Comments on: Nursing Mothers in the Preaching Fathers http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/06/24/nursing-mothers-in-the-preaching-fathers/ Mike Aquilina's Blog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:47:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: William O'Terry http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/06/24/nursing-mothers-in-the-preaching-fathers/comment-page-1/#comment-968 William O'Terry Mon, 26 Jun 2006 05:53:43 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/06/24/nursing-mothers-in-the-preaching-fathers/#comment-968 For a gallery of images of Mary nursing, see this page <a HREF="http://www.fisheaters.com/marialactans.html" rel="nofollow">Mary as Nursing Mother</A>, from the <a HREF="http://www.fisheaters.com" rel="nofollow">Fish Eaters: The Whys and Hows of Traditional Catholicism</A> website. For a gallery of images of Mary nursing, see this page Mary as Nursing Mother, from the Fish Eaters: The Whys and Hows of Traditional Catholicism website.

]]> By: Mark http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/06/24/nursing-mothers-in-the-preaching-fathers/comment-page-1/#comment-962 Mark Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:12:45 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/06/24/nursing-mothers-in-the-preaching-fathers/#comment-962 <i>It’s a metaphor rarely used in modern preaching, at least in the United States, because breastfeeding, once a necessity, is now a rarity...</i> Just had to toss this in ... I don't sense breastfeeding as a rarity. It seems like every new mother I know breast-feeds. Maybe it's that I'm in a conservative church, traditionalist family, or that I live in the Midwest, but it just doesn't seem rare. That said, this of course is an interesting Post to ponder. It’s a metaphor rarely used in modern preaching, at least in the United States, because breastfeeding, once a necessity, is now a rarity…

Just had to toss this in … I don’t sense breastfeeding as a rarity. It seems like every new mother I know breast-feeds. Maybe it’s that I’m in a conservative church, traditionalist family, or that I live in the Midwest, but it just doesn’t seem rare.

That said, this of course is an interesting Post to ponder.

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