#InternationalWomensDay"There are as many types of saints as there are people. Each offers a glimpse of the face of God, enlarges our moral imagination. To the extent that women's names have been forgotten, their stories untold, those possibilities remain unfulfilled."
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"Traditional accounts of women saints (written by men) emphasize 'feminine virtues' of purity, humble service, obedience or patient endurance. Seldom have women been recognized for questioning authority, defying restrictive codes, for audacity and wit in surmounting obstacles...
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Labels such as "foundress," "virgin, "widow," or "matron" elide the range of functions such women may have performed, whether as theologians, prophets, healers, visionaries, or trailblazers in the spiritual life. amzn.to/2tXjWZG
Christian history is marked by stories of holy women who asserted their full humanity and followed where God was calling, even when this challenged the prevailing options of the time. Later they might be honored as "faithful daughters of the church." While they lived, not so much
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