For too long we have domesticated the Holy
Spirit imagining a peaceful white dove as a comforter to support the status
quo, or as an advocate without the sharp edge of advocacy. We prefer a Spirit less persistent, less
irritating, less demanding than the one that gets Jesus run out of his own
hometown. We do not appreciate a
dis-comforter who shakes us out of our comfort zones, who finds in our
diversity new ways to make common cause.
We avoid a Spirit who vexes and cajoles us to be prophetic advocates en conjunto (collaboratively) with those
of us and among us who are pushed to the margins in church and society, familia
y nacíon.
The incarnation of the Spirit is not best represented by una paloma
blanca, a white dove, it is more like the
ubiquitous urban pigeon—disruptive, discomforting, irritating.
-- Carmen M.
Nanko-Fernández,
Catholic Women Preach
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Dr. Nanko-Fernández’ reflection, click here.
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