Why is Mary above the apostles?

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Chosen to be ‘Mother of God.’
Born without original sin. Never committed any venial or mortal sin. Was assummed bodily into heaven.
Carried the Son of God in her womb.
It was prophecied that her ‘martyrdom’ would be to watch her own Son die a torturous death; ‘A sword
will pierce your own heart.’
Stood faithfully at the foot of the Cross while all the apostles except for John , fled.
She is prophecied in Genesis and also in the Book of Revelation, as an intercessor against satan.

‘I will send you a woman who will crush the head of the serpent.’
‘And I saw a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.’
 
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I think it important to note that she did not ask Him. She told Him that they ran out of wine. Left it up to Him as to what to do. We should do the same and not tell God how to deal with our needs.
 
Why? Because out of free will she accepted Jesus to be Her son. She had the choice to reject it. How could she explain to her family and Joseph she was pregnant but not for her betrothed joseph? She took this burden and Jesus returned the favour to make her Queen of Heaven.
 
Because of her greatest humility, she was exalted by God to the title of queen of angels.
 
Um, because she was the sinless, holy, Mother of God and Spouse of the Holy Spirit (aka God). Sort of a “well duh” there. The Mother of God is above other humans.

And as for her “not being martyred” (note spelling), she experienced Jesus’ martyrdom by feeling everything he was going through in her heart. It caused her extreme pain and sorrow and suffering. She was basically “martyred” while not dying.
 
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Enoch and Elijah wouldn’t have been resurrected/ glorified either… Our Lady was the first to share in the resurrected glory of her divine son, as a foretaste of the Church’s own ultimate glory.
 
ColorMomma,
re: " She [Mary] asked Him [the Messiah] to turn water into wine…"

I’m not aware of any scripture where she asks Him to do that. What do you have in mind?
 
twf,
re: “Our Lady was the first to share in the resurrected glory of her divine son…”

Mark 16:9 says that Mary Magdalene was the first one to whom He appeared.
 
casslean,
re: “The Wedding at Cana?”

The wedding account has Mary reporting to the Messiah that the wine had run out. The Messiah responded in a somewhat annoyed tone, “Woman, what has that to do with me?” I don’t see where she asked Him to change water into wine.
 
First, there is nothing in scripture that suggests Jesus was annoyed.

Second, she tells Jesus the wine has run out. She then tells the servants to do as he tells them. He tells them to bring the water, which he changes into wine. The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible explains the exchange as so:
[This Hebrew idiom] typically presupposes some perceived tension between two parties having contrary perspectives (Judg 11:12; 1 Kings 17:18; Mk 5:7), though not always (2 Chron 35:21). When the idiom is used in response to a person’s request … the speaker sometimes capitulates to the expressed will of the other (2 Kings 3:13) and sometimes not (2 Sam 16:10). Here… Jesus complies with Mary’s request, and Mary herself appears perfectly confident that Jesus will respond favorably to her petition. In effect, Jesus would not have initiated the miracle at Cana, but neither would Jesus refuse His Mother’s prompting. (ICSB-NT, pg 164)
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Mary might not have said “Hey, turn that water into wine” but she did prompt Jesus to take steps needed to remedy the situation.
 
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Appeared yes. But Our Lady was the first to SHARE in the resurrection and be glorified herself.
 
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The wedding account has Mary reporting to the Messiah that the wine had run out. The Messiah responded in a somewhat annoyed tone, “Woman, what has that to do with me?” I don’t see where she asked Him to change water into wine.
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It’s fairly obvious given the context of the situation that when she went to Him and said “They have no wine”, she wasn’t just making idle conversation. She expected Him to do something about it, or else she wouldn’t have told the servants to “do whatever He tells you.”
 
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