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On Mercy and the Mother: Why Rahma Begins in the Womb

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Peace, God's Mercy and Blessings on you!


Before we ever met the world, we were held.


In today’s reflection I speak about the connection between mercy and our mothers. In Arabic, rahma, mercy, and rahm, the womb, come from the same root. I find that quietly beautiful. The first mercy any of us knew was a body making room for us.

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