But that's OT... :\

Post edited at 10:15 am on Jan. 5, 2009 by dreamweaver

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In no way is God in man's image. He is neither man nor woman. God is pure spirit in which there is no place for the differences between the sexes. But the respective "perfections" of man and woman reflect something of the infinite perfection of God: those of a mother (Isaiah 49:14-15; 66:13; Psalm 131:2-3) and those of a father (Job 31:18; Jer. 3:4-20) and husband (Jer. 3:6-19). [CCC 370]

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Post edited at 10:18 am on Jan. 5, 2009 by dreamweaver

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And from the CCC (Catechism of the Catholic Church), it says this;

In no way is God in man's image. He is neither man nor woman. God is pure spirit in which there is no place for the differences between the sexes. But the respective "perfections" of man and woman reflect something of the infinite perfection of God: those of a mother (Isaiah 49:14-15; 66:13; Psalm 131:2-3) and those of a father (Job 31:18; Jer. 3:4-20) and husband (Jer. 3:6-19). [CCC 370]

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Thanks for your post.
I found the passage from my abridged catechism:

Without a doubt, Jesus frequently used the idea of Father in his teaching about God.  But at times, for example when he compared God's love to that of a woman who rejoiced over finding a lost coin, Jesus used feminine images for God.  The medieval mystic Julian of Norwich and others point out that the idea of God as Mother also adds to our understanding of God's love for us.

I think I misread the passage when I first read it and thought that Jesus described God using the feminine form or actually referred to God as mother as Jesus frequently referred to God as father.