In May of 2012 I was asked by two ministries at my parish — Gay Catholics and Catholic Lesbians — to give the homily at the anniversary LGBT Mass. I explored the way shame has affected the papacy, and how we all can experience truth and love and Christ beyond that shame.
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Lizzie Has Something to Say This Easter (2016)
This is a homiletic reflection that I wrote in honor of the 20th anniversary of my baptism. In it, I speak directly to the worship community who raised me as a Catholic over these many years and I call us all to discard sexist language in our relationship with the divine.
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The Annunciation and the Gaze of Grace
The doctrine of Immaculate Conception – the notion that Mary mother of Jesus was born without original sin – had never really made much sense to me. Here I share a new understanding of the concept, born from my experiences of becoming a mother, my studies in depth psychology, and a look at the annunciation as described in the gospel text.
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A Hail Mary in light of the psyche
This short poem breaks open the Hail Mary to find an archetypal reality within and beyond the ancient Catholic meditation.
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