4. "MOTHERHOOD IN PRESENCE"

She raised her eyes and opened her hands, and waited . . . knowing her God would fill them . . .

Whenever she asked for God’s Strength to be her weakness;
Light to be her darkness;
Peace to be her sorrow;
Joy to be her suffering;
Love to be her nothingness;

She would ask as God would prompt; that all her sisters and brothers be also given.

She ‘somehow’ knew that they also received . . .

But, this time . . . aware of Mystery taking flesh . . .

She lowered her eyes and folded her arms across her heart and, indeed, knew . . . they were all there!!!

The whole Body of Christ – Indwelling.

Strength, Light, Peace, Joy, Love . . . they have received . . .

At the moment God touched her ‘being’, theirs also were touched . . .
Filling her, they are filled . . . those for whom she loves.
Her heart, pregnant with, PRESENCE . . . with, ‘presence’.

She knows her motherhood! She knows her every movement of ‘being’ effects theirs.

What meekness does fill her Strength . . .
What reverence does fill her Light . . .
What trust does fill her Peace . . .
What stillness does fill her Joy . . .
What gentleness does fill her Love.



Donna Amy Podobinski, SCP; Copyright © The Society of Christ's Priesthood, a program of CITI Ministries, Inc