For some Roman Catholics, it may not be. For many Roman Catholics it is idolatry.
Then these same Roman Catholics don’t know their Bible. By the way, do you honor your mother? Don’t you suppose Jesus wants His mother to be honored?
How could anyone treat her as just a receptacle. “Hail Mary - Full of Grace” said the Messenger of God. Only Highly Respected People were given the Honor of “Hail” in those days. The Angel considered Mary Special. Surly so should we!
Did He not do what His mother asked Him to do at the feast of Canna?
He addressed her as “Woman”. A title of Respect in the time of Jesus.
Twisted by ungodly people to mean just the opposite today!
Do you realize that God actually asked Mary if she would be the Mother of Jesus [Our God]? She was to become the New Ark - of the New Covenant of God with His People. People were Killed just for touching the First Ark. It was considered Holy. How much more Holy must have been the Ark of Jesus - Mary- have been if God chose her out of all the woman of Israel? “Mary - Full of Grace” . And yes-“most favored” - the least accurate of translations - to avoid “Full of Grace”.
Do you realize that the Mother of our future Savior is actually alluded to in Genesis? Have you done your homework, or just accepted your own interpretation of the Bible?
What did Jesus mean when he said from the cross, “John, behold your mother.” ? Do you believe that John was Mary’s son too? Wouldn’t this have been redundant - and in Jewish culture - insulting for Jesus to hand over his mother to a stranger if he had a natural brother to take care of her? Wake up people.
John was her New adopted family and because Jesus is our Brother, so are we. Can you imagine what a Blessing that is for Us? The Mother of Jesus is our Mother too!
We are commanded to Honor our Father and Mother. Mary is My Blessed Mother - and Yours if you can find it in your heart to accept her - and love her along with her Son. Can you accept Jesus offer from the Cross to John to “Behold thy Mother”. One of the most beautiful and meaningful versus in the Bible I believe. Will you but give it a moments thought. Would you think about joining Jesus’ whole family including His Mother and the saints? Paul in Hebrew said we are surrounded by “a Cloud of Witnesses” - the saints in heaven - Communing with us. Mary is certainly one of them. And we are invited to join with Her and the other saints to Worship Jesus - Our God. Ask Mary to Pray with you in a crisis as you would ask your earthly mother and friends. She will. She is always there to help as your mother would help in a crisis. Like all the saints in heaven. She is not dead. They are more Alive in God than we ever can be here on earth. To understand. Learn what Prayer really means.
For 16 centuries it meant not only to worship but - “to ask”. As in “Pray tell” [Please] tell me", [another word twisted like “Woman”] was changed to mean -exclusively by the Protestant revolutionaries -to mean only “to worship” To make the Catholics to idolatress. It worked beautifully. Many people, including some Catholics took the bait readily because it made their new beliefs acceptable -though new inventions 16 centuries after the Apostles and Christ.
Mary became the mother of John - and of everyone in the whole world. Johns, Mine, Yours, Everyones. We are family. Shouldn’t we act like it? Can we not ask for our Mother in Heaven to pray for/with us? I think it would break her and her Sons heart for us to ignore her prayers for us. She always points to Jesus and says “Do as He Says”. As she did at Canna to
inaugurate the beginning of His Ministry. Do you realize the significance of what happened there? He made 150 Gallons of Wine at His mother’s request, to keep the party going for the rest of the week! That is devotion.
It is not just “Jesus and Me”. We are invited to a Family Banquet. Will you be willing to greet the Mother of God - The Queen Mother of Jesus when you arrive at that Banquet. Will you snub her? And the other saints (everyone in heaven) likewise because its just Jesus and Me?
What will Jesus think? How will Jesus feel when he sees his mother and brothers treated that way at his Banquet? I’ll bet His mother will be the guest of honor. Can you think of a better candidate?
What will Jesus do if he finds out that you do not feel his mother is worthy of the Great honor and respect she deserves. We know that all generations should call her Blessed and honor her accordingly. Shouldn’t they?
I know my mother prays for me. How much more must the Mother of Jesus -My Brother and yours care for me and you. Should we not love her as we love our natural mother? Are we not commanded to do so to Everyone - including Mary - by the Son of God Himself?
The Bible is Not the final Word. Jesus is. "The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. [John 1:1] The Bible is an Inerrant Holy Tool Infallibly put together for all mankind by the Catholic Church. The Catholic Churches gave it to you.
However, The Bible is not the pillar and foundation of the truth; not the final word. The Church is. The Bible itself says so. And the Church says that Mary is Blessed - and so does the Bible. When Elisabeth, Mary’s cousin found out that Mary was pregnant with Jesus she said “The mother of my Lord” - The Mother of My God. [Luke} Where does that leave people who do not respect her by showing her no honor. - yes - even vilify her!
We honor and Revere the American Flag. Can we not at least honor Jesus’
Mother. Good Catholics and Protestants do that. Don’t you thing everyone should? Can we not ask The Blessed Mother “to Pray for us Sinners now and at our death”? Who better to do so than the Mother of God?
**ROBIN
You post a picture that may be from anywhere, & say that it is Mary…when you admit that you have no idea even whether the artist is Catholic.That’s pretty pathetic.