Quote of the Day

After 11 years of prayer and careful discernment, I experienced a moment of clarity in 2013. My primary vocation in this life is a simple one: to be a living witness to a gay life lived in Jesus Christ – and to carry that witness to the church and to the LGBT community. . . . Whatever injustice I faced at the hands of church leaders, I had an early awareness that God was prepared to use this experience in a powerful and life-giving way.

– Sam Albano
Quoted in Bob Shine's article,
"Church Workers Speak Out,
Backed by 1,000+ Catholics
at Call To Action Meeting"
Bondings 2.0
November 17, 2015

Related Off-site Links:
That All Might Hear the Gospel and Live – Sam Albano (National Catholic Reporter, February 25, 2015).
CTA Calls for Solidarity to Support Church Worker Justice – Tom Boswell (National Catholic Reporter, November 16, 2015).
In Case You Have Not Yet Heard My Story – William D. Lindsey (Bilgrimage, October 13, 2015).
Catholic Schools Must Refuse to Fire LGBT Employees – Jamie Manson (National Catholic Reporter, July 29, 2015).
Catholicism, Employment, & LGBT Issues – New Ways Ministry (Bondings 2.0, 2015).

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• When Expulsion is the Cost of Discipleship
• Truth-Telling: The Greatest of Sins in a Dysfunctional Church
• Thoughts on the Firing of Kristen Ostendorf
• Church Fires "Openly" Gay Music Director Charles Philyaw
• Thoughts on Authority and Fidelity
• Our Catholic "Stonewall Moment"
• What It Means to Be Catholic
• Celebrating Our Sanctifying Truth
• Sons of the Church: The Witnessing of Gay Catholic Men – A Discussion Guide
• LGBT Catholics Celebrate Being "Wonderfully Made"

Image: Dreamstime (via National Catholic Reporter).