I often see the words “Her” and “She” capitalized when people refer to Mary. I don’t oppose this in any way but I’m wondering how this came about? What do you think about this?
Capitalization of pronouns referring to Divine Persons is actually a very late practice in English. You will not find it in the Latin Missals, in any English Bible before the New American STandard of the mid '60’s, or the Book of Common Prayer.
In pre-Nokonian Slavonic, not even proper names of Deity were capitalized unless they were the initial word of a sentence.
What do I think about it? God created her to be His Mother, and she consented. She carried God in her womb. She mothered Him. She was there in His life every step of the way. She consented to and shared His sufferings. He gave her to us to be our Mother. This sets her apart from any other man or woman who has ever existed or ever will exist.
I generally don’t capitalize a pronoun unless it refers to God Himself, but I have no problem with capitalizing a pronoun referring to Our Blessed Mother. She is not God, but she is God’s Mother by His own choice and with her consent.
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