Category: Testi per ritiri LGBT

"Walking walking away". When prayer comes to life (the texts of the liturgies)

“Camminando s’apre cammino” è il weekend per cristiani LGBT+, i loro genitori e gli operatori pastorali che li accompagnano organizzato da La Tenda di Gionata. I luoghi di fede di Sestri Levante ci hanno aiutato a percorrere insieme un cammino di spiritualità della riconciliazione, dopo i due anni di esilio che abbiamo vissuto a causa della pandemia. Ognuno è stato invitato...

Stimuli for a synodal journey from the margins to the end center

Text taken from From The Margins to the Center (from the margins to the center), a new Ways Ministry report in view of the Synod on the synodality of 2023, published in June 2022, freely translated by Giacomo Tessaro, a twelfth and last appendix 2. Prayers for LGBTQ people: spiritual conversations in view of the Synod prepared by Dwayne Fernandes, director of spirituality Of...

Our pride of thanksgiving to God

Widespread prayer* of the Queer Theology site (United States), freely translated by Giacomo Tessaro (God) there was a time when I prayed to you to make myself straight. I would ask you to ignore those prayers, or rather, to fulfill them differently from how I expected then: "I will help you become more fully yourself". Thank you for the gift of being queer, and ...

Building sanctuaries. Prayers around the cross to entrust our paths to God with LGBT people

Text taken from the booklet "Prayer and Reflexions - Facilitators Guide" (Guide to learn to facilitate the inclusion in the churches of LGBT+people) created by the Creating Sanctuary project* (Great Britain), freely translated by Diana, part ninth and last session 6 ( Prayers around the cross) create a cross with candles arranged on the floor, or distribute a participant to each participant candle. As in the previous weeks, after ...

Building sanctuaries. Prayers around the cross to be an inclusive Christian community

Text taken from the booklet "Prayer and Reflexions - Facilitators Guide" (Guide to learn to facilitate the inclusion in the churches of LGBT+people) created by the Creating Sanctuary project* (Great Britain), freely translated by Diana, eighth part session 5 (prayers around to the cross) create a cross with candles arranged on the floor, or distribute a candle to each participant. As in the previous weeks, after ...

Building sanctuaries. Prayers around the cross to heal prejudices to LGBT people

Text based on the "Prayer and Reflexions - Facilitators Guide" booklet (guide to learn to facilitate the inclusion in the churches of LGBT+people) created by the Creating Sanctuary project* (Great Britain), freely translated by Diana, part fifth session 2 (prayers around to the cross) form a cross with candles placed on the floor, or distribute a candle for each participant. After the time dedicated to ...