02/01/2010

Groudhog Day for those who have no knowledge of Imbolc. Catholics know about Candlemass which is how the Christians turned the Pagan calendar to their beliefs.
I was a Catholic by choice in adulthood because they were the only Christians twho recognized the Feminine in the form of Mary. I prayed to Mary for years before taking the step to become Catholic. I found such joy in the rituals, in the communion and especially the early morning Mass before work. And then Pope John Paul II passed on and the new Pope Benedict took over a mean and hateful man full of what will get us comdemned, full of whats and shoulds and in my own church, the beautiful St Joseph the Worker, there was an announcement one sunday directing all Gay,Bi-sexual, Lesbian, Transgender folk to go to another church "where they will feel more welcome" and a church close to the UC campus was named. That was so shocking to me even more shocking than the pro-life, anti-choice activities and it was then even more than the moment of argument with the writers of the Nicene Creed that I realized that I am no longer a Catholic. I don't like these times in christianity although I may try to search out a Pagan Christian gathering where women are dominant and I don't see the women of accomplishment full of aggression, competition and winning here but rather those little mouses of which i am one,salt of the earth,the mothers and sisters and daighters and wives and tias. those of us who work so hard to help with the income and the soul and the body of our loved ones.