Religion & Spirituality
Preaching for the Solemnity of All Saints, Yunuen Trujillo offers a reflection on the Beatitudes and shifting our notions of holiness: "How can we know the saints fully, if we don’t recognize those saints who are unknown, who come from sections of the population we consider 'less than.' We are called to be a Church of encounter, a Church of accompaniment, and listening Church. As we begin our journey in the Synod on Synodality I encourage you to ask yourself, what are the walls that I have built around my version of God? What are the limitations I have given to sainthood? ... Start listening to the stories of people who are different than you and ask God to guide you onn a journey of discernment about the unknown." Yunuen Trujillo is a Catholic lay minister, a faith-based Community Organizer, and an Immigration Attorney. She is the founder of the Instagram @lgbtcatholics, an online platform of resources for Catholic LGBT Ministry and she is the Religious Formation Coordinator (Sp) for the Catholic Ministry with Lesbian and Gay Persons of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. She is the author of the upcoming book LGBT Catholics: A Guide for Inclusive Ministry, which is being published in Spring 2022 by Paulist Press. Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/11012021 to learn more about Yunuen, to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.