About the LGBT History Month graphic:
The Rev. Theresa I. Soto is the newly called senior minister of First Unitarian Church of Oakland, California, and the author of Spilling the Light: Meditations on Hope and Resilience (Skinner House, 2019).
We are holy. We are sacred. We are divine.
By Theresa I. Soto
November 8, 2018
Our Friend, Our Creator and Source:
We come to you with words of grief,
but also, silent rage. We know that You
have made us and called us:
We are trans. And we are holy.
We are intersex. And we are sacred.
We are gender-diverse. And we are divine.
We know that Justice is
always on the side of the
Oppressed. Stay on our side now,
Creator. Call your people
to this place. Remind them
that Love is
more than saying.
Love is being and doing.
This government may try to
find ways to outlaw our existence.
Help us to lift up that higher law. The Truth
that each and all of us exist
as a complete expression of humanity.
And help us both to heal and to rise. A people
marked by difference, but chosen by ourselves
and each other, to be known, to be recognized,
Beloved and belonging, Unitarian Universalists.
We are trans. And we are holy.
We are intersex. And we are sacred.
We are gender-diverse. And we are divine.
For all these things,
we give thanks and say,
Amen.
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The Rev. Theresa I. Soto is the newly called senior minister of First Unitarian Church of Oakland, California, and the author of Spilling the Light: Meditations on Hope and Resilience (Skinner House, 2019).
We are holy. We are sacred. We are divine.
By Theresa I. Soto
November 8, 2018
Our Friend, Our Creator and Source:
We come to you with words of grief,
but also, silent rage. We know that You
have made us and called us:
We are trans. And we are holy.
We are intersex. And we are sacred.
We are gender-diverse. And we are divine.
We know that Justice is
always on the side of the
Oppressed. Stay on our side now,
Creator. Call your people
to this place. Remind them
that Love is
more than saying.
Love is being and doing.
This government may try to
find ways to outlaw our existence.
Help us to lift up that higher law. The Truth
that each and all of us exist
as a complete expression of humanity.
And help us both to heal and to rise. A people
marked by difference, but chosen by ourselves
and each other, to be known, to be recognized,
Beloved and belonging, Unitarian Universalists.
We are trans. And we are holy.
We are intersex. And we are sacred.
We are gender-diverse. And we are divine.
For all these things,
we give thanks and say,
Amen.
Alternate download formats for this graphic:
Small (600 x 777 px)
Canva Template
Related poems, prayers, and readings: