Considering the latest from Pope Francis, I am reminded of the balderised words in Catholic Book of Worship III approved by child pornography aficionado and former Bishop of Antigonish Raymond Lahey." Fatherlike, God gently bears us, well our feeble frame God knows. Motherlike, God gently bears us, rescues us from all our woes."
In the thirteenth chapter of the Gospel of St. Luke at verse thirty-four Jesus addresses the holy city with:
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We have the medieval symbol as St. Thomas Aquinas reminds us in Adore te devote, "Pie pelicane, Jesu Domine." The icon of the ancient myth of a pelican piercing its breast to feed its blood to her chicks was a medieval symbol of Christ as shown on this icon of St. Pio of Pietrelcina.
These do not mean that God is our mother. There are also those who believe that the Holy Spirit is the feminine of God and that Mary usurped the role.
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To refer to God as "mother" whom Jesus only referred to as Father is simply wrong. I highly recommend you read Rorate Caeli's post because I am just too gobsmacked and dumbfounded to write anything reasonably coherent.
Perhaps, he's been reading Swami Ranganathananda.
In the thirteenth chapter of the Gospel of St. Luke at verse thirty-four Jesus addresses the holy city with:
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!
We have the medieval symbol as St. Thomas Aquinas reminds us in Adore te devote, "Pie pelicane, Jesu Domine." The icon of the ancient myth of a pelican piercing its breast to feed its blood to her chicks was a medieval symbol of Christ as shown on this icon of St. Pio of Pietrelcina. These do not mean that God is our mother. There are also those who believe that the Holy Spirit is the feminine of God and that Mary usurped the role.
To refer to God as "mother" whom Jesus only referred to as Father is simply wrong. I highly recommend you read Rorate Caeli's post because I am just too gobsmacked and dumbfounded to write anything reasonably coherent.Perhaps, he's been reading Swami Ranganathananda.
And speaking of the feminine.