Here we are, off into uncharted territory in the Cor Unum skiff, considering the almost unthinkable, definitely dangerous, seldom surveyed question of the “feminine” side of God.

                  He isn’t. Feminine. He is Father. He is Lord. He is Jesus, the SON of God.   He is . . . HE! There was, however, a “she” reference to our God in Scripture, and because we in Cor Unum are not afraid to see anything God shows us, we will consider these things.

                  Where, after all, did femininity come from? It came at the very least from the mind of God, and we have reason to suppose that it came from something that He “IS” as well, not just, as some say, from everything He isn’t.

                  Our God, at the very least, thought of femininity, and He gave it to roughly half of us. Women in Scripture get to . . . prophesy, proclaim, teach, lead and testify. All of those can be Scripturally substantiated.   Women are required to bear all things, believe all things, hope all things and endure all things. One gentlemen approached a “she” who had been sharing her thoughts and experiences on the efficacy of Spiritual “resisting” and commented that . . . she . . . would do better not to speak on the subject of warfare because warfare was for the MEN in the Body.   Her answer was classic.   She smiled sweetly and with a heart full of love and a big helping of courage, she answered that if the devil would just leave “us girls” alone, she would gladly leave the warfare to the fellas.

                  So, nuns in Cor Unum must learn to fight the good fight of faith successfully, and the gentlemen monks have need of this: to discover the comforting, nurturing, protective nature of God.   Not feminine, as to sexuality, not mothering as to role and responsibility, but ’tis a . . . HOLY spirit.

                  No jokes that call God “she.” (The Abbess just heard one this week.) He calls Himself “he.” But no failure to know the fullness of God, either. Not here, not in this monastery of the heart.  We will look next week at this amazing parallel, and we hope that He will be pleased.