Praying—with the Saints—to God Our Mother

Stramara

• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Year: 2012
• eBook ISBN: 9781621893653
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Religion

Praying--with the Saints--to God Our Mother celebrates the feminine characteristics of God by uncovering a treasury of texts that have been overlooked for centuries. Over 150 scriptural passages, both from the original biblical languages and other ancient translations, radiate the warmth and vitality of the maternal face of God. Additionally, passages from five Ecumenical Councils, all thirty-three Doctors of the Church, another thirty-six Fathers, and a total of seventy-one saints from every century reveal a vast richness of feminine images of God. Stramara's in-depth scholarship, presented in a format of prayer and meditation, makes this book inviting for all readers. Praying-with the Saints-to God Our Mother will be the standard reference for Christians of any tradition for years to come.

Scriptural Readings and Doxologies

Select Psalms in Greek as Used by the Apostles

Psalm 1

1. Blessed the fellow who has not walked
in the counsel of the wicked;
nor loitered along the path of sinners;
nor sat in the seat of the pestilent.

2. But whose delight is in the law
of the Lord;
meditating on the law day and night.

3. Such a person will be like a tree planted by babbling brooks,

a tree which will yield its fruit
in due season,

and its leaves shall not wither and fall.

Whatever that one does shall prosper.

4. Not so the wicked, not so;

rather they are like the chaff

which the wind scatters

from the face of the earth.

5. Therefore the wicked shall not stand up in judgment,

nor sinners in the counsel of the righteous.

6. For the Lord knows the way of the righteous;

but the way of the wicked shall perish.

Psalm 2

1. Why did the nations rage? And peoples imagine vain things?

2. The kings of the earth rose up and the rulers assembled together,

against the Lord and against his Anointed; saying:

3. Let us break their bonds asunder and throw off from us their yoke.

4. The one who dwells in the heavens shall laugh them to scorn;

the Lord will treat them with derision.

5. Then will he address them
in his wrath,

and cause them distress in his fury.

6. But as for me, I was made king by him on Zion, his holy mountain,

7. announcing the Lord’s decree—
the Lord said to me:

“You are my Son, today I have
begotten you.

8. Ask me, and I will bequeath you the nations as your inheritance,

and the ends of the earth for your possession.

9. You shall rule them with a rod of iron;

you shall dash them in pieces as a potter’s jar.”

10. Now therefore, O kings understand:

be instructed all you who judge
the earth.

11. Serve the Lord with fear,

and rejoice in him with trembling.

12. Hold fast to instruction lest the Lord be angry,

and you should fall away from the
right path.

Whenever his indignation is suddenly kindled,

happy are all those who have trusted
in him.

Psalm 3

1. O Lord, why have those who afflict me multiplied?

Many rise...

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1: Scriptural Readings and Doxologies
• 2: Christian Scriptures That Use Feminine Imagery
• 3: Suggested Alternative Doxologies
• 4: Thematic Readings for Non-Feast Days
• 5: The Liturgical Calendar: Fixed Feast Days
• 6: The Liturgical Calendar: Moveable Feast Days
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix C
• Bibliography