Come to think of it, Holy Week is a week long Drag festival. The many high church liturgical expressions are a kind of drag. Sinakulo is drag. People dressing up as biblical characters is a form of drag. Procession of dressed up statues of biblical characters is a kind of drag… Yung mga Maria ay […]
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Good Friday Reflection 2023
This Good Friday, we remember Jesus’ death on the cross. We remember how he was betrayed by one of his own disciples, how he was arrested, beaten, and mocked by soldiers, and how he was sentenced to death by crucifixion. We remember how he carried his own cross to Golgotha, where he was nailed to […]
Maundy Thursday Reflection 2023
This Maundy Thursday, we remember Jesus’ last meal with his disciples before his death. We remember how he took bread and wine, blessed them, and gave them to his disciples saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” We remember how he washed his disciples’ feet, showing us that […]
Good Friday: Is There Good News In The Cross For The LGBT+?
Is there any good news in the cross of Jesus Christ for the LGBTQIA+ individuals, when in truth, the death of Jesus on the cross has been used to oppress us? Rev Joseph Tiu San Jose of Open Table MCC has insights on what it means to be an LGBTQIA+ Christian this Holy Week. […]
Christ Among The Living – Easter 2019
Listen to Ptr. Joseph Tiu San Jose as he preaches for Easter Sunday. Reading On the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women went to the tomb, taking the spices which they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find […]