Rainbow Sash Movement

Advent is a somber time in the Church. We wait with expectation and hope. A child will be born to working class poor people. The Child will change our world. The change will take place in our thinking, and in our hearts. The Holy Family will become illegal immigrants. Advent is a wondrous time for Christians, a time not to forget.

Who is part of our parish community? Who is welcome, and who is not? Advent is a time to ask these questions. We ask these questions not only of our Church, but of the GLBT Community. Who is part of our family?

The Christ child born in Bethlehem represents all our aspirations. The joy of our lives, the faults of our lives, but most importantly the hopes of our lives represent Advent.

During this wondrous holy season, remember all your loved ones, and those you can no longer love. We are dust before this new born child, but a very important particle of dust.

I want to wish all a very Merry Christmas, those who know love, those who know not love, those who are hurt, and those who seek reconciliation. Let us remember with God all is possible.

Merry Christmas,
 

Joe Murray
US Convener
Rainbow Sash Movement.