At Mass last Sunday, I noticed Margaret, a pious fifty-year-old housewife with four children. She confided in me that she prays that at least one of her children will turn out to be gay or lesbian. When I inquire as to why, she says, “Because I feel especially called to nurture a child who has received such a rare gift from God.”

Then I imagine Pope Francis had given her four minutes to address the Synod on the Family. . . . She ends her presentation by asking the bishops: “This inspiration of mine: where did it come from? Was it from heaven, or of human origin?” (Matt 21:25)

Also, at communion, I noticed that some take the body of Christ but refuse the cup. Nancy is among them.   She warned me against ‘the homo-germs left on the rim of the chalice by closet homosexuals who have no shame and presume to receive communion.’

Have you ever been warned as I was?  How does one even begin to address such webs of superstition?

Peace,

Aaron