LGBT Ministry Led by Jesuit Priest Offers Revised Catholic Prayer

Faith Facts

• A Jesuit priest founded an LGBT outreach ministry that recently posted a revised Catholic penitential prayer.
• The post invoked the intercession of “queer saints” and suggested “degrading self-talk” is a sin.
• The Catholic Mass traditionally includes a Confiteor prayer of repentance before receiving Communion.

The LGBT outreach site founded by Father James Martin, a controversial Jesuit priest, recently posted a revised version of the penitential prayer from the Catholic Mass that suggests “degrading self-talk” is a sin and invokes the intercession of “queer saints.”

The Confiteor prayer is a traditional part of Catholic liturgy where the faithful confess their sins and ask for mercy from God and the saints.

Faithful Catholics have long understood that repentance involves turning away from sin and aligning one’s life with Scripture and Church teaching.

“I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do.”

The original prayer continues by invoking the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the angels, and the saints.

Traditional believers maintain that any alteration of this ancient prayer risks undermining the clear call to repentance and the unchanging truth of the Gospel.

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