Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home. John 19:25-27 It’s been …
At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the …
I’ve got a Church History exam in a few weeks’ time. Each time it gets towards the end of semester when I should start studying for an exam, I find these are the times when I become really interested in looking on the college’s website to see what subjects I could study next semester. Should …
I continually find it fascinating in our supposedly highly feminist world, that no matter what context they are operating within, the parameters and expectations of what women as supposed to be like, are forever ‘boxed in’. It appears frequently that they are judged on all manner of things for which men would never be judged. …