Feast of St. Phoebe, Deacon Thursday, September 3rd I decided to revisit an article I had written for my parish's bulletin, the "Deacon's Corner" in 2018. I stand by what I have written and have decided to republish this on St. Phoebe's day. Needless to say, this was never published in the church bulletin, but I choose again to blog it here. I'm a Wondering If, as a Deacon, I am called to wonder; would it really be a source of scandal and confusion for me to express this wonder? I hope not. I believe if we are to deepen our faith, we must continue to wonder and ask questions, even if the pope or a bishop has not “asked for discussion on the matter”. I recently wrote a blog about the question of woman deacons, which I also submitted for the weekly church bulletin. Within a day, my article was rejected from the bulletin’s “Deacon’s Corner” and I was sent an email stating that the article would be potentially scandalous and could sow seeds of confusion a
Short essays with #heartwarming, feel-good insights. My hope and prayer are that these articles, from one man’s perspective, might encourage all to live a life of love, and truth, to be encouraged to speak out against injustice. Most of all I believe all of us are born with dignity, an imprint of the Divine Source of Love who created us to recognize and share this light of love.
