While many affirmations are being offered to women with children, I would like to expand that celebration to speak of how all women, of all ages and all conditions, are mothers to many things in our lives. Women throughout history have been mothers of great invention, creating communities, discovering solutions, healing what harms us, defending the poor, teaching deep wisdom, opening up the vision of what a society can be when it is conceived in justice and mercy. May God bless all these mothers, the ancient heritage of women in every culture and faith, whose leadership and imagination have given birth to a lasting legacy of love.
Posted on: Sun, 11 May 2014 04:21:52 +0000