Women around Jesus

I once heard a remark: Faith is only for women. The answer may be. Well, only women will go to heaven. There are more women than men in our church as well. We know why. We can often acknowledge the circumstances. Reproached by the scientist’s strong faith, he said, “Too bad I only believe like a Breton peasant. I should believe like a Breton peasant.”

In the Gospels, we read the names of women around Jesus who served him and the apostles. “Mary called Magdalene, … John, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuz, Susana and many others …” (Luke 8: 3). There were more of them. Mary and Marty, a woman sick of blood, Jesus healed … In Bethlehem, near the manger, there are wives, shepherds’ wives. James called Boanerges – the sons of thunder, other apostles of the mother, the woman who washed Jesus’ feet with tears and wiped her hair with her hair, called her a sinner, another woman who was caught in a sin, a woman who paid homage to Jesus for his Mother … Jairus’daughters, other women from the crowded feeding, where many women were present, and what about the other New Testament women, and the Old Testament women: Susana, the concubine of David, the mother of the sons of Maccabeus … and in the beginning Eve, the mother of Cain and Abel …

Why do we remember that? Honest and sinful women are mentioned in the genealogies of the Lord Jesus … Jesus came to all. The sinner is also a lost sheep. Yes, God has given many gifts not only to men and women. To whom did Jesus first appear after the resurrection? Who stood under the cross with the apostle John and the mother of Jesus? What were the women in the supper who served Jesus and the apostles at the Last Supper …? What were these women who were with the Virgin Mary and the Holy Spirit descended on them? And what about the first Christian Lydia, a scarlet seller?

Women, girls, mothers, and old women, be proud of your faith. You are equal to men, fathers, husbands … Every human being is a child of God. And a woman. Thanks for being. Thanks for believing. Because you give us a role model, an example that you pray for men, that you give us life, that you love us … Today’s gospel is the power of God’s word as we realize each of you at Jesus. Jesus loves you, blesses you, loves you.

And that is the memento of today’s gospel. Jesus, we thank you for godly women and the whole female generation. Amen.