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How am I living the beauty, power and sacredness of the Eucharist after I receive it? How am I sharing the Eucharist with those who, for whatever reason, cannot receive it? Reflecting on these questions brings to mind one of the most profound experiences I have had in receiving the Eucharist.
There is an unofficial canon of queer Catholic saints. Those who know it, know it. Queer Catholicism demands a spiritual practice of bold imagination and history-searching despite what is recorded.
The racial gap that many believed was narrowing has abruptly widened in America. Martin Luther King Jr. once asked, "Where do we go from here?" Pope Francis' call to become a synodal church could answer that question.