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Do you have any favorites? Any villains?
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My favorite is definitely Ruth! I admire her loyalty to Naomi and especially how she risks her life as a moabite to go to back to Bethlehem with Naomi. She is the best example of the most loyal friend and I love to look at her example and realize what kind of sacrifice she made and then apply it to my life to see that with much less sacrifice I can do the same.
Mary, the mother of Christ, holds a very revered place in the Catholic church. She is venerated and perceived as the mother of us all, not only Jesus. Among the faithful, she is hands down #1. However, Mary Magdalene, apostle to the apostles - the first to witness Jesus' resurrection - serves as another powerful female force. A woman invited into a Jewish man's inner circle was extremely rare at the time and underscores just how radical his social and spiritual message was. -Julie
I have many favorites but if I had to pick a few....:
Deborah was a very strong character, almost as if she should have been a man. She does not seem like an easy woman to push aside. She didn't even acknowledge that she was living in a man's world. She knew what she was doing was right and others saw that in her and followed.
Esther risked everything to save her people. She could have kept it a secret that she was a jew but risked it all. Any one could have done differently in her shoes but it takes a rare person to be so selfless.
Both these women stuck to what was right by their God and their people. I hold high respect for these women in the bible.
Excellent comments! As you say, Angela, Deborah lives as if it's a woman's world. As we'll see with Mary Magdalene, Julie, she turns out to be more complex and less salacious than most traditions recall (cf. Delilah). And I agree, Mylinda: Ruth has got to at/near the top of the list for selfless-strength.
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My favorite is definitely Ruth! I admire her loyalty to Naomi and especially how she risks her life as a moabite to go to back to Bethlehem with Naomi. She is the best example of the most loyal friend and I love to look at her example and realize what kind of sacrifice she made and then apply it to my life to see that with much less sacrifice I can do the same.
- Mylinda Johnson
Mary, the mother of Christ, holds a very revered place in the Catholic church. She is venerated and perceived as the mother of us all, not only Jesus. Among the faithful, she is hands down #1. However, Mary Magdalene, apostle to the apostles - the first to witness Jesus' resurrection - serves as another powerful female force. A woman invited into a Jewish man's inner circle was extremely rare at the time and underscores just how radical his social and spiritual message was. -Julie
I have many favorites but if I had to pick a few....:
Deborah was a very strong character, almost as if she should have been a man. She does not seem like an easy woman to push aside. She didn't even acknowledge that she was living in a man's world. She knew what she was doing was right and others saw that in her and followed.
Esther risked everything to save her people. She could have kept it a secret that she was a jew but risked it all. Any one could have done differently in her shoes but it takes a rare person to be so selfless.
Both these women stuck to what was right by their God and their people. I hold high respect for these women in the bible.
- Angela
Excellent comments! As you say, Angela, Deborah lives as if it's a woman's world. As we'll see with Mary Magdalene, Julie, she turns out to be more complex and less salacious than most traditions recall (cf. Delilah). And I agree, Mylinda: Ruth has got to at/near the top of the list for selfless-strength.
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