SOLEMNITY OF MARY THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD.

 

SOLEMNITY OF MARY THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD. 

When the fullness of time had come (according to Saint Paul's letter to the Galatians 4: 4-7), "God sent his son born of a woman to... redeem us" from slavery to sin so that we may gain sonship with him, in order that we can call God 'ABBA' Father. While on the cross completing the mission for which he was born, he said to the disciple he loved "Behold thy mother". He shared not just his father with us but also his mother, so that like him we will be Children of God and of Mary. 

THE ROLE OF MOTHERS IN THE CHURCH

 

THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE CHURCH

The world population statistics as at the 16^th of July 2021, 9:05pm, shows that there are about 7.9 billion persons in the world, made up of about 3.98 billion men and 3.91 billion women. Although the number of men is slightly above that of women, but more men die early enough than women as they approach the advancement of years.[1] The imminent query is: if a woman is naturally a home maker, the backbone of the home and by extension the society, and if a woman would by nature live longer than her male counterpart, what then is happening to our society? Why is the society sick from the absence of the womanness in our women? Where has the home-making spirit in our women fled to? The heart throbbing question is: where is the womanhood in our women? What are the recalcitrant problems besieging motherhood? Do our mothers still realize that when they are feeding, nurturing, soothing hurts, cleaning up the messes at home, they are doing the most important jobs on earth, which is rearing the next generation[2]? Or do they now see these menial tasks as below their dignity?

I think it would make quite some sense to begin this exploration of our topic from the role of women in the larger sphere of humanity.