The Issue
During worship, God is almost always named in male, patriarchal terms (e.g., Lord, Father) even though Scripture proclaims that both women and men are made in the Divine image. The human family is just as often referred to in exclusively male language (man, men, mankind).
What it Tells Our Daughters
The use of exclusively male images for both God and human beings leads many Catholics to conclude that God is male and tells our daughters that they are secondary, derivative, less than men.
Building a Church for Our Daughters
We can draw upon Scripture, Tradition and human experience to incorporate language and imagery in our daily and weekly devotions that underscore God’s own inclusive and all-embracing love.