Dear Fr. Ivo Thank you for your sensible response which addresses the word mother and motherhood. I hope the Catholic fundamentalists don't attack you now as they do me merely for asking questions.
Regards, George > Dear George, > > We use signs and symbols in our daily existence. We call God our Father. > All perfections of fatherhood and motherhood are there in him. Bible compares > God to a Mother too(cf.Is 49:15). Jesus called God "Father". There is no > problem if you call him also "Mother". But then you will have to > repeat "Father and Mother" each time that you invoke God... Choose it. Let us > discern... May our discussion on Religion be useful for our daily life... > > Ivo da C.Souza
