Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "We Are Called to Bless Any Kind of Love. He Who Doesn't Bless, Curses. And That's a Sin."



This is one of the good droppings, as opposed to the malodorous ones that help fertilize gardens--this is cloistered Dominican nun Sister Lucia Caram, who had 25,800 Twitter followers about a week ago when Ignacio Castillo interviewed her for La Opinión de Málaga (English translation by Rebel Girl at her wonderful Iglesia Descalza website):

So what do you think about same sex marriage? 

Sr. Lucia Caram: I always ask myself what Jesus would do, and he always blessed people. He never cursed them. Marriage and love are always blessed. That they refuse to elevate it to the status of a sacrament institutionally is something else. It will take many years for that. I don't feel able to condemn anyone. We are called to bless any kind of love. He who doesn't bless, curses. And that's a sin.

I always ask myself what Jesus would do, and he always blessed people: what a novel (and promising) approach to these issues in the Catholic church! Just saying . . . .

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