Women
See also: Mary
Mullieris Dignitatis -On the dignity of women
Excerpt on the suffering of women
"As we contemplate this Mother, whose heart a sword has pierced (cf. Luke 2:35), our thoughts go to all the suffering women in the world, suffering either physically or morally. In this suffering a woman's sensitivity plays a role, even though she often succeeds in resisting suffering better than a man.
It is difficult to enumerate these sufferings; it is difficult to call them all by name. We may recall her maternal care for her children, especially when they fall sick or fall into bad ways; the death of those most dear to her; the loneliness of mothers forgotten by their grown-up children; the loneliness of widows; the sufferings of women who struggle alone to make a living; and women who have been wronged or exploited. Then there are the sufferings of consciences as a result of sin, which has wounded the woman's human or maternal dignity: the wounds of consciences which do not heal easily. With these sufferings too we must place ourselves at the foot of the Cross."Mulieris Dignitatem, 21 Mother Theresa on women -Beijing Conference
Benedict XVI Women in the Early Church
John Paul II
On the Dignity and Vocation of Women JPII Appeal in behalf of women
¨I have drawn inspiration from the life and witness of great women within the Church throughout the centuries who have been pioneers within society, as mothers, as workers, as leaders in the social and political fields, in the caring professions and as thinkers and spiritual leaders¨ Letter to women Mary sheds light on the role of women Mary Shows us God´s respect for women To Honor Mary is to go to Jesus May the Mother of the Church be an inspiration for the discovery of a new femenine identity Motherhood: Women's gift to society Christ calls women to share His mission Women Teachers of Peace
"God willed that there should be a relationship of profound communion between man and woman, in a perfect reciprocity of knowledge and of the giving of self"
"Even though man and woman are made for each other, this does not mean that God created them incomplete. God 'created them to be a communion of persons, in which each can be a 'helpmate' to the other, for they are equal as persons ('bone of my bones') and complementary as masculine and feminine.' Reciprocity and complementarity are the two fundamental characteristics of the human couple." (3)
"Sadly, a long history of sin has disturbed and continues to disturb God's original plan for the couple, for the male and the female, thus standing in the way of its complete fulfillment. We need to return to this plan, to proclaim it forcefully, so that women in particular—who have suffered more from its failure to be fulfilled—can finally give full expression to their womanhood and their dignity."
"A woman's heart should be so hidden in God, that a man has to SEEK HIM FIRST to find her" -Maya Angelou.
