[the OlLine Rebel]

I use mock loosely.

What I mean ultimately is people casting stones that Catholics are some kind of evil for venerating someone who was holy.

Sorry, but in all the threads I’ve seen over many years, that’s exactly my read. Some mocking, much condemnation as if they need execution. It really gets “evil”, and sorry, I see no need for that.

[PeterPrinciple]

Luk 2:19 but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often.

or

Luk 2:19 But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.

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When I encounter Mary, the above floats to the surface. Luke interviewed Mary for what was written. She shares some very private things she had thought about often over the years. Some things like this should not be made public because they are so open to misinterpretation. But the misinterpretation is the risk of revealing and this was God’s Spirit writing this.

I have to believe Mary would be appalled at the idea of any honor or glory to her. She would point to Jesus.

[boatbums]

What I mean ultimately is people casting stones that Catholics are some kind of evil for venerating someone who was holy. Sorry, but in all the threads I’ve seen over many years, that’s exactly my read. Some mocking, much condemnation as if they need execution. It really gets “evil”, and sorry, I see no need for that.

As long as you acknowledge that "some mocking, much condemnation as if they need execution" aimed at non-Catholic Christians is equally evil, then I would agree. I have enough confidence in my beliefs about Mary that not only can I defend why I don't believe the same way as Catholics do, I can still agree to disagree and leave it at that. It's between you and God.

The problem arises on these threads when Catholics get their dander up by the disagreement and start accusing others of hating or disrespecting Mary. We don't.