As a Christian, do you consider the Blessed Virgin Mary as your Mother?

[AlegreFe]

Why stop now?

I know this will be tough to swallow for a lot of you. But please pray to the Holy Spirit and open your hearts to the possibility “in your eyes” for this to be true. As far as true, it IS true.

Mary is the New Ark of the Covenant!
At the annuciation the angel Gabriel declares to her, "The Holy
Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will
overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy,
the Son of God.(Luke 1:35)"Compare this with Exodus 40:34
Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the
LORD filled the tabernacle. The language obviously is not the
same, but the meaning certainly is. If you can picture what is
happening in both scenes, the imagery is identical. Just as the
glory of the Lord overshadowed and dwelt in the Ark, so does the
glory of the Lord overshadow and dwell in the Blessed Virgin Mary.

There is a lot more to read from the website so feel free to click and read.

Mary is the Immaculate Conception
The title "made full of grace", addressed by the angel to Mary at
the Annunciation, refers to the exceptional divine favour shown to
the young woman of Nazareth in view of the motherhood which was
announced, but it indicates more directly the effect of divine
grace in Mary; Mary was inwardly and permanently imbued
with grace and thus sanctified. The title kecharitoméne has
a very rich meaning and the Holy Spirit has never ceased
deepening the Church’s understanding of it.

God granted Mary the fullness of grace
“Full of grace” is the name Mary possesses in the eyes of God.
Indeed, the angel, according to the Evangelist Luke’s account,
uses this expression even before he speaks the name “Mary”,
and thus emphasizes the predominant aspect which the Lord
perceived in the Virgin of Nazareth’s personality.

The expression “full of grace” is the translation of the Greek word
kecharitoméne, which is a passive participle. Therefore to render
more exactly the nuance of the Greek word one should not
say merely “full of grace”, but "made full of grace", or even
“filled with grace”, which would clearly indicate that this was
a gift given by God to the Blessed Virgin. This term, in the form
of a perfect participle, enhances the image of a perfect and
lasting grace which implies fullness. The same verb, in the
sense of “to bestow grace”, is used in the Letter to the Ephesians
to indicate the abundance of grace granted to us by the Father in
his beloved Son (Eph 1:6), and which Mary receives as the first
fruits of Redemption (cf. Redemptoris Mater, n. 10).

Peace and God bless.

 

[AlegreFe]

NO! She is someone who was obedient and blessed. Very Blessed!, but she is **not **the Mother of God.

That was not the question. He did not ask you if you thought Mary was the Mother of God.

The question was;

Mannyfit75:

Since we are all brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ, and Mary is his mother, do you consider Mary your mother as well?

If you don’t believe Mary is the Mother of God, then you must not believe that Jesus is God. Or do you? Then how can you say that Mary is not the Mother of God. She gave birth to a whole person who is Jesus Christ, true God and true Man.

 

[AlegreFe]

At the end of 4th grade I made a friend whose house I started to visit.

The first visits were friendly; I called my friend’s mother “Mrs. Herlocher.” Over that summer I started to visit daily and “Mrs.Herlocher” often invited me to eat dinner with their family.

My friend and I became like brothers; so much so that when I would ask for something at their house I wouldn’t ask “Mrs. Herlocher”–I started to mistakenly call her “Mom.”

My point:

The closer you get to Jesus being a brother, the closer you feel Mary as your mother.

I like your answer! :yup:

 

[Beaver]

And Saint Joseph as my father…

I am the body of Christ loved by my father and mother…

 

[carol_marie]

Great posts Sandy… I am going to print those and use them when I try to explain to my Protestant friends our Biblical support for Mary.

 

[carol_marie]

Great posts Sandy!!! (AlegreFe)

I am going to print them & use them to help me explain to my Protestant friends why our views about Mary are Biblical.

 

[Carrie_Andrews]

NO! She is someone who was obedient and blessed. Very Blessed!, but she is **not **the Mother of God.

Yes, she is the Mother of God. Jesus is true God and true man, Mary gave birth to Jesus.
Has anyone else heard of giving you indulgences to Mary? I recently heard this and think it’s wonderful.

 

[carol_marie]

Yes, she is the Mother of God. Jesus is true God and true man, Mary gave birth to Jesus.
Has anyone else heard of giving you indulgences to Mary? I recently heard this and think it’s wonderful.

What does that mean?

 

[Carrie_Andrews]

What does that mean?

Do you mean whats an indulgence or what does giving them to Mary mean? I didn’t realise I was under the non-Catholic religions area of the forums, I answered this trread from “todays posts” and didn’t notice where it was placed, so I’m sorry if I’m causeing confusion for any non-Catholics who are reading it.
If you meant what does giving your indulgences to Mary mean, I took it to mean any merits you recieved under the usual ways we understand indulgences to come to us, you can give to Mary.

 

[Dorothy]

Do you mean whats an indulgence or what does giving them to Mary mean? I didn’t realise I was under the non-Catholic religions area of the forums, I answered this trread from “todays posts” and didn’t notice where it was placed, so I’m sorry if I’m causeing confusion for any non-Catholics who are reading it.
If you meant what does giving your indulgences to Mary mean, I took it to mean any merits you recieved under the usual ways we understand indulgences to come to us, you can give to Mary.

And, then she applies them to others according to her Son’s will.
It is an unselfish act.

 

[carol_marie]

Do you mean whats an indulgence or what does giving them to Mary mean? I didn’t realise I was under the non-Catholic religions area of the forums, I answered this trread from “todays posts” and didn’t notice where it was placed, so I’m sorry if I’m causeing confusion for any non-Catholics who are reading it.
If you meant what does giving your indulgences to Mary mean, I took it to mean any merits you recieved under the usual ways we understand indulgences to come to us, you can give to Mary.

I’m not a non-Catholic… I’m a fairly new Catholic. I guess I never really understood what an “indulgence” was… I knew they were “sold” way back when & that was something Martin Luther disagreed with. I’ve not heard them discussed since I’ve become Catholic. I can start a new thread or do a search to learn more.

Thanks.

 

[Carrie_Andrews]

And, then she applies them to others according to her Son’s will.
It is an unselfish act.

Yes! Thank you, I was having trouble verbalizing that!!!

Carol Marie:
Sorry if I implied I thought you weren’t Catholic, I just meant that part for anyone who wasn’t who was reading the thread. Thank you for asking.
Happy Thanksgiving

 

[VociMike]

Yes! but was God not around long before God CREATED Mar, and was Jesus not there when God created all things?

Pardon me if this has already been answered, but “mother” has a very specific meaning. Only those who are capable of “being mothered” can have a mother. That includes, at a minimum, actually existing in human form. Until Christ became Incarnate it simply had no meaning to speak of the mother of God, but when Christ (God) became Incarnate it became possible for Him to have a mother, and Mary was (and is) that mother. Thus the statement “God could not have a mother because God existed before Mary” makes no sense, because when God existed before Mary His nature simply didn’t allow for a mother, but at the Incarnation His nature did allow for a mother.

Even though God existed before Mary, God as one who could have a mother did not, until the Incarnation. So there is no conflict or contradiction whatsoever in saying that Mary is the mother of God, because only at the Incarnation did it become possible for God to have a mother.

 

[4given]

In answer to the poll, no Mary isn’t my mother. She’s the earthly mother of Jesus. No biblical evidence that she’s to be considered the mother of all Christians.

 

[Mannyfit75]

Yes, she is the Mother of God. Jesus is true God and true man, Mary gave birth to Jesus.
Has anyone else heard of giving you indulgences to Mary? I recently heard this and think it’s wonderful.

No. I never heard of giving indulgence to Mary. I know the Church grant indulgence and there is no Church document concerning indulgence to Mary.

Indulgence is the extra-sacramental remission of the temporal punishment due, in God’s justice, to sin that has been forgiven, which remission is granted by the Church in the exercise of the power of the keys, through the application of the superabundant merits of Christ and of the saints, and for some just and reasonable motive.

Since this is not the topic about indulgence, we won’t discuss it here.

 

[jmcrae]

Even though God existed before Mary, God as one who could have a mother did not, until the Incarnation. So there is no conflict or contradiction whatsoever in saying that Mary is the mother of God, because only at the Incarnation did it become possible for God to have a mother.

Also, requiring or assuming that Mary should pre-exist God in order to be His mother gives the false impression that mothers create their children - but they don’t.

Mothers bear and nuture their children (as Mary did with Jesus), but God alone creates them.

Mary’s motherhood of God is no different than any other mother’s relationship with her children.

 

[Mannyfit75]

In answer to the poll, no Mary isn’t my mother. She’s the earthly mother of Jesus. No biblical evidence that she’s to be considered the mother of all Christians.

Do you consider yourself a brother in Christ? I consider Mary, my spiritual mother since Jesus is my brother through baptism and henceforth making me, adopted son of God.

 

[Carrie_Andrews]

No. I never heard of giving indulgence to Mary. I know the Church grant indulgence and there is no Church document concerning indulgence to Mary.

Indulgence is the extra-sacramental remission of the temporal punishment due, in God’s justice, to sin that has been forgiven, which remission is granted by the Church in the exercise of the power of the keys, through the application of the superabundant merits of Christ and of the saints, and for some just and reasonable motive.

Since this is not the topic about indulgence, we won’t discuss it here.

Not to nit pick, but you just did 2 paragraphs on the subject and then said"we won’t discuss it here"? How about suggesting I start my own thread? I didn’t because I happened to think of it when I was answering this thread. I know what an Indulgence is, but thanks for that explaination. What I meant was offering the indulgence to Mary as a pious act.

 

[mark_a]

Or, hey, how about this - you could ask her to help you to work as a team mate, side by side with your wife and with other women that you work with, sharing ideas and dream-building together, to accomplish mutually desirable goals.

Maybe you misunderstood. I have no problem being subservient to superior beings, which women are.

I still would like to have a clue about them though.

 

[Mr.Ex_Nihilo]

Do you consider yourself a brother in Christ? I consider Mary, my spiritual mother since Jesus is my brother through baptism and henceforth making me, adopted son of God.

Amen.

Just as Abraham is considered the Father of the faith to Israelites, Mary is considered the mother of the Church within Catholicism. Being born without original sin, and remaining a perpetual Virgin even after Christ’s birth, she is the New Eve of the new creation in Christ-- the Ark of the New Covenant.