News reports suggest that the bishops may want to deny Biden, a lifelong Catholic, access to the sacrament of Holy Communion, much the way that conservative bishops declared John Kerry, the Democratic presidential nominee in 2004, unwelcome at the communion rail in their dioceses. Archbishop Gomez has set up a task force to consider the matter.
“What we know now for the first time was there waiting to be seen and grasped all the time. The trivial example of jigsaw puzzles comes to mind; the piece can be sitting in plain sight, but until you see it as the piece for a certain place, it doesn’t have any helpful meaning.”
“You are here
with an overflowing love that knows no bounds
and welcomes all to a place at the table.”
…we stand against the harmful practice of conversion therapy for LGBTQ2SIA+ persons in Canada. Such practices are hostile to a person’s identity and an affront to their dignity.
“It is the end of the movie (AND the beginning by the way). Lover gets lover, the child gets born; people come together and LOVE wins the day!”
The House of Bishops would not wish to make statements on individual cases such as this, not least as it is a matter under the jurisdiction of another autonomous Province of the Anglican Communion. I have arranged to have a private conversation with the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church and others on this matter so as to better understand the situation in hand.
“The task force was launched 4 years ago. We began surveying deacons under 50 realizing there were fewer deacons in this age group than those [over] 90, which is very problematic for the church. We developed a website and facebook group. We also had some members who did a road trip last year to Episcopal Service Corps sites to tell them about the diaconate. This year we began to focus on resources people can use to help recruit young deacons such as a brochure and a powerpoint presentation. We are encouraging deacons to take this to ministries that have young adults in them in their diocese.”
Justin Welby is expected to be away from May to July 2021, studying in either Cambridge or the United States.
“One way, then, to edge out the space resentment seeks to claim in our hearts and in our lives is to cultivate gratitude. Recovery spirituality is clear that we do not have the power to remove our own shortcomings or malformed patterns of thinking (like resentfulness)—only our Higher Power can do that. However, what we can do is to cultivate virtues that edge out our shortcomings. So if I want to avoid the poison of resentment in my life, I can cultivate gratitude.”
“The work of CCSR demonstrates that the way we deal with our money and investments witnesses to our grounding in the spiritual gifts which are ours in Baptism. Among the many gifts given for spiritual discernment, such as teaching, prophecy, and healing, is administration or oversight. Those charged with oversight are called to be exemplary in love. This means that God’s love for Creation must shine forth in all of our decision-making, including the ways we invest our treasure to further our mission. Therefore, attention must be paid to social responsibility in investments.”