Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Women-stuff…

All this “women-stuff” is not only important; it is half of conversion, half of salvation, half of wholeness, half of God’s work of art.  I believe this mystery is imaged in the Woman of the twelfth chapter of the Apocalypse: “pregnant, and in labour, crying aloud in the pangs of childbirth… and finally escaping into the desert until her time” (Revelation 12:1-6).

Could this be the time?  It is always the time!  The world is tired of Pentagons and pyramids, empires and corporations that only abort God’s child.  This women-stuff is very important, and it has always been important; more than this white male priest ever imagined or desired!  My God was too small and too male.  Much that the feminists have said is very prophetic and necessary for the Church and the world.  It is time for the woman to come out of her desert refuge and for the men to welcome her.

Richard Rohr, adapted from Radical Grace: Daily Meditations p. 279, day 290

More good sense from Rohr – perhaps we in the Church of England need to hear this clearly, as Andy Wilkes suggests in his recent post about Bishop Barbara Harris, whose linked clip I would strongly recommend…

5 comments:

Sue said...

This is prophetic for me on several different levels.

Wonderful stuff, Mike. Sorta sorta gave me chills :)

PS: The word verification on this comment is "podlepu". I do wish there was an extra 'o' in there :)

Mike Farley said...

Thanks Sue! And may your podle's digestion never falter...

claire bangasser said...

Thank you for posting this (I was alerted to it by Sue on lucy's blog).

You know what, yes, if men welcome us it will be nice, but if they cannot, it is also OK.

Power is within. It is given to us. It is up to us to receive it and accept it, or to shy away from it saying, Oh, it cannot be for me...

I am a strong believer in the feminine Divine... Godde loves Her daughters. We forgot, and now we are beginning to remember.

Blessings.

Mike Farley said...

Oh, absolutely, Claire. You other half of the human race certainly mustn't wait for our approval, as if it were some kind of permission. God forbid! But we can celebrate, can't we? And even rejoice with you?

claire bangasser said...

Ah, your rejoicing with us will simply feel divine :-)