You did a beautiful job with this essay. I am not as familiar with Catholicism (I'm a woman who falls somewhere under the Pagan umbrella that can't quite find a label nor wants one), but the way in which you spoke about it, with such reverence, was stunning. I am looking forward to educating myself more on mystic Catholicism. Thank you, Saint, for a lovely and thought-provoking read.
So much of this resonates with me as a leftist Catholic who loves iconography and an occasional Latin Mass. Identity is complicated. So eloquent and well said!
As a lesbian cradle Catholic who ran away from my faith only to come back to it in my mid-20s, this piece put into words a lot of my observations about Catholicism becoming politically, culturally, and spiritually relevant again. I'm drawn to Catholicism because of its radical kindness. And, I think about Mary a lot, because her life was so profoundly unfair, but she persisted, because she had hope that it would all be worth it, and because she loved. There was power and bravery in the love and hope of a teenage girl. <3
This means so much, thank you for sharing your perspective with me. The radical kindness is such a draw for me, and the bravery and power in a teenage girl's hope and love....woof, tears in my eyes about it.
This was such a lovely essay that I loved reading! I have been Catholic since birth and I have always loved my religion and I am so happy that you have found something in the faith that greatly resounds within you :)
This is a beautiful essay. And though it was a small part of it, I have never so viscerally related to something as your paragraph about your evangelical upbringing and what that does to one's relationship to Catholicism. As a child of evangelical missionaries to ITALY who also briefly attended Hillsong in NYC...idk, I just felt seen by footnote #3, lol.
You did a beautiful job with this essay. I am not as familiar with Catholicism (I'm a woman who falls somewhere under the Pagan umbrella that can't quite find a label nor wants one), but the way in which you spoke about it, with such reverence, was stunning. I am looking forward to educating myself more on mystic Catholicism. Thank you, Saint, for a lovely and thought-provoking read.
Thank you so much for your kind words, and for reading!
So much of this resonates with me as a leftist Catholic who loves iconography and an occasional Latin Mass. Identity is complicated. So eloquent and well said!
yes and yes! identity is so complicated. Thank you <3
As a lesbian cradle Catholic who ran away from my faith only to come back to it in my mid-20s, this piece put into words a lot of my observations about Catholicism becoming politically, culturally, and spiritually relevant again. I'm drawn to Catholicism because of its radical kindness. And, I think about Mary a lot, because her life was so profoundly unfair, but she persisted, because she had hope that it would all be worth it, and because she loved. There was power and bravery in the love and hope of a teenage girl. <3
This means so much, thank you for sharing your perspective with me. The radical kindness is such a draw for me, and the bravery and power in a teenage girl's hope and love....woof, tears in my eyes about it.
This was such a lovely essay that I loved reading! I have been Catholic since birth and I have always loved my religion and I am so happy that you have found something in the faith that greatly resounds within you :)
I'm so glad we could find kinship in this way! It was such a wild, culturally specific time
That’s so kind! Thank you 🙏 ❤️
This is a beautiful essay. And though it was a small part of it, I have never so viscerally related to something as your paragraph about your evangelical upbringing and what that does to one's relationship to Catholicism. As a child of evangelical missionaries to ITALY who also briefly attended Hillsong in NYC...idk, I just felt seen by footnote #3, lol.
Beautiful read. Thank you for sharing this.
And thank you for reading! ❤️