+ Today is Good Shepherd Sunday. It is also Mother’s Day – and a perfect day to
talk about Jesus as both Mother and Father. Yes, you heard me right. The Jesus
proclaimed as Light of the World, Mighty Lord of Lord, and King of Kings is
manifested in some of his actions as we find in Scripture; but more than that
and most often he is a nurturing, caring, worrying, doting, defensive of his
flock mother image.
In all of his miracles he is
acting as both a nurse and a mother, who would do anything to restore health to
her children. He feeds five thousand people by multiply loaves and fish – which
only a mother would do. He feeds his best friends and confidants, the Apostles,
with the bread and wine which he transubstantiates to his own body and blood –
BEING becomes Bread and Wine so we can recharge our own heart lights, our own
spiritual beings, so we can be salt and light in our world.
And so as we reflect on all
the sacrifices that mother’s make to give their children true, authentic and
genuine love, security and well-being, so we think of Jesus who gave his own
life, body and blood for the same purpose.
And so he is our Shepherd, and
our Mother at the very same time.
Thank you, Jesus, thank you
all mothers for being who you are in our lives! which lasts into eternity!
Mary, of course, is the quintessential, female motherly figure, who also
demonstrated the strength, resilience and confidence in her son that only a
father can give – so yes, she too along with us are both male and female, with
a predominating factor due to God-given gender. May we all celebrate with joy
the persons that we are, as we all exist in the heart of GOD THE FATHER,
through the working of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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