I always like to “pick” flowers (pictures) in honor of a great Jewess, the Mother of Jesus.
I sometimes like to look up words as I use them. I googled “Jewess” and came up with the top entry definition supplied by Google itself:
jew·ess/ˈjo͞o-is/
Noun: offensive. A Jewish woman or girl.
I didn’t realize that being a Jew or a Jewess was “offensive”. Offensive to whom? I am offended that Google would promote such an offensive description of someone in the line of Judah, fourth son of Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham.
The Jews are right to say that being Jewish is not a crime, and that to be proud of being Jewish is a good thing, and Pius XII himself said this, by the way.
Google’s anti-Semitic idiocy, saying someone’s very heritage in whatever way is offensive, is quite common.
When I was in Louisiana, the Cajans were condemned as being “Cajan”. But then a Cajan (from Accadia) wrote a book on being proud to be a Cajan, what with all of their epic history as Accadians.
When I was in Australia, I was told never to call an aborignine an Aborigine, for to be called an Aborigene is a great insult. I was incredulous. The Aborigines have been in Australia a good 40,000 years before any immigrants landed in the Down Under. And then an Aborigine wrote a book saying that he is proud to be called an Aborigine and… and… even… gasp!… an Abo. Very cool that!
Today, Catholics have been put into dhimmitude (made second class citizens) by Barak Hussain Obama, who promotes the Qur’an and trashes the Judeo-Christian Scriptures. Unless the courts do something, Catholic hospitals and schools and charitable institutions will cease to exist, just the thing that was happening to the Jews in Germany previous to the holocaust. I, for one, hope that I will always be proud to be a Catholic, however much I suffer or die for this. “Catholic” is also held to be pejorative these days. Whatever. I will continue to be Catholic and be proud of it.
Why all this on the Feast of Saint Joseph, Husband of Mary? Well, because Saint Joseph took care of little Jesus, both when He was in the womb of Mary by way of the overshadowing of the Holy Spirit, and upon His birth, and upon their exile into Egypt, and so on. These days, we especially need the protection of Saint Joseph when so many little ones are being destroyed by abortion pushed by money hungry abortionists, the new Herods of the day. We have now moved into infanticide. We’re quickly moving toward the regulation of the number of children, just like China, where women are killed who have more than one baby.
Saint Joseph, husband of Mary, protect us!
Oh… and a word to Google: I would change your description of what “Jewess” means. Really, I would, if I were you. Your policy is not to be evil. Well, you’re being evil now.
Accompany me, Father George David Byers, S.S.L., S.T.D., as I begin life as a Catholic Priest-Hermit by choice. Holy Souls Hermitage is dedicated to the sanctification of my fellow priests, bishops, deacons & seminarians going through the purgatory of this life or the next. Prayer and sacrifice go up, of course, for both Benedict XVI and the next Successor of Saint Peter. 
Great article! I, too, am proud to be Catholic, even though Catholicism isn’t popular. I’m a rebel like that.
I think Jewess is considered offensive because it’s dehumanizing. She’s not a woman like you or me she’s a Jewess. If someone called me a Negress they’d get a fat lip for their trouble.
Hello daisy… However, note that one is about pigmentation and the other is about the heritage of a specific group. I would be offended if I were reduced to my particular kind of pigmention, such as “white trash” or such like phrases, but Jew/Jewess is a bit different. You might want to check out this article from the Jewish Encyclopedia:
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/8621-jew-the-word
And then note how in the same encyclopedia, Maria Hebraea is simply synonymous with the emphasized Mary the Jewess, a great personage of the past:
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/1094-alchemy
Many nefarious uses of Jew/Jewess are noted, of course, as the Jews have been kicked in the face quite a bit. But there is also mention of the glorious beginnings of the word (which I mentioned in my post) and that it is once again being used.
The Jewish Encyclopedia was written before the Shoah, but I also note from my own experience in growing up with Jewish neighbors, that being a Jew or Jewess was considered a good thing.
My point is just that one’s identity is not to be dismissed just because some think that identity to be in some way lacking.