5 Role Models Every Catholic Woman Needs

Naomi

We may feel crushed but we are never forsaken. We may be down but it is never for the count! When Naomi lost everything—her husband, her sons, her homeland—God gave her a reason to live through the love of her daughter-in-law Ruth.

Many of us know the story of Ruth—who married Boaz and became the mother of Obed (who became the grandfather of David giving us the lineage of Christ)—but how many of us have contemplated Naomi’s beautiful witness during the dark and sad times in her life? Her great faithfulness to God—and His response—throughout devastating trials and tribulations gives us hope in our own difficult times that God does not abandon us. In our darkest hour, Naomi is a reminder of God’s enduring love.

Lot's Wife

Women are imbued with a particularly sensitive, intuitive nature—a nature that brings tremendous comfort and love to situations but also a nature that can be deeply wounded and unforgiving. Often we carry our burdens and baggage of past pain and suffering in such a way that it hinders us from enjoying the present—of living for Christ and accepting His love.

Lot’s Wife is a grave reminder that we must not keep looking back; she is an important role model in showing us the need and importance of letting go of the past and moving ahead. When the burden of the past weighs us down, we do well to meditate on Lot’s Wife as a lesson in releasing what is behind us and trusting in what lay ahead.