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The abstract nature of the Solemnity of the Trinity, which we celebrate today, can often feel distant for many people. Even worse, historically, it has been the point of tension – even division – among many Christians who all claim that their understanding of the mystery of God is THE right understanding.
It is possible to look at today’s liturgical readings through a narrow lens, telling ourselves that we possess the “knowledge” and the certainty about God’s mystery. And according to the Gospel, Jesus is the way to salvation and the one who does not believe in Jesus is condemned. So whoever possesses the “knowledge” of who Jesus is has knowledge of the way to salvation. This kind of thinking often creates a “stiffed-necked” church leaders who focus on defining the Trinity, while refusing to consider how the Trinity acts in our world in unexpected ways.
A queer reading of the Trinity de-emphasizes grounding the Triniity in certain “knowledge,” and instead invites us into the mystery of a God who constantly exceeds the limits of human understanding and human control. The Trinity, therefore, is far more than a doctrine to be understood or mastered, but rather a relationship with the God of Surprises who dynamically moves through the world in diverse ways.
The Trinity resists rigidity. The communion between creator, redeemer, and sustainer, held together in love, reveals to us how creativity, renewal, and energy all flow through the various ways we love each other. This love often falls outside of our narrow social, ecclessial, and theological categories, but it nonetheless reflects a deeper transcendental love.
Queer Catholics can then be seen as blessed because we are gifted in many ways with a unique ability to love how God loves – in a way that breaks boundaries and expectations.
In today’s first reading, we see tension when the “stiffed-necked people” refuse to bend, change, and perceive God beyond what was familiar or comfortable. Too often, the institutional mindset of our Catholic Church has treated LGBTQ+ persons as a problem or as pathological people, creating a hurtful tension, not just between us and the Church, but between themselves and God. In those moments, our beloved Church ceases to become the avenue for God’s love which is why, on the solemnity of the Trinity, like Moses, I pray that God remains with them and continues to transform them.
The Gospels tell us that “God did not send God’s only Child into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through said Child” (John 3:16, inclusified). Instead of reading this verse through the exclusionary lens that would condemn those who are not Christians, I wish to reflect through a queer lens on what it means to be saved through Jesus. In other words, this is not a matter of theological precision whereby we are saved if we get the right answer, as if salvation was a quiz we needed to score well on. Rather, it is a matter of encountering Christ in the world.
Throughout the Gospels, people encounter Christ in radical ways: through acts of love, healing, accompaniment, and mercy. Therefore, to know Jesus does not mean to define him (or the Trinity) the right way, but rather to learn to perceive the divine presence in the world wherever it may be found.
That is why I sing today’s responsorial canticle (Daniel 3:52-56) as a way to give praise and glory to God for my queerness: because this gift has allowed me and my fellow queers to encounter the living Christ in our moments of embodied love, vulnerability, joy, resilience, beauty, and even rejection from the Church. Our queer communities are much like the described in today’s second reading (2 Corinthians 13:11-13): we reflect the image of the Trinity through solidarity, chosen families, and our care for those who are marginalized. Here we experience abundant love and peace. And our kisses are holy indeed.
When queer persons encounter the Trinity (even if we do not use that terminology), we become beacons of hope and justice in the world.
In a world where people often fail to recognize how God works in the world, queer Catholics often offer important pathways to this salvific recognition. Considering that the Christian story is full of respectable people who constantly fail to recognize God’s unexpected action in the world, we are all–queer and non-queer people alike–called to enflesh Jesus even though we may be labeled scandalous. We become a light for others so that some of those “stiff necks” can bend a little and help the head they support find a new perspective of grace.
On this solemnity of the Trinity,I celebrate the incarnation of God and the radical truth of God’s love, which continues to reveal itself through bodies, relationships, and communities that our world has too often rejected.
May we continue to give praise and glory to the Triune God whose queer love creates, redeems, and sustains the world.
Queer Catholics can then be seen as blessed because we are gifted in many ways with a unique ability to love how God loves – in a way that breaks boundaries and expectations.
Leviticus 18:22 - You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.
Leviticus 20:13 - If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall be put to death, their blood is upon them
Romans 1:26-27 - For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. Their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural, and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in their own persons the due penalty for their error.
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At this point, they're just farming retarded articles like this for attention. They never realized that God would send them directly to Hell for this heresy.
My first thought is this was to get out the faggots and light the torches. But these are less civilzed times so we're not allowed to do that. But here's a clip from a movie to satisfy the bloodlust.
Queer Catholics can then be seen as blessed because we are gifted in many ways with a unique ability to love how God loves – in a way that breaks boundaries and expectations.
First ze/zir or whatever well love of neighbor and praying for enemies clearly shows love should cross boundaries. Erotic romantic love Eros in Greek is all about boundaries. Sexual immorality that being sex that crosses the boundaries set in Leviticus is pagan and gravely sinful.
if one is truly committed to the rhetoric, one must do one about the prophet Muhammad, Isa, and Allah, then follow it up with Moses, Abraham and Noah; given how the Abrahamics are all the same version of ice cream, just different flavors. Don't tell me you're only targeting the strawberry part of the Neopolitan that is the Classical Abrahamic Triad specifically to rage bait, while not touching the other two, because it would be culturally insensitive? This is purely genuine, if one stops to ask if the holy trinity is homosexual and queer coded, one must ask the sexuality of the prophet Muhammod, of Allah, of Moses, Noah, Abraham, of YWHW. Be the brave and true queer identity rights activist I know you are, and write an article how Allah is trans-fem coded, and how the prophet Muhammod is gay coded. Write an article on the homosexuality of Noah, and of the bisexuality of Abraham, and how YWHW created the rainbow after flooding the world with semen.
It is possible to look at today’s liturgical readings through a narrow lens, telling ourselves that we possess the “knowledge” and the certainty about God’s mystery. And according to the Gospel, Jesus is the way to salvation and the one who does not believe in Jesus is condemned. So whoever possesses the “knowledge” of who Jesus is has knowledge of the way to salvation.
What? I'd be curious who they're citing from a theological/scholarly basis or which priests say anything like this, considering this is very gnostic. The idea that Christ is this super secret hidden thing that only the select few can attain, that's fucking gnosticism lmao and I doubt any contemporary Catholic priest or bishop believes in that.
And how many Christians really condemn nonbelievers? I'm sure it happens with Dispensationalist Baptists, or Evangelicals, but like if someone doesn't believe, given the world we live in? I get it. But anyone that's ever sat down and had a serious conversation about why I do follow Christ may not convert right on the spot, but hopefully it plants a seed in them as to why I would, and if not come to an understanding that it's not crazy.
Throughout the Gospels, people encounter Christ in radical ways: through acts of love, healing, accompaniment, and mercy. Therefore, to know Jesus does not mean to define him (or the Trinity) the right way, but rather to learn to perceive the divine presence in the world wherever it may be found.
If you actually read the Gospels, Christ constantly asks his followers if they know who he is. It's at the end of Mark when Longinus, ironically a pagan, is the one who realizes the answer to the question: Jesus is the son of God. So again, it's not this fucking gnostic riddle, it's not that difficult lmao and it fits into our understanding of the Trinity.
At this point, they're just farming retarded articles like this for attention. They never realized that God would send them directly to Hell for this heresy.
Yeah this article really sucks, and was written by someone that either hasn't read the Gospel, or read some mangled translation that adds a bunch of commentaries and other shit in it.
Seriously though, disregard anything starting with 'a queer reading.' It's commie gobbledygook. The bible should be interpreted and applied to every individual's life and circumstances for the hurdles they encounter in life, not ever as a blanket 'insert group here' virtue signal.
just say it then"
