We live in an interesting paradox. One one hand we live in an era that is always questioning knowledge that has been passed down to us. On the other hand we still can't live beyond our own time. Not only are we not learning from the past the way we should, but we are still assuming that we basically understand ourselves and the universe.
Consider for a moment that some of the debates of our time are too far beyond our grasp to be debated the way they are. What about the current divisive debate on human sexuality? With this growing debate in which everybody seems to be so sure they are right, and with the thousands of books out there to "teach" us about something that is part of our nature, one has to raise some serious questions.
Is there a concept (or many) dealing with sexuality that we have yet to even think about? I personally think that there is something which we are not able to see right now. One explanation is that there are too few people who are willing to enter into honest dialogue on the subject.
Sexuality is a great Mystery of the Trinity. With mysteries we must "love the questions" as Theologian Marianne Micks suggests. We must take this journey together.
This is why dialogue is so central to the Catholicism of the Postmodern era. It is only thus that we are able to be seekers together, instead of divided worlds unto ourselves, believing that we only have a place for the conclusions we come to ourselves. We are in effect saying "We musn't be the body of Christ".
What if the answer is beyond all of us?
Br. Michael
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