Is Honoring Mary The Will Of God?

[franjos]

A very good question to ask is : IS IT THE WILL OF GOD TO HONOR MARY?

The Will of the Father:

In the Book of Luke (Luke 1:26-27), we will read that the angel Gabriel was sent by God to Mary who was living in a town called Nazareth. Being a spirit and a messenger, the angel will only say or do God’s will. He said “Hail!, Full of Grace, the Lord is with you!”. If in this manner, God wanted the holy angel to salute Mary, isn’t it appropriate also that all unworthy sinners should greet Her in the same manner?

And the Will of the Son:
And Jesus became flesh (thru His Mother Mary) and dwelt amongst us (John 1:14).

Isn’t God the Creator of all things. Is anything impossible to God? Isn’t He powerful enough that with a single word, He can have His flesh and make His dwelling amongst us. But why would He choose to be born of the Virgin Mary?

Answer : He willed it because He loves us so much.

The Lord of All Creation, Creator of All willed to be born of the Virgin Mary:

• to become a fetus inside Mary’s womb for nine (9) months;
• to obtain oxygen and nutrients from Mary’s placenta and umbilical cord;
• to solely take His flesh from Mary’s flesh alone;
• to be nursed by Mary while He is still a baby until He became a man;
• to have the title of the “Son of Mary” for all eternity.

Jesus also preached us to “Honor your Father and your Mother”. The Lord who is All-Knowing, by choosing to be born of His Mother Mary, chose beforehand also to honor Her as His Mother. If sinners like us could give a very high honor to our own parents, how much honor could God give to His chosen Mother.

And the Will of the Holy Spirit:
If we continue reading the same Gospel of Luke, we will read that when Mary visited Her Cousin Elizabeth, and upon hearing Mary’s greeting, Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and uttered in a loud voice : “Blessed Art Thou amongst women, and Blessed is the Fruit of Thy Womb!” (Luke 1 : 41-43).

Isn’t this obvious? Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit while she was saying those words. It means that God - The Holy Spirit gave Elizabeth the exact phrase to salute Mary at that very moment. So, it is His will that this Blessed woman be blessed by the saint.

We can also read from Genesis 12:3 that the Lord God said to Abraham :

“I will bless the man who bless you and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”

If God will bless those who bless Abraham and curse those who curses him, will He not also do the same to those who bless and loves Mary.

Summary :

If God the Father praised and honored Mary by saluting Her with “Hail! Full of Grace, The Lord is with you” and if God the Son honored Mary to be His Mother for all eternity and if God the Holy Spirit called Her “Blessed are you amongst woman”, then it is without doubt how much the Holy Trinity - our God, Creator of All Things honor, love, value and favored this woman. The question is will we contradict God?

Thus we, mere creatures - sinful and wicked, must not contradict our Lord God. Let us conform to His Holy will by loving, honoring, blessing and praising this Blessed Woman as much as we could.

Let us pray Her Holy Rosary and receive the promised blessings.

 

[thistle]

A very good question to ask is : IS IT THE WILL OF GOD TO HONOR MARY?

The Will of the Father:

In the Book of Luke (Luke 1:26-27), we will read that the angel Gabriel was sent by God to Mary who was living in a town called Nazareth. Being a spirit and a messenger, the angel will only say or do God’s will. He said “Hail!, Full of Grace, the Lord is with you!”. If in this manner, God wanted the holy angel to salute Mary, isn’t it appropriate also that all unworthy sinners should greet Her in the same manner?

And the Will of the Son:
And Jesus became flesh (thru His Mother Mary) and dwelt amongst us (John 1:14).

Isn’t God the Creator of all things. Is anything impossible to God? Isn’t He powerful enough that with a single word, He can have His flesh and make His dwelling amongst us. But why would He choose to be born of the Virgin Mary?

Answer : He willed it because He loves us so much.

The Lord of All Creation, Creator of All willed to be born of the Virgin Mary:

• to become a fetus inside Mary’s womb for nine (9) months;
• to obtain oxygen and nutrients from Mary’s placenta and umbilical cord;
• to solely take His flesh from Mary’s flesh alone;
• to be nursed by Mary while He is still a baby until He became a man;
• to have the title of the “Son of Mary” for all eternity.

Jesus also preached us to “Honor your Father and your Mother”. The Lord who is All-Knowing, by choosing to be born of His Mother Mary, chose beforehand also to honor Her as His Mother. If sinners like us could give a very high honor to our own parents, how much honor could God give to His chosen Mother.

And the Will of the Holy Spirit:
If we continue reading the same Gospel of Luke, we will read that when Mary visited Her Cousin Elizabeth, and upon hearing Mary’s greeting, Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and uttered in a loud voice : “Blessed Art Thou amongst women, and Blessed is the Fruit of Thy Womb!” (Luke 1 : 41-43).

Isn’t this obvious? Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit while she was saying those words. It means that God - The Holy Spirit gave Elizabeth the exact phrase to salute Mary at that very moment. So, it is His will that this Blessed woman be blessed by the saint.

We can also read from Genesis 12:3 that the Lord God said to Abraham :

“I will bless the man who bless you and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”

If God will bless those who bless Abraham and curse those who curses him, will He not also do the same to those who bless and loves Mary.

Summary :

If God the Father praised and honored Mary by saluting Her with “Hail! Full of Grace, The Lord is with you” and if God the Son honored Mary to be His Mother for all eternity and if God the Holy Spirit called Her “Blessed are you amongst woman”, then it is without doubt how much the Holy Trinity - our God, Creator of All Things honor, love, value and favored this woman. The question is will we contradict God?

Thus we, mere creatures - sinful and wicked, must not contradict our Lord God. Let us conform to His Holy will by loving, honoring, blessing and praising this Blessed Woman as much as we could.

Let us pray Her Holy Rosary and receive the promised blessings.

Also at the wedding at Cana Jesus did what Mary told him to do so he both honoured and obeyed his mother.

 

[Nita]

Jesus also preached us to “Honor your Father and your Mother”. The Lord who is All-Knowing, by choosing to be born of His Mother Mary, chose beforehand also to honor Her as His Mother. If sinners like us could give a very high honor to our own parents, how much honor could God give to His chosen Mother.

Jesus fulfilled the law perfectly and as you note; He honored Mary, His mother. Jesus has asked us to “follow” Him. St. Paul tells us to be “imitators” of Christ ( cf. Eph 5:1; 1 Thess 1:6).

 

[Penitus]

Doesn’t the Psalms and Romans talk about honoring people that aren’t God?

 

[mdgspencer]

Here is something further. Mary prays in Luke, all generations will call me blessed. Catholics (and the Orthodox) do this, but unfortunately, Protestants do no help realize this prophecy of Mary’s. When we honor Mary, we are carrying out her own words spoken in the Bible.

 

[franjos]

Thanks for your contributions guys. I hope you will continue to add comments and suggestions to this topic. It is very nice to hear other ideas from fellow Catholics.

Let us continue to honor Mary, for without Her, our lives and the life of the World today could have been very very different.

God Bless

 

[Joe_Kelley]

I recall reading someplace that God so wants Mary honored that He will not grant peace to mankind until we ask for it through Mary. Not sure of the authenticity of that, but it seems in agreement with Fatima etc.