Tag: mystics
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The One who Births All Life
It is natural for human beings to create God in our own image. This resulted in our fatherly, masculine God because that God reflects those with power. So it may seem difficult now to transform our indoctrinated minds to envision the tender Motherhood of God. I’ve found it helpful for me to envision God as […]
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God our Mother
As truly as God is our Father, just as truly is God our Mother. Julian of Norwich When 14th century mystic, Julian of Norwich, writes of God as mother, she is not using God as mother, instead of God as Father. And she’s also not trying to write a feminist theology because that wasn’t in […]
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Advent Week 2: Sor Juana
O foolish men who accuse
women with so little cause,
not seeing you are the reason
for the very thing you blame -
‘The God of Seeds’
On this first week of Advent we are guided by the word ‘hope’. But for those that may not feel so hopeful or prayerful in this time, Sor Juana invites us to start simple by “praying to the God of Seeds.” Mexican poet and creative writer, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648-1695), chose to enter […]
Finding Eden 