Can I call Jesus my Mother and my Father?

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Can Jesus be my mother and father at the same time? Or parent?
 
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“Parent” is probably okay.

I would not say “mother” because that runs into a big conflict with Mary being designated as our own Mother, in addition to her being Jesus’ Mother and the spouse of the Holy Spirit. If the Holy Spirit is our Mother then it makes the whole marriage of Mary and God resulting in Jesus a bit weird. And we also end up with two Mothers.

If someone had such a huge issue with God as a father (maybe because their own father beat them black and blue every day for 10 years) that they absolutely had to think of him as a mother and that was the only way they could get their mind around it, I’d let it go, but generally the preferred way is to think of God as the father.

Edited to add, I agree with what Rose said below about God being genderless - my feeling on that is he can be all genders and no genders, because he is limitless, and the human concept of having a gender is a limitation which does not apply to God. But people often have trouble with this idea because Jesus was a human man, Mary was the female spouse of a presumably male Holy Spirit who impregnated her with Jesus, who quite rightly referred to God as His Father and gave us a prayer called “Our Father”.
 
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Depends who you ask. God is genderless.

Jesus, we are taught, as a perfect human nature, is our brother.

What was that Gospel reading when His mother and sisters turned up to speak to Him

Jesus replied For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.

https://biblehub.com/matthew/12-49.htm
 
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God is The Father to me, Our Lady is our spiritual Mother.

I have thought of Jesus as my brother but mostly I don’t. In my mind Jesus doesn’t seem to fit any of those roles. This I must admit confuses me a little and so I usually just consider Him as my Lord Jesus.
 
@Roseeurekacross @Lee1 @Tis_Bearself Since God is genderless I could pretend he is both my mother and father right? I have not forgotten about Mary, she could be my second mother. Do you think it is okay for me to think this way?
 
I think that if you need to ask this question you already have a problem thinking this way, with respect.

I keep it simple, God of the OT was male, God of the NT was male, therefore I think of Him as male, I would find it a feat of mental gymnastics to constantly think of Him as neither and it would particularly help me with my relationship with Him. I’d also have to name It something because It sounds extremely offensive and so for clarity in speech and thought I will,continue to call Him Him, if you see what I mean.

Conveniently that allows me to think of Our Lady as Mother, simple and clear.

It works for me. Yes, God is neither gender I imagine since He has no need to be either and is all things.

I hope this helps.
 
I think it is fine. Of course, God is genderless. But we are human snd have limitations. Whatever helps you build a positive relationship with God is perfect, in my opinion.
 
What do you think of this context?
My Lord, My God, I am so far away from You in exile. In this foreign land, I am living in fear as I am all alone. If only I could take You out from the monstrance and hold You tightly to my heart, I would feel comforted in an instant. For in that host, you sent me a message:- the message of love. With Your love I am fearless for I know You will be there to protect and guide me. Lord, You also gave me peace as You wiped the tears from my eyes. You shall be my mother and father who will always be close to my heart. If anybody was to stop me from attending this holy hour, I would reply, “What gives you the right to stop me from spending one hour with my parent whom I loved so deeply?”
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This is a personal thing, an idea which helps this particular person. I don’t think of Jesus as my parent because I think of Him as my Lord, my master if you like, not a parent. If it helps you then fine, it isn’t offensive.

Incidentally God is never away from us, we may feel distant from Him or that He is distant from us but in truth we are constantly connected. You should remember that we have a quardian angel with us permanently.

Happy thanksgiving everyone who is celebrating it. 🙂
 
Don’t pretend. God the Father was called Father by Jesus. His ABBA. God is also Our Father. Jesus taught this
 
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So that means it is OKAY to refer to Jesus as my mother if I think Jesus has qualities of a mother right? Of course, I will still respectfully refer Him as Lord whenever I mention anything about Jesus in my speech and in my writings.
 
Hi 🙂

You know, I think you should do whatever you think helps you to have as close a relationship as possible with Jesus and no one would criticise that imo.

God bless you Rutherford2 and have a lovely Friday (a special day)
 
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So that means it is OKAY to refer to Jesus as my mother if I think Jesus has qualities of a mother right?
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NO it is not okay to refer to Jesus as mother. He is not our mother. I don’t see anything in the teaching that says Jesus is true woman!

CCC 464 The unique and altogether singular event of the Incarnation of the Son of God does not mean that Jesus Christ is part God and part man, nor does it imply that he is the result of a confused mixture of the divine and the human. He became truly man while remaining truly God. Jesus Christ is true God and true man.
 
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NO it is not okay to refer to Jesus as mother. He is not our mother.
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I know He is not our mother but I am refering Him as my mother “poetically”. I will still refer Him as Him or Lord, while Mary as my Mother.
 
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I know He is not our mother but I am refering Him as my mother “poetically”. I will still refer Him as Him or Lord, while Mary as my Mother.
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Well I guess you are free to do that but it makes absolutely no sense to me.
 
The above responses are examples of what I said would happen, “some (not all) other Catholics give you an argument about it.” I’ve seen this on past threads that discussed the gender, or lack thereof, of God.

You’re never going to get a consensus where all Catholics tell you it’s okay. Some will and some won’t.
 
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