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Here's an overview of the week in handy tumblr graphic format.
The prompts are on our Prompts page, but you can also find them under the cut!
Theology/Catholicism Prompts
Your Body Is Good: A Resurrection Sermon by Fr. Shannon Kearns
A sermon by Shannon Kearns, the first openly transgender man ordained to the Old Catholic priesthood (not to be confused with the Roman Catholic Church, sorry!).
“We are good even if we are queer and transgender. We are good in our sexuality. We are good being sexual. We are good alone or with other people. Our touch is good. Our flesh is good. Our scars are good.”
Spiritual Friendship by Aelred of Rievaulx
Spiritual Friendship is the best-known and perhaps most influential of the surviving works of Aelred, abbot of the English Cistercian abbey of Rievaulx from 1147 to 1167. During his abbacy, he built Rievaulx into a place of spiritual welcome and physical prosperity, desiring to make it a “mother of mercy” to those in need. In Spiritual Friendship, Aelred defines human friendship as sacramental, beginning in creation, as God sought to place his own love of society in all his creatures, linking friends to Christ in this life and culminating in friendship with God in beatitude.
Vestments & Vesting Prayers
There is a prayer for each piece of liturgical clothing that Catholic priests wear. The linked website describes the process of vesting and contains all the prayers that are said during it.
Crisis of Faith
An article on what a crisis of faith might feel like. The article describes the crisis in stages and also gives some advice for what to do to support someone who is experiencing a spiritual crisis. This wikipedia article describing a faith crisis as a form of identity crisis may also be of interest.
Rosary|Hail Mary
The rosary refers to a set of prayers and also the beads used to count them. The Hail Mary forms the basis of the rosary. Colloquially, a last-ditch effort or action, often taken when all other options have failed, is also referred to as a Hail Mary.
Trinity
The Trinity is the Christian doctrine concerning the nature of God, which defines one God existing in three divine persons: God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.
Mystery
The phrase “mysterium fidei” in theCatholic Mass is officially translated as “the mystery of faith”. In this context, the phrase, spoken or sung after the Words of Institution, refers to “the entire mystery of salvation through Christ’s death, resurrection and ascension, which is made present in the celebration of the Eucharist”.
Gender-y Prompts
“I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made” | Bodies
A prompt all about bodies. Let’s talk about the ways in which our characters relate to their and/or others' bodies.
Allies | Affirmation | Acceptance
A prompt all about what it takes to feel accepted and affirmed. Let’s look at what makes a good ally; what affirmation and acceptance for yourself or from others means.
Clothes | Lingerie/Underwear | Makeup
A prompt about dressing! Let’s dress our characters up, or down, appropriately or inappropriately; let’s undress them; let’s examine how they feel about the things they wear or trying a new look.
Could Jesus Have Been Intersex?
An essay prompt that invites us to ponder the question: what if Jesus, the person our characters follow, was One Of Us?
Words | Language | Prayer
A prompt about words. Let’s talk about the words we use to describe ourselves and others, or to speak to God; let’s talk about what happens when words fail.
Eunuch | Third sex | Third gender
A prompt all about exploring what’s beyond the binary.
Trans* & Inter* Saints/Figures from Church History
A prompt about trans* and inter* people being venerated in the church. Let’s talk about the people who were Like Us who came before us.
