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Breath of the Spirit: Rooted in Welcoming
June 28, 2023
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DignityUSA
Nearly everyone recalls the strict social structures of ingroups and outgroups in a high school cafeteria There are no signs but everyone knows where they are welcome to sit Todays reflection reminds us that adults can also get stuck in such excludin

DignityUSA: Synod Working Document Offers Hope for LGBTQ+ People
June 22, 2023
by
Marianne Duddy-Burke (she/her)
The Synod which has been enthusiastically convened by Pope Francis himself is expected to set the tone over the next several years for consideration of some of the most important and controversial issues facing the Catholic Church The Synod has engag

Breath of the Spirit: Gods Accomplicehood
June 21, 2023
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DignityUSA
The primary definition of accomplice is generally someone who helps another person commit a crime Todays reflection reframes the term as Gods commitment to be with us in our endeavors to subvert structures of oppression and exclusion and challenges u

Breath of the Spirit: A Love that Calls Us by Name
June 14, 2023
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DignityUSA
So many details that we would love to know are omitted in Matthews account of Jesus life but room is made in todays passage for the names of each one of the Twelve Our reflection suggests that this can remind us that Love calls each of us by name as

Breath of the Spirit: Corpus Christi: Saying Amen to the Real Real Presence of Christ
June 7, 2023
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DignityUSA
The question too often asked by Church leaders is Do you believe in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist? The more profound question raised by todays reflection is whether we understand the implications of the Divine decision to become incarn

Breath of the Spirit: One God in Mutuality Relationship and Otherness
May 31, 2023
by
DignityUSA
the Trinity can seem so esoteric and theoretical that one can wonder if it matters at all in our daily lives Todays reflection though attempts to ground that highfalutin theology in our lived experiences It depicts the Trinity not as arcane theologic

Breath of the Spirit: Pentecost: the Spirit of Unity Through Forgiveness
May 24, 2023
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DignityUSA
We so often associate the feast of Pentecost with depictions of tongues as of fire resting over Jesus followers Fair enough But when the Church was born in the coming of Gods Spirit it was a moment marked above all by unitya unity todays gospel remi

Breath of the Spirit: I Am With You
May 17, 2023
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DignityUSA
Todays reflection s that some of our popular ideasand even the Scriptural accountsof the Ascension are most likely very far from its historical reality But beyond the Scripture writers attempts to use their version of this story to speak to readers