She Went By Gently

        Maura tends to Sadie as if she is her own child while she is in labor. She becomes completely involved with making sure that Sadie is in the best care to ensure a safe delivery for the baby. Once Maura walks into the room her focus is to make Sadie as comfortable as possible. Despite Sadie not being her child, Maura treats Sadie as her child. In addition, Maura embodied a parent when she was able to put Sadie’s bad actions aside while she was on her way to help Sadie during birth. Once the baby is born, Maura treats the child as though it’s her own. She makes sure the child is healthy and succeeds in baptizing the child to make it apart of God’s kingdom.

            Maura is saying that she was able to bring the baby into a life where it was adorned with the grace of God to combat the world full of sin. As a baby coming into the world they are new and unaware to the encounters coming their way. Therefore, it is a monumental moment to cast God’s spirit on a child whom is oblivious and inexperienced with the antics of the world. The baby is saved because they are now a true member of the one who makes all things possible. This baby now has God in its life to help ignite love upon it.

            The purpose of Maura’s description to her house is to illustrate how this woman is an apostle of God who succeeded in fulfilling her mission to be a teacher of Christ. The story accounts the woman’s trip to Sadie and the trip back to her house. These two scenes are significant because it shows how an apostle of Christ is always on a journey to exhibiting true sanctity among themselves and God’s children. As apostles, they are a working project to fulfill god’s grace for them. As an apostle, it is their responsibility to go back on their life to help them grow into better people.