michal's musings

Bishop Schneider is becoming a champion among more traditional and conservative Catholics.   He is trying to help them to find still home in the Catholic Church.   Definitively, it is a very unusual situation for them.   It is for the first time in a long time that we are experiencing the Pope who is more liberal and progressive. But like the progressives for a long time needed to find space in the Catholic Church; now, it is time for the traditionalist to be able to do that, too.   There is a space for everyone in the place that is called the Catholic Church.          

Science helps me with faith.  When I look at the theoretical science I find myself needing this same approach that I have towards religion.  Both systems try to describe the reality of life.  Both are interested in experience.  And, both of them have theoretical tendencies.  This is an interesting clip of a believer in G-d who is fascinated by science. Also, sometimes we say that Islam is not intellectual.  Here, we can find that this is not true.  Muslims can be very much interested in faith and science.  We need to break our stereotypes.

G-d is a subject ... We are not G-d but we are like God ... We don't see G-d because we are G-d ... We participate in God ... Grace is participation in God ... It not about becoming a better human being but becoming a divine human being ... The gift of God is there ... religion brings us into the reality of G-d ...

                            God is bigger than anyone is able to think and say anything about God.  I do not want to even use any pronouns.  When we put pronoun to God we put God into box.  We do not need to liberate God.  What we need to do is to liberate our understanding and our language of God.  I think that the LGBTQ community brings a great gift to the faith groups.  It challenges the status quo.  Recently, two Catholic bishops write two very different letters regarding the Catholic approach to LGBTQ people in loving and committed relationships.  Bishop of Springfield, IL was very exclusivist - no SSR (Same Sex Relationship) people are able to participate actively in the life of his diocese. The bishop of San Jose, CA welcomed people from SSR into actively participating in the life of his diocese. Conclusion? The Church no longer has any stand on the LGBTQ community.  This is good.  But, it would be better if the Church would affirm the LGBTQ communit