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GemmaRose
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That’s funny… I thought most women’s #1 cross was their husband.It is a cross to husbands…
Is it easier for women to have a deep relationship with Christ because they're female
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GemmaRose
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Okay, seriously now…
The OP asked a very good question, and too many of us
have seriously digressed. Let’s get back to the original question.
I would be interested in hearing from any man in this thread who has not yet responded… can you describe your relationship with the Lord? I mean, where a woman might use words like having a “love” relationship with Christ, is a man’s like a “buddy” relationship with Jesus?
The OP asked a very good question, and too many of us
have seriously digressed. Let’s get back to the original question.I would be interested in hearing from any man in this thread who has not yet responded… can you describe your relationship with the Lord? I mean, where a woman might use words like having a “love” relationship with Christ, is a man’s like a “buddy” relationship with Jesus?
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jman507
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Buddy would seem quite odd. If anything it seems more like a father, while there is a bond of love there, there also is push of trying to be better not to disappoint. The expectations are not unreasonable, after all if you meet them in the end there will be far more joy and a feeling of contentment than without. So you don’t want to disappoint out of love and out of what’s for the best. If you fall though, in a strong relationship, it’s ok, but it is not ok to quit.To describe that as a “buddy” I think is wrong.Okay, seriously now…
The OP asked a very good question, and too many of us
I would be interested in hearing from any man in this thread who has not yet responded… can you describe your relationship with the Lord? I mean, where a woman might use words like having a “love” relationship with Christ, is a man’s like a “buddy” relationship with Jesus?
I think it would also be wrong to call it a “spousal.” Not that, it would be wrong for spouses to think of trying to expect and supoort the other to become a better person. There are differences between men and women, that I think to have a full appreciation of what it means to be a man or women will escape a complete understanding. With Jesus, as a man to a man, it would be hard to use the excuse “you just don’t understand.”
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John_AH
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He is my Lord and I’m just his servant.
I can talk to Him and He listens. He gives me what I need to survive and complete the mission he has given me.
God’s servant,
John Anthony
I can talk to Him and He listens. He gives me what I need to survive and complete the mission he has given me.
God’s servant,
John Anthony
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littleone
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Hi Gemmarose,
from a mans point and I have told my wife this,that my first love is, will always be Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, the Father.
Therefore my first cross will always be that which the Father gives me, but not as a cross but as the gift of that which pertains to the love of God I am given in the form of God’s will, not surpassing the grace to endure that which pleases my loving Fathers Joy.
Godbless
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GemmaRose
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That’s really beautiful.
I think that also is essential for a solid Catholic marriage – for (ideally) both spouses to put the Lord first… before each other, before the children.
I’ll never understand how marriages not grounded in faith survive.
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marymol
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Apologies is this sounds repetitious since this theme has been addressed in a few threads before .
As to O.P s question , would not a personal relationship with our Lord depend on how much each person want of same …a Mo.Teresa or Pope John Paul 11- would we want to gauge or compare ! And seems gender would not be the factor !
That being said, I too have wondered if the mystical language of being ’ married ’ to our Lord ( in the sense of living to have His Spirit have total control over all areas of our lives ) might be difficult for men , atleast for those of nonChristian / nonCatholic backgrounds !
And our Lord, having foreseen every need of ours, has prepared the rich banquet through His Word and Mother Church , for all !
There are atleast two momentous occasions whe our Lord addresses the disciples as ’ children’ - at The Last Supper and after the Resurrection .
Being one with The Father in His divinity , is it not proper and appropriate for us to satisfy our yearning to see The Father , in and through our Lord !
And this may be the net for all nonchristians too - the Father hunger that has been there by our Father’s will , in every heart !
Our Lord’s earthly life span of 331/3 years ( 1/3 of 100!) and depiction of all Three persons of Trinity as being similar in age ,
such as in the Rubliev icon - seems all this too would support this !
In these times of ours , with so much gender identity confusion and absentee fathers who have been misled as to what it is to be a father, thank God we have been so blessed …and this throuh the presence of other good and holy fatherly figures too - our Holy Father, Bishops, priests …
Glory be to The Father, Son and Holy Spirit !
As to O.P s question , would not a personal relationship with our Lord depend on how much each person want of same …a Mo.Teresa or Pope John Paul 11- would we want to gauge or compare ! And seems gender would not be the factor !
That being said, I too have wondered if the mystical language of being ’ married ’ to our Lord ( in the sense of living to have His Spirit have total control over all areas of our lives ) might be difficult for men , atleast for those of nonChristian / nonCatholic backgrounds !
And our Lord, having foreseen every need of ours, has prepared the rich banquet through His Word and Mother Church , for all !
There are atleast two momentous occasions whe our Lord addresses the disciples as ’ children’ - at The Last Supper and after the Resurrection .
Being one with The Father in His divinity , is it not proper and appropriate for us to satisfy our yearning to see The Father , in and through our Lord !
And this may be the net for all nonchristians too - the Father hunger that has been there by our Father’s will , in every heart !
Our Lord’s earthly life span of 331/3 years ( 1/3 of 100!) and depiction of all Three persons of Trinity as being similar in age ,
such as in the Rubliev icon - seems all this too would support this !
In these times of ours , with so much gender identity confusion and absentee fathers who have been misled as to what it is to be a father, thank God we have been so blessed …and this throuh the presence of other good and holy fatherly figures too - our Holy Father, Bishops, priests …
Glory be to The Father, Son and Holy Spirit !
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littleone
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Hi GemmaRose
I once told my former wife and present one (sounds that I move around but my second was after 15 years without a partner, you didn’t ask). that I have to put God who created my life and can take it at His will before I take my wife, because in loving God one understands fear of God, in that if God takes my wife first (and I had loved her before God then I would be left with nothing).
Also although there are some marriages with only one partner being catholic and surviving, I also was one of those one being catholic(me) and although she became catholic, she could not understand my way of living and when I became an OCD third order Carmelite in the little way of St Therese that made it worse. Without going into it, it is not easy and can be psychologically damaging.
Godbless.
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