Isn't christ our meditator? what about the Mediatrix?

[Pathway2]

I heard about Mary being the Mediatrix. Isn’t christ the meditator of this Body? as priest I understand Mary could lead us to him but Mary as a mediator. I am aware the early church Fathers like Ephrem the Syrian called her as a mediator but doesn’t it go against scripture which is meant to work together with tradition and Authority? if not why?

 

[Maximilian75]

Christ gives His graces to all of us, and we can dispense them to others.
What makes Mary special is that shyer has far more grace than any of us, and can understand Christ’s will for those graces better than any of us.

So, in a way, we are all Mediatrixes, but Mary, due to her primacy and exalted nature, usually has this title.

(I am a lay person, so if this is wrong, please call me out for it. I think this is right… )

 

[Wesrock]

Have you ever prayed for a friend? Or been asked to pray? In this way you are mediating for your friend. However, it is understood by all Christians and all Catholics that Christ is the absolute mediator between God and men. He is “the bridge,” if you will. Everything goes through him. He is king of the universe, over all the angels and saints. But in the same way I can still call my biological father “father,” we can be said to mediate for others. We still understand Christ’s absolutely unique role.

Mary, as Christ mother and therefore as Queen Mother in any Davidic Kingdom type of framework, and as archetype of the Church, has a special role among all the saints. She is not God. She is not above Christ or co-equal to Christ, but if all saints advoacte and mediate for others in this lesser sense, she does so too, but more than them. It was through her assent that God assumed flesh to bring about our redemption and give us our Mediator in Christ, that the man who would bring about the new covenant of grace was brought into the world. And if Christ/God chooses to use her (and her being willing) to dispense grace, that is his right.

I think I digress. We understand Christ’s role as the absolute mediator, but Christians throughout all history have mediated for others through prayer. Mary is not above or equal to Christ as mediator, she does not and cannot replace him, but she does have a unique role in salvation history above that of even the other saints, which is recognized by the title.

Since it may come up, the Church shies away from using the word “co-redemptrix” for Mary as it would seem even more confusing. If you ever do hear the title, know that it just means “cooperator”, not co-equal. Christians also cooperate in each other’s redemptions. The apostles did, leading people to the truth and the gospel. Again, in this Mary is not above nor even equal in Christ. Christ is infinitely above her in that. But Mary’s role in cooperating with God’s plan compared to other saints is unique and recognized by some in this title.

And the Church recognizes as doctrine that nobody, not us or Mary, can do any good apart from God prompting us to do so.

 

[ShowersofRoses]

We just had another thread on this a few days ago.

Mediatrix of All Graces - Apologetics

Hi everyone. I am an Episcopalian who, finding himself no longer satisfied with his church, is looking to transition to either Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, or simply the Anglican Church in North America. I tend to be drawn to Rome but I have one or two teachings that I struggle with and here I will focus only on one. I was wondering how, in spite of Paul’s teaching that Christ is the only mediator between man and God, Mary is believed to be the Co-Mediatrix of All Graces? In addition in what se…

 

[Rob2]

I heard about Mary being the Mediatrix. Isn’t christ the meditator of this Body?

I post from another post I made on this topic yesterday what the Fathers of the Second Council of the Vatican taught .

" There is but one Mediator as we know from the words of the apostle, “for there is one God and one mediator of God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself a redemption for all”. The maternal duty of Mary toward men in no wise obscures or diminishes this unique mediation of Christ, but rather shows His power. For all the salvific influence of the Blessed Virgin on men originates, not from some inner necessity, but from the divine pleasure. It flows forth from the superabundance of the merits of Christ, rests on His mediation, depends entirely on it and draws all its power from it. In no way does it impede, but rather does it foster the immediate union of the faithful with Christ.

". Predestined from eternity by that decree of divine providence which determined the incarnation of the Word to be the Mother of God, the Blessed Virgin was on this earth the virgin Mother of the Redeemer, and above all others and in a singular way the generous associate and humble handmaid of the Lord. She conceived, brought forth and nourished Christ. She presented Him to the Father in the temple, and was united with Him by compassion as He died on the Cross. In this singular way she cooperated by her obedience, faith, hope and burning charity in the work of the Saviour in giving back supernatural life to souls. Wherefore she is our mother in the order of grace.

". This maternity of Mary in the order of grace began with the consent which she gave in faith at the Annunciation and which she sustained without wavering beneath the cross, and lasts until the eternal fulfillment of all the elect. Taken up to heaven she did not lay aside this salvific duty, but by her constant intercession continued to bring us the gifts of eternal salvation. By her maternal charity, she cares for the brethren of her Son, who still journey on earth surrounded by dangers and difficulties, until they are led into the happiness of their true home. Therefore the Blessed Virgin is invoked by the Church under the titles of Advocate, Auxiliatrix, Adjutrix, and Mediatrix. This, however, is to be so understood that it neither takes away from nor adds anything to the dignity and efficaciousness of Christ the one Mediator.

" For no creature could ever be counted as equal with the Incarnate Word and Redeemer. Just as the priesthood of Christ is shared in various ways both by the ministers and by the faithful, and as the one goodness of God is really communicated in different ways to His creatures, so also the unique mediation of the Redeemer does not exclude but rather gives rise to a manifold cooperation which is but a sharing in this one source.

" The Church does not hesitate to profess this subordinate role of Mary. It knows it through unfailing experience of it and commends it to the hearts of the faithful, so that encouraged by this maternal help they may the more intimately adhere to the Mediator and Redeemer."