Reality killed satirical news, and this is proof: Beyoncé Mass is a thing, and it attracted a crowd of more than 900 worshipers last month. Rev Jude Harmon of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco gave the service, highlighting Beyoncé’s music and how it relates to the spiritual experiences of black women.

Rev Harmon explains: “Honestly, I think Beyoncé is a better theologian than many of the pastors and priest in our church today. That is not an exaggeration…

“Jesus chose Mary of Nazareth, a woman of colour, and another woman of colour, Mary of Magdala to be the prophet of the resurrection, so what is very clear to me is that God is a lot more comfortable and entrusting his power and authority to women of colour than the church is.”

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