{"id":261922,"date":"2017-12-14T09:19:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T14:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aleteia.org\/?post_type=post&p=261922"},"modified":"2017-12-14T09:19:09","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T14:19:09","slug":"god-wants-to-sing-us-a-lullaby-his-tenderness-is-this-he-is-a-father-and-a-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2017\/12\/god-wants-to-sing-us-a-lullaby-his-tenderness-is-this-he-is-a-father-and-a-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"‘God wants to sing us a lullaby. His tenderness is this: he is a father and a mother…’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The pope made this insight during his homily<\/a><\/strong> this morning:<\/p>\n

The tenderness of God, as his defining trait, was at the heart of the Pope\u2019s homily this morning \u00a0at Mass at the Casa Santa Marta. The theme was taken from the first reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah and the psalm where God says of himself: \u201c\u2026 his tenderness expands over all creatures\u201d.<\/p>\n

The image presented by Isaiah is that of a God who speaks to us as a father with his child, imitating his voice to make it as similar as possible to his. And first of all he reassures him by caressing him: \u201cDo not be afraid, I will come to your aid\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems that our God wants to sing us a lullaby. Our God is gifted at this. His tenderness is this: he is a father and a mother. Many times he said: \u201cBut if a mother forgets her son, I will not forget you. He carries us in his deep within. He is the God who with this dialogue makes himself small to make us understand, to make us trust in him and we can tell him with the courage of Paul who changes the word and says: \u201c, Abba Father\u201d. Father \u2026 It\u2019s the tenderness of God.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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