a description of the amazing and exciting adventures i have here in baltimore--- and other lies.

 
Happy Christmas, and I hope you all got good cheer.

One finds wisdom and inspiration in the most unlikely of places. For me, it was in church.
Over the course of the last few weeks, in the Archdiocese of Boston, the Catholic Churches have been praying for "the image of family and of marriage, between a man and a woman." I believe the impetus for this prayer, inserted in the petitions, is the recent decision of the Massachusetts Supreme Court to allow marriages to same sex couples.
My mom is bullshit about this. She cannot believe the Church would behave so callously to its gay parishoners, of which there are quite a few in my parents' church (which just happens to be the seat of the Diocese of Springfield). These same people also happen
to be neighbors of ours, and good friends. I wondered, at times, whether I was dealing
with a short Polish woman or a short Korean woman, as I swear she was channeling
Margaret.

Hard on the heels of this, on Sunday, one of the more conservative of priests in my
parish, a very liberal parish, and muy muy muy gay friendly, gave a thoughtful sermon
on Trinity Sunday about family. The salient points are that:
-family is not blood. Family is the collection of people you gather around
you, the ones you care about the most. It is not genetics only.
-family can be very stressful, but the keys to dealing with family is to
be humble, to forgive one another, and to be patient with one another.
When one can get beyond the self, and look to the other, we can find a truly
happy family.

So there you have it. My mom is Margaret Cho, and I found wisdom in the Church. We
are truly in the end times.

posted by gregorio at 8:58 PM