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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 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) 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.

DECEMBER 2nd, 2018: FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT

One of the problems with looking forward to celebrating Christmas in a month is that we often spend a lot of that period looking backward instead of forward. We zero in on past Christmases, trying to replicate the best of them. Without remembering such ideal celebrations, Christmas wouldn’t have... more

NOVEMBER 25th, 2018: CHRIST THE KING

Today’s feast always creates problems. One word is at the root of the problem: king. What does it mean? How is it applied to Jesus? What’s been made of it through the centuries? If Christians are to imitate Jesus of Nazareth, are we expected to make part of his regal personality our own?

NOVEMBER 18TH, 2018: THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY OF THE YEAR

Scholars remind us that one of the three basic changes in early Christianity was the switch from a short-term faith to a long-term faith. For one reason or another, Jesus’ earliest followers believed he would triumphantly return in a short period of time. Everyone would recognize his presence and... more

NOVEMBER 11TH, 2018: THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY OF THE YEAR

The vast majority of people hearing today’s gospel pericope will get the wrong message; certainly not the message Mark’s Jesus conveys.

NOVEMBER 4TH, 2018: THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY OF THE YEAR

Mark packs a lot in Jesus’ last five days of his life. He’s not only in constant conflict with his enemies, he delivers some of his most important teachings. Today’s pericope is a well-known example of the latter.

OCTOBER 28TH, 2018: THIRTIETH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR

Today’s gospel passage should be read immediately following last week’s gospel. Mark certainly intended them to be read together. Both are essential for correctly appreciating his last prediction/misunderstand-ing/clarification pericope. Jesus has just informed James and John that they have to give... more

OCTOBER 21ST, 2018: TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR

Finally, Mark’s third prediction/misunderstanding/clarification passage.

OCTOBER 14TH, 2018: TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR

Perhaps no passage of the Christian Scriptures is more misunderstood than today’s gospel pericope.

OCTOBER 7TH, 2018: TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR

Most readers of Scripture have no idea that Genesis’ first two chapters contain two contradictory creation stories. Instead of appreciating their differences, we usually treat them as we treat Matthew and Mark’s two contradictory birth of Jesus narratives: combine them and create a third, more... more

SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2018: TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR

One of the most difficult things for people of faith to acknowledge is that we can’t put limits on God. It’s impossible to set boundaries in which God can work. He/she can only go so far, no further. Today’s first and third readings show how ridiculous it is to even attempt putting limits on an... more

SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2018: TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR

Today we have the second of Mark’s three prediction/misunderstanding/clarification pericopes explaining what it means to die with Jesus. (Afraid we’ll have to wait until the Twenty-ninth Sunday of the Year to learn Jesus’ third way.) Though the disciples’ misunderstanding is implicit in this... more

SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2018: TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR

Christianity is a rather simple to understand faith: If you die with Christ, you rise with Christ. The problem comes in the definition of terms – especially what it means to die with Christ.

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