A Disturbing Question

[Matthan]

I have a very disturbing question I would like to pose for Catholics to consider and comment on. It involves their beliefs in Mary. However, before I post it I would like to obtain permission to do so, if that is possible. I am not looking for a verbal "fight" in any way. I just want to know why something is as it is concerning the RCC's thoughts on Mary.

Matthan <J><

 

[BjBarnett]

i cant speak for anyone else but i wouldnt mind if you posted your question. im sure someone will be able to give you a good answer

 

[plainswolf]

i cant speak for anyone else but i wouldnt mind if you posted your question. im sure someone will be able to give you a good answer

Same here..

J.M.J.
Mark

 

[Carrye]

You're always free to ask questions in here Matthan. Catholics will do their best to answer your question(s). You may ask follow-up questions if you have them. What non-Catholics cannot do in OBOB is debate. You ask questions, we give answers. You cannot debate those answers. Ok?

 

[BjBarnett]

im interested and seeing whats so disturbing. probably the pope bowing in front of a mary statue. i posted that in GT the other day and a couple members nearly flipped out

 

[Dream]

Matthan, I have seen some of your posts that have been quite anti-Catholic. Are you asking this question about Mary because you are truly interested in the answer, or do you solely wish to score points?

 

[Carrye]

Hey guys, please. If he has a sincere question he's free to ask it in OBOB.

 

[Dream]

Hey guys, please. If he has a sincere question he's free to ask it in OBOB.

I just don't really see the point in answering his question if he is not truly interested in the answer.

But if he is interested in the answer, by all means, I would encourage him to ask it.

 

[nyj]

I have a very disturbing question I would like to pose for Catholics to consider and comment on.

If you don't want our answers, but rather want us to reflect on something you say (no doubt to save us)... don't ask.

 

[ProCommunioneFacior]

So how much longer do we have to sit in limbo, wondering?

 

[Michelina]

Matthan, please respond thoughtfully to the substance of our responses to you.

 

[Michelina]

So how much longer do we have to sit in limbo, wondering?

Seems he's wandered off, p2bc.

I love the words under your Username: Made for Communion.

That's an extremely profound statement.!

 

[ProCommunioneFacior]

Seems he's wandered off, p2bc.

I love the words under your Username: Made for Communion.

That's an extremely profound statement.!

Thank you I consider it a brief summary of my faith and the purpose of my life.

 

[Matthan]

Thank you, one and all, for your kindness in allowing me to post this question. I read where the RCC refers to Mary as "the mother of the Creator." I find this personally disturbing, as (to me) it denotes God the Father rather than Christ the Son.

Matthan <J><

 

[Matthan]

Yes, I had to "wander off" to the barn and clean the horse stalls. Same thing every night and every morning. but they are such a pleasure that I really do not mind. Now I am back, and I have just posed the question for your review.

Matthan <J><

 

[ShannonMcCatholic]

Well- we can have our own discussion- speaking of made for communion-

Did you ever think about how at the Annunciation Mary ,in a way, received the first Holy Communion? And directly after receiving Jesus into her body- she goes forth to bring Jesus and to serve her cousin Elizabeth and bring joy to little St. John the Baptist?

My disturbing question about Mary is-- do we do the same after Holy Communion? Do we ponder these things in our heart and then spring forth in joyful service- first and foremost to our families- but also to the rest of the world? Do we become little Mary's- being God-bearers to all the earth? How many unworthy, unproductive Communions have we made?

 

[Rising_Suns]

Thank you, one and all, for your kindness in allowing me to post this question. I read where the RCC refers to Mary as "the mother of the Creator." I find this personally disturbing, as (to me) it denotes God the Father rather than Christ the Son.

Matthan <J><

If Mary is the mother of Jesus, and Jesus is God, then we can rightly call Mary the mother of God. This does not mean we believe Mary was the source from which God was created, but rather, simply that God chose Mary and evevated her to a motherly role of Christ, and of the whole world.

Blessings,

-davide

 

[Michelina]

Thank you, one and all, for your kindness in allowing me to post this question. I read where the RCC refers to Mary as "the mother of the Creator." I find this personally disturbing, as (to me) it denotes God the Father rather than Christ the Son.
Matthan <J><

Fair question, Matthan.

Our Lord is Creator of all that is, along with the Father.

 

[Poohbear246]

Hi, why that is not "disturbing" at all -- it's part and parcel of something we are not technically meant to understand: the Trinity. Mary is the mother of Christ and Christ is God in human form. He has both divine and mortal components so to speak and is technically the same person as God the Father. So God let Mary be his conduit into the earthly world. Does this make sense? It's a paradox that we are only supposed to understand in eternity.
Cheers!
Colleen

 

[ShannonMcCatholic]

Well- we can have our own discussion- speaking of made for communion-

Did you ever think about how at the Annunciation Mary ,in a way, received the first Holy Communion? And directly after receiving Jesus into her body- she goes forth to bring Jesus and to serve her cousin Elizabeth and bring joy to little St. John the Baptist?

My disturbing question about Mary is-- do we do the same after Holy Communion? Do we ponder these things in our heart and then spring forth in joyful service- first and foremost to our families- but also to the rest of the world? Do we become little Mary's- being God-bearers to all the earth? How many unworthy, unproductive Communions have we made?

Okay so I guess we can't have our own discussion as we now have to understand why we aren't supposed to think of Mary as Jesus' mommy- though she is specifically referred to as His mother (see Luke 2:33-35).

We be;ieve that there is 1 God in 3 Persons-- Mary is the Mother of God, because she is the mother of Jesus who was, and is, and shall forever be God.