Murals (2008) by PHANTAST - Graffiti - Cultural Music & Art Association inc. - 98 Milne St. Benleigh
Christmas : A Fortunate Mother.
Out of the crowd a woman shouted:
"Fortunate is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you" ( Luke 11:27).
Back to the woman Jesus replied :
" Fortunate the ears that hear the word of God,
the will that obeys the word of God"
A Mediteranian woman, in a world of patriarchal control, presumes that Mary's dignity derives from giving birth to a famous son, and is blessed becose of her son's fame.
Jesus decleared blessedness / fortune or dignity open alike to anyone,
female or male,
fertile or barren,
mother of daughter or mother of son,
because it is solely dependent on a freely given response to God.
And that response is equally possible for all...