Ven. Juana de la Cruz, a Spanish Franciscan (d 1534), received extraordinary permission from the church to preach publicly. Her sermons were marked by unusual attention to gender imagery, addressing the female and male aspects of God and in the human soul.
She recorded Jesus saying to her: “For those who desire a father I am a father; for those who desire a mother I am a mother; a bride, a husband, a friend, a counselor. I am whatever you need me to be.”
What do we need God to be for us in this moment?
When Cossacks raided a neighbor’s grainery, the master said they were very good people, but they were angry. “See them, talk to them, make a deal,” he advised. But when they advanced on his polo grounds he threatened them with “fire and fury.” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
Jim Forest is most often recognized through his fruitful friendships with some of the most influential Catholic leaders of the 20th century: Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton and Daniel Berrigan, S.J. americamagazine.org/arts-cul… via @americamag
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