But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me; my Lord has forgotten me." Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb? Even should she forget, I will never forget you. (Is 49:8-15)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031324.cfm
Sometimes we overlook some of the most radical images of God that the Scriptures offer us. Today’s image of God as the tender, nursing mother is a prime example. Folks wanted to kill Jesus because as today’s gospel says: he “called God his own father, making himself equal to God.” Imagine what would have happened if Jesus had called God his own father AND mother!
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Wednesday, Week IV, Lent
