[PetroniusMaximus]

"We see it in Mary. The fact that she is completely near to God is also the reason why she is close to mankind. Thus, she can be the Mother of all consolation and all help, a Mother to whom anyone can turn in their weakness and sin for any need, because she has understanding for all and she is for all the open strength of creative goodness."


"Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,... Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted." - Heb 2



"It is in her that God stamped his own image,"

"[Christ] Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:" -Colossians 1:15

[Campion]

You're coming up with the insight that to be a Christian is to be like Christ. Mary, as the exemplar of the Christian vocation, is certainly much like Christ, just as we are all called to be like him more and more each day.

It's not for nothing that Romans 8 calls Jesus "the firstborn of many brothers".

[Siena Dreaming]

Very excellent scriptures to counteract placing someone on an equal footing with Christ.

They are so true.