MARY, STRONG AND NECESSARY
Christmas Eve December 24, 2019, 7:00 PM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Rev. David Justin Lynch Isaiah 9:1-6 | Titus 2:11-14 | Luke 2:1-14 +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. Tonight we celebrate the birth of Jesus. No human person has yet been born without a mother, Jesus included. As we all know, the Mother of Jesus was Mary. Traditional Christians often hold up the Blessed Virgin Mary as the ideal of what a woman should be, that is, meek, mild and submissive, or in colloquial terms, barefoot and pregnant. This view of Mary is both historically inaccurate and harmful, no doubt driven by the needs of insecure men who fear a loss of control over their lives and their world. The subjugation of Mary, the maligning of her as meek, mild, and mindless, has harmed millions of women over many centuries. Hiding within all the wonder and hurly-burly of Christmas is thousands of...