[Irisshlass]

since her relationship to Jesus now is not mother/son,

She will always be His mother...Jesus gave her to us as Our Mother at the foot of the cross...Can you or anyone else imagine telling their mother...I don't consider you my mother anymore just my sister? My mother would knock me over the head! Mary is the spouse of the Holy Spirit...no other human did God overshadow...nowhere in scripture does Christ tell us or her He does not consider her no longer His mother...She is the Art of the Convenant...She said yes to God, God did not use her as instrument...She was asked and He believes in the dignity of each human being...She gave us Jesus, the entire world so man could be saved...totally God loving unselfish act...and Mary as Our Mother still points to her son and says Do What He Says and she did at the wedding of Cana.

[Delbert]

Mary is the spouse of the Holy Spirit? hmmmmmm okaaaaay.

[MEGoody]

"She will always be His mother...Jesus gave her to us as Our Mother at the foot of the cross..."

You are certainly free to believe that, but Jesus on the cross was no longer a babe in arms. He was fulfilling His Messiahship. He did not give her as mother to all of us. He gave her to John to take care of. That seems clear to me because scripture states from that time on she was with him. Mary is not my mother - she is my sister in Christ.