Pre-Owned Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter Into a Relationship of Respect Compassion and Sensitivity (Paperback) 0062837532 9780062837530

A treasure...a wise and entertaining book that should appeal to the spiritual pilgrim in all of us no matter what the faith and no matter whether believer or nonbeliever. - Chicago Tribune The New York Times bestselling author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything and Jesus: A Pilgrimage turns his attention to the relationship between LGBT Catholics and the Church in this loving inclusive and revolutionary book. A powerful call for tolerance acceptance and support--and a reminder of Jesus message for us to love one another. In this moving and inspiring book Martin offers a powerful loving and much-needed voice in a time marked by anger prejudice and divisiveness. On the day after the Orlando nightclub shooting James Martin S.J. posted a video on Facebook in which he called for solidarity with our LGBT brothers and sisters. The largest mass shooting in US history took place at a gay club and the LGBT community has been profoundly affected he began. He then implored his fellow Catholics--and people everywhere--to stand not only with the people of Orlando but also with their LGBT brothers and sisters. Father Martin s post went viral and was viewed more than 1.6 million times. Adapted from an address he gave to New Ways Ministry a group that ministers to and advocates for LGBT Catholics Building a Bridge provides a roadmap for repairing and strengthening the bonds that unite all of us as God s children. Martin uses the image of a two-way bridge to enable LGBT Catholics and the Church to come together in a call to end the us versus them mentality. Turning to the Catechism he draws on the three criteria at the heart of the Christian ministry-- respect compassion and sensitivity --as a model for how the Catholic Church should relate to the LGBT community. WINNER OF THE LIVING NOW BOOK AWARD IN SOCIAL ACTIVISM/CHARITY.