What good is it to me if Mary gave birth to the Son of God 1400 years ago and I do not give birth to the Son of God in my own person and time and culture? . . .We are all meant to be mothers of God. —Meister Eckhart (c. 1260—c. 1328) Meister Eckhart was a Dominican monk, theologian, preacher, and mystic. He got himself in trouble with the Inquisition for statements like the one above. On his deathbed, church officials were still trying to get him to recant his writings about