In my position I have seen people become consumed with friends and groups and avoid making a true commitment to God. One should make the commitment first-get married, enter a community, take a vow that St. Paul preaches about. One shouldn't be single for the sake of being single and having friends, all things must point to God, especially your life.
Read MoreIn the midst of it all we both experienced and manifested our grief in very different ways. Reflecting on it now, I see how my femininity and his masculinity contributed to the experience of this grief…
Read MoreThis feminine talent or capacity for loving which is built into my being is sometimes challenging to embrace. The Way of the Cross is built-in, too. As Scripture attests, Mary’s motherhood had both joys and sorrows, for Mary accompanied Jesus through the sweetness of His childhood as well as
Read MoreLet’s jump ahead a few millennia to the writings of the New Testament. In three places, Christian scripture points out a particular aspect of masculine authority in relation to his wife. St. Peter, the first pope, writes “you wives should be subordinate to your husbands” (1 Peter 3:1). St. Paul writes twice that “the husband is head of his wife” (1 Cor 11:3 & Eph 5:23). Look, I get the gut reaction to this. I still feel the instinct to cringe a little when I read it out loud. But here’s the thing…
Read MoreI was especially nervous walking out to the car that day because my hands were full with the picture, and I did not have a spare hand to hold his. I was also concerned that he would break away from my friend if she walked with him, knowing that she was not in a state to be running after him if he did so.
Read MoreWhen we are younger, we tend to think of life as constructed of linear moments, all building upon one another: we go to school, maybe go to university, get a job, get married, have children, retire. And all of these, in way or another, presuppose the moment before. And yet…
Read MoreThe call of Abraham marks the beginning of the story of Israel which is God’s answer to the rebellion of humans in Eden, their wickedness in the flood of Noah’s time, and the arrogance of humans in the story of the Tower of Babel. The people of Israel, however, are also themselves part of the problem of evil because of their sinfulness, but God still calls them. In answer to the problem of evil God calls individuals, though flawed, to articulate His messages and serve as rulers as kings.
Read MoreIt is commonplace to note that the western literary tradition, with its primarily male authorship, is prone to misogyny: though not without exceptions, we often expect the women in these male-authored works to be passive, ineffective, and emotional; men are either their saviors or are, as the Pearl Poet would have it, “through the wiles of a woman...wooed into sorrow.” Christine de Pizan, a 15th century Parisian educator and writer, felt this discriminatory tendency rather sharply…
Read MoreIn the life of the Jesus Christ, we see redemption preached to both women and men, a use of parallel parables such as the lost sheep and the lost coin in which the actions of both men and woman represent that of God, and a call for women to step into what were considered to be male roles, such as that of disciples and witnesses.
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