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Redemptoris Mater -Mary, Mother of the Redeemer: For many women in the world, Mary is a living person, close to everyday problems and sorrows. She is a very important reality in their lives; they live with Mary day by day and look to her through the difficulties of life, expecting from her tenderness and protection. For these women, Mary is not a problem but a presence, a sister, a companion, and above all, a mother who awakens hope and confidence in God's mercy and love.
Other women, however, living in the context of a highly modernized and secularized society, might find it more difficult to relate to Mary. She contrasts with the type of woman that secular society wants to portray. For them, Mary seems to be an anachronistic and archaic model of the non-emancipated, unproductive woman, and consequently, she seems to be impossible to imitate in today's secular feminist parameters.
But Mary can surely be a model for today's woman. When approaching her figure biblically, we discover her intimate relationship with woman herself. Being a woman totally involved in God's plan places her before every woman facing her own destiny and vocation. In this light, the importance and meaning of the 1987 encyclical Redemptoris Mater is displayed.
Author - Father Jorge Rodriguez, S.T.D.
Father Jorge Rodriguez, S.T.D. is Vice-Rector of the St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver. Father Rodriguez has a Licentiate in Philosophy and Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He is a member of the ENDOW Board of Directors.
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