When Jesus represented Abraham in Paradise saying to Dives in torment, «Son, remember that thou in thy
lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish,» (Luke 16:25)-- as though such reversal of circumstance, issuing in a permanently divided
humanity, some in bliss and some in torture, would be an ethically adequate ending to the
human story — he spoke in the traditional manner of Judaism, but the modern conscience remains unconvinced.
As a woman grows in mothering she grows as a
human being, and every other role she may fill in her
lifetime is enriched by the insights and
humanity she brings to it from her experiences as a mother.