I just got home to Jersey from wisconsin where my partner's family lives. i even went to midnight mass with my partner's catholic family on Christmas night. now call me crazy, but afterwards as i recalled to salient points of the service, i was surprised how much common ground there is between the catholic church and myself, a liberal queer activist.
During the sermon, the priest raised his concern with poverty and homelessness, the death penalty, war, and hiv/aids. he talked about the need to love one 'nother and of different types of folks finding common ground. in short, catholic midnight mass was indeed a refreshing and joyous celebration of progressive values. this was a surprise to me, i kinda went begrudgly to the mass in the first place. i was grateful a thunderbold did not go off when i walked inside. (wink)
Beforehand, I thought that the catholic dogma would be completely inconsistant with my values. For one mass' worth, i was wrong.
GO FIGURE!!!
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