2015 began the way I should like every day to begin, with a great sermon from the Holy Father. And, I think his sermon has a lot to say to those of us who range ourselves on the Catholic Left and hope that we shall take up the challenge.
Pope Francis was preaching at the Mass for the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God. This required the use of the now-fraught â??gender language.â? After all, Mary is a mother, not a father, and as the pope pointed out, the Church is understood by the tradition as a mother. I am sure those who wish to wash away gender differentiation were appalled. I wish such people would be made to spend time in the delivery room at a maternity ward and then tell me that there is no real difference between the genders!
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