Question about Luke 11:27-28

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Today, an anti-Catholic quoted Luke 11:27-28 to me, to argue against the veneration of Mary. I answered his argument, but I’m not sure if I did it right. I tried to refute his argument by saying that Jesus was saying that everyone who hears and keeps the word of God is blessed, including his mother. This guy said that Jesus was saying that he, the anti-Catholic, is more blessed than Mary, because he keeps and obeys the word of God.

Are there any better ways to answer that argument than the way I answered it? What is Jesus saying in this passage?
 
What Jesus means is, “We are blessed by hearing and obeying His Word… not by who we are”. Are pedigrees will not get us anywhere.

Mary was blessed for participating in Salvation History, not simply because she was the “Mother of God”.

I would then ask your friend what does “Hearing and observing” means. It sounds like it means doing the things that Jesus asks of us, but it can’t be that, because it smacks of “Salvation by Works” that we crazy Catholics are always claiming! 😉
 
i had to laugh, really, and hard. to think that any one who has read the bible would not only think but actually give voice to such a dum-witted thought is, well, laughable.

there is a reasaon why the angel Gabriel gave Mary the royal treatment in announcing to her: Hale Mary, full of Grace. the Lord is with you. blessed are you amongst women.

the reason is simple. Mary was, and still is, free from sin. God the Father created her in that manner and God the Son protected her, his beloved mother, against it.

Mary is special and unique. she is not only our saviors mother, she is also our mother. truly she is.
 
To take this verse as meaning that Mary is not blessed is based in a poor understanding of English and grammar! (And a study of the Greek word translated as “rather” or “yea, but” also reveals this.)

Reading this passage as Jesus correcting the woman’s false thinking is wrong. He is not correcting the woman, but expanding on what she said.

Jesus is not saying Mary is not blessed, or even that she is not to be praised. He is saying that everyone who hears the word of God and does it is blessed.

Refer your friend back to the Annunciation, particularly Lk 1:28. Mary hears God’s word and does it. She’s a particularly good example of this!

God bless you,

Ruthie
 
Besides, if this interpretation of Jesus’ words are true, then He would be countering Mary’s very own words, “All generations shall call me blessed”.
 
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