Hideous, Stupid and Barbaric (Anti-Passion Alert!)

Toronto Sun ^ | 2/25/2004 | Michael Coren

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Recently, for example, word came down from Rome that altar girls were no longer permissible.

And I cheered at this.

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There is no mention of any Mary being seen along the route to Golgotha.

Well, since she is certainly placed at the crucifixion, one can deduce she followed her Son there.

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Though I think they've decided altar girls can remain...I'll have to check. But when I heard they were considering disallowing this practice I did not mind.

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As a parent, I know that I would probably have been much like Mary. Although I would hope that I would have stuck up for my son publicly. However, perhaps Mary as a woman knew she wouldn't be able to sway anyone. Or perhaps she knew that Jesus could just work a miracle and get out of his "predicament".

She knew He was to die, that is why she did not interfere, but was there for Him.

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I forgive you Micheal Coren for you're sillyness.. after all you're only a Canadian..
Beware: Democracy(mob rule) can make you ignorant..

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Limited role??? How about major role??? There would be no Jesus Christ if Mary had not agreed to be the handmaid of the Lord.

You can make lots of arguments with semantics. But, if you actually read the new testament, the reality is that Mary plays a very, very limited role. This is especially true as compared to the disciplies. Uh yeah, obviously giving birth to Jesus is significant, but in terms of the numbers of times she is mentioned, the number of teachings that involve her, etc, her role is very limited.