"Woman of God" by James Patterson
"Woman of God" is a novel about a woman who experienced relentless suffering throughout her life and would begin to question God. Unprepared for the answer, God Himself spoke to her and would guide her on a path she would have never chosen for herself.
I have mixed feelings about this book. It is an amazing stroy of true faith and what can happen when you let your own guards down and allow God into your heart. As the book went it, it turned to a story of how the teachings of the Catholic Church could, should, or would change to allow women to be ordained as priests and even as Pope.
As a recent convert to catholocism, I had a very hard time with this portion of the story. It is fiction so I tried not to get too defensive over it, and it made me realize how little some people think of the Catholic church. There is a reason for the traditions and the beliefs of the Church and when you research catholocism, you grow to have a deep respect and understanding for those very traditions and beliefs.
If I was still a protestant, I would probably have enjoyed the book more but I just couldn't grasp onto what Patterson was trying to portray because I knew how ridiculous it would be. I kept telling myself, if Mother Theresa wasn't good enough to be considered pope, I don't know what woman would.
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