mystical marriage Archives

Bernard of Clairvaux and Malachy: Abbot and the archbishop he loved

by Kittredge Cherry | | Aug 15-31, Saints

Bernard of Clairvaux was a medieval French abbot who wrote homoerotic poetry about Jesus and had a passionate same-sex friendship with Irish archbishop Malachy of Armagh. Bernard is best known for founding 70 monasteries around Europe and for his mystical writings....

Blessed Bernardo de Hoyos: Mystical same-sex marriage with Jesus

by Kittredge Cherry | | Nov 16-30, Saints

Blessed Bernardo Francisco de Hoyos y de Seña is an 18th-century Spanish priest who wrote vividly of his mystical gay marriage to Jesus. This queer saint was beatified in 2010 and his feast day is Nov. 29. On Nov. 28, 2020, Q Spirit presented a new,...

Richard Sibbes: Queer Puritan theologian for the LGBTQ community?

by Kittredge Cherry | | Nov 16-30, Saints

Richard Sibbes was a 17th-century English Puritan who never married, nurtured close male friendships, wore extravagantly lacy clothing and preached a rather queer theology. Puritans have a (somewhat undeserved) reputation for being distinctly puritanical, but Sibbes...

Mystical, erotic gay union with Christ inspires new paintings

by Kittredge Cherry | | Artists

A gay artist explores connections between sexuality and spirituality in a new series of paintings titled “All Desires Known and No Secrets Hidden.” Using the pseudonym “Queer_Mystic,” the anonymous British artist was inspired by medieval Christian mystics, his own...