Wednesday, 8 February 2017

A HELPMATE

PRAYER PAUSE


Thursday 9 February 2017


A HELPMATE


Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “But no helpmate suitable for man was found for him.” (Genesis 2:18-25)



Reflection. The way the bible describes the origin of gender sounds awkward, even male oriented. The woman is his “helper.” But, however much we may wince today, the truth beneath the description is “awesome.” The woman and the man complete one another in their own lives and together generate new life. And despite all our failures in our cultures and in our Church to live out our complementarity and equality we know that we need each other to become fully human. The Catholic Church is on the brink of facing up to the implications. It will be slow and contested but over time we will grow into a rich awareness of our mutuality and we will rejoice and wonder why it took so long.  


Prayer. Lord, help us to rejoice in the gift of each other. Amen.





























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