To: Dr. Eckleburg; George W. Bush
I think Mary knew why Christ was being crucified. Don't you? That doesn't make it any less tragic and painful and heart-breaking, but she surely knew her Son to be God and understood that He was dying in her place and ours. Perhaps this might make "George" happy, but I don't believe that Mary was given supernatural powers of intellect and was "in" on God's plan of manifesting His love through the crucifixion of Jesus. The Apostles were in the dark, everyone really, until AFTER the Resurrection. I don't think Mary was any different there, although some might think otherwise (which is speculation)... And I PERSONALLY find Mary's LACK of knowledge that much more meritorious - since it required a heck of a lot of faith from Mary, not knowing what were God's reasons, but humbly submitting to His will. I believe God finds such difficult tests more meritorious in His eyes because we, with the gifts given, have passed the test.
Regards
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05/23/2006 12:52:06 PM PDT by
jo kus
(For love is of God; and everyone that loves is born of God, and knows God. 1Jn 4:7)
To: jo kus
The Apostles were in the dark, everyone really, until AFTER the Resurrection. I don't think Mary was any different there, although some might think otherwise (which is speculation)... And I PERSONALLY find Mary's LACK of knowledge that much more meritorious - since it required a heck of a lot of faith from Mary, not knowing what were God's reasons, but humbly submitting to His will. I believe God finds such difficult tests more meritorious in His eyes because we, with the gifts given, have passed the test.
Thanks for saving me the typing. That's what I thought too. And you are correct in pointing out that we are all creatures who must live by faith. Even Mary and the apostles did. They were just as human and frail and dependent on faith in God as anyone else, lest we forget and put them on a pedestal wearing a halo.
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