Faith, God’s Word and Woman
Maria Garcia de Fleury
Abstract: Pope Benedict XVI has shown great wisdom in declaring the Year of Faith with the world so immersed in a cultural, social, spiritual and religious metamorphosis all characterized by rapid and intense cultural changes. People feel tormented and worrisome facing the world that surrounds them. The present time is a challenge to human beings requiring them to give answers.
Women, having the gift of giving and caring for human life, are closer to the fundamental and profound values of the human person. When we give birth to a son, a daughter, we give life; however we also beget and give life when we educate, when we evangelize, when we go to work, wash dishes or make a bed… The scope of the being and doing of a woman is as wide as life itself...