminded, when times appear bleak, that there's a heart beating at the center of it all, and that this heart remains open even when those who claim to own all the sacred symbols continue to exclude and demean.William D. Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246026074693891965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8132410343235772418.post-82017958886353099432009-12-02T15:01:49.067-08:002009-12-02T15:01:49.067-08:00Bravo,Jayden, for posting this - both parts.
My o...Bravo,Jayden, for posting this - both parts.<br /><br />My own thoughts on "What is a gay catholic to do?", following on the flurry of commentary on Fr Martin's blog and elsewhere, is to start collecting a series of more specific, more ersonal responses: "What gay catholics HAVE done."<br /><br />I look forward to the continuation - and to any more stories that others would like to open up.Terence Weldonhttp://queeringthechurch.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com