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God has a specific plan for woman. He has given her a holy mission, a holy call.
We are praying for the grace of authentic femininity and spiritual
Motherhood.
Womanly Ways
The woman’s humanity is realized in the specific ways of a woman. She is a complete human being no less than the man, but according to her own nature. Her sex is not a mere accidental condition which could be abstracted. Her sex, on the contrary, is a reality which fundamentally defines her being and acting and corresponds to the specific design of the Creator. Her physical and psychological qualities proclaim clearly what it truly means to be a woman.
Jutta Burggraf
Dear Lord,
My femininity defines my very being. There is so much for me to learn about who you have designed me to be by giving me my female gender. Enlighten my mind to understand what it means to be a woman – in body, mind, and soul. The world has done much to convince me of many things about my sex. Give me clarity to see what is truth and what is not. Amen.
Scripture Passage for Meditation:
"It was you who created my inmost self, and put me together in my mother’s womb; for all these mysteries I thank you: for the wonder of myself, for the wonder of your works. You know me through and through, from having watched my bones take shape when I was being formed in secret, knitted together in the limbo of the womb."
(Psalm 139: 13-15). Jerusalem Bible
Daily Reflection:
· Quietly ponder the great mystery of your conception and birth. Then, think of how you have been designed by God as a unique and gifted woman. What about your personhood makes you most grateful to God?
· God has created me as an integrated person. What are the connections between physical womanhood, spiritual womanhood, and emotional womanhood?
· What does femininity mean to me? What contemporary attitudes about woman conflict with a Christian understanding of who God created her to be? Are there any conflicting attitudes within me? Specifically, what can I do to resolve them according to the light of truth?
· What do I see as the role of women today?
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