Our Limitations, Not God's

In the following excerpt from the May 2009 issue of U.S. Catholic, M. Shawn Copeland (pictured at right) addresses the “failure of imagination” in the American church’s approach to diversity.

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[We need to] see different people and listen to different voices. If we think of ourselves as a universal church, we can’t be a uniform church.

We need to become more open to the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is never selective about race. We are. The Holy Spirit is never selective about gender. We are. The Holy Spirit is never selective about sexual orientation. We are. These are our limitations, not God’s limitations.


See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
What It Means to Be Catholic
Beyond Papalism
Tips for Thinking Catholics
Many Voices, One Church
Mary Hunt: “Catholicism is a Very Complex Reality”