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Breath of the Spirit

Pastoral, Liturgical, Teaching, and Social Justice Moments brought to you by www.DignityUSA.org.

Breath of the Spirit is DignityUSA’s electronic spiritual and liturgical resource for our members and potential members. Nothing can replace your chapter or other faith community, but we hope you will find further support here for integrating your spirituality with your sexuality and all the strands of your life.

We welcome relevant homilies, inspirational writings, social justice opportunities, or theological articles from other sources also — particularly from wise women and men who can help us grow as gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) and allied Catholic/Christians. You may volunteer to help with this program or send your comments by e-mailing info@DignityUSA.org ATTN: Breath of the Spirit.

APRIL 27, 2008: SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

Readings: 
Acts 8:5-8, 14-17
I Peter 3:15-18
John 14:15-21

The authors of today's first and third readings believe the role of the Holy Spirit in our everyday life of faith is more significant than some of us modern Christians acknowledge.

APRIL 20, 2008: FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

Readings: 
Acts 6:1-7
I Peter 2:4-9
John 14:1-12

If our only contact with organized Christianity has been limited to a hierarchical structured church, we'll find it difficult to appreciate the message our three sacred authors are trying to convey today. They're not interested in encouraging us to look to a higher rung on the authority ladder in order to discover God's will in our lives. They're concerned with making certain each of us understands the dignity God has implanted in us, independent of any authority structure.

APRIL 13, 2008: FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

Readings: 
Acts 2:14a, 36-41
I Peter 2:20b-25
John 10:1-10

I recently was honored (and humbled) to participate in a McAllen, Texas lay congress. Among other things, I quickly discovered my fellow-participants shared a belief about our country's plan to build a wall on its Mexican border which differed from the opinion many of us "Northerners" have on the subject I returned home not only with a suitcase packed with "No Border Wall!" bumper stickers, but also with a new way of looking at the issue.

APRIL 6, 2008: THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER

Readings: 
Acts 2:1-4,22-23
I Peter 1:17-21
Luke 24:13-35

One of the perks of being a sacred author is that you get to write people's speeches for them. In today's first and third readings, for instance, Luke composes everything Peter and Jesus say. Peter's Pentecost and Jesus' Easter discourses are well-known for their explanation of the events which occur on the days they're delivered. At these points of his double volume work, Luke isn't as interested in what happened as much as he's concerned with why it happened.

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