The radical emphasis on female independence is both dishonest and harmful, creating an idolization of independence where any reliance on men is treated as a weakness or even a moral offense.

By Magdalena Kyne

J. R. R. Tolkien’s story of Beren and Lúthien found in The Silmarillion illustrates a woman living into her feminine genius, serving the man’s mission in a way that does not demean her strength, dignity, or equality with him.

By Magdalena Kyne

Rise, sister, and take the place prepared for you. Accept the mantle of your daughterhood; receive the power of your baptism; breathe in the life of the Spirit through Whom we call God Father. Rise, lioness, and understand your strength, a strength bestowed on you from above. Know your own beauty, intended and blessed by our Creator.

By Magdalena Kyne

Woman’s beauty, mystery, and role as eser kenegdo all serve her fundamental vocation as mother and life-giver. She is relational to the core. From the beginning, when Eve was given the glorious title of “mother of all the living,” this has been her grace for the world.

By Magdalena Kyne

I am not a feminist. I see no reason to define myself as such. I am a Catholic, and I do not need another name for the belief that men and women are equal.

By Magdalena Kyne

Galadriel’s journey from rebellion in Valinor to rejection of the Ring embodies the feminine journey to holiness, going from Eve’s pride to Mary’s humility.