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Catholicism & Women
Reposted from my facebook page for discussion:
A couple of interesting comments from Catholic women:
"I was taken by surprise how much healing has taken place inside myself, my marriage, and my feelings about motherhood as a result of being immersed in a culture that gives great honor to the God bearer. It still amazes me how much value is given to strong [women]."
"I cannot even BEGIN to list how learning to understand Mary and venerating her has helped me be a better mother and wife. The effects of being submersed in this Catholic Culture has helped my marriage, 100% and it's not in some submissive way, these men (husbands and priests alike) are devoted to the Holy Mother. That devotion spills over to the other women in their lives. I've never felt so empowered as a woman and a wife."
Don't worry; I'm not looking to convert to Catholicism. However, I thought these comments were intriguing, and I wonder at the disrespect for women in general that seems common in some denominations--doctrines that focus on the failure of Eve, the alleged inherent weakness [of character?] of women and the woman's seemingly inferior position to her husband and authority figures. I'm not for deifying Mary, but I do acknowledge that God bestowed a great honor upon women and Mary in particular by using her to bring His flesh into the world. Does a disrespect for women in Christianity begin with a lack of regard for how God honored women in history? What are your thoughts? Any reactions to the posted comments?
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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