The Mystery of Femininity

In reading "The Privilege of being a woman" by Alice von Hildebrand, my eyes have been opened to a beautiful reality about femininity. There is a sacredness about a woman's body because she is the only person with the ability to carry two souls within her. A man and a woman do play an important part of procreation but it is God who creates the child. Man and woman cannot create something out of nothing; only God has that power. When a child is conceived, God creates the child in the woman's body. Von Hildebrand writes, "This implies a direct contact between Him and the mother-to-be, a contact in which the father plays no role whatsoever. This contact give the female body a note of sacredness, for any closeness with God and one of His creatures is stamped by His Holy Seal." The sacredness of a woman's body needs to be protected. This is why a woman's mission should be to guard and protect the virtue of purity. God saw the womb as a fitting place for His only son to dwell for 9 months, and so we too should look upon the womb as a sacred place and worthy of protection. "If, in schools today, little girls were taught to honor their bodies and were taught the great mystery that lies within them, purity would be more guaranteed and kept." (von Hildebrand).

It saddens me to think that feminists of today have managed to convince women of the ideas that The Church is sexist. It is in fact, the very opposite. Our Blessed Mother paved the way for all women 2,000 years ago when the words "Blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus" were first spoken.