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To: Jvette

I do not dispute the roles of Eve or Mary. But you have gone beyond Scripture to say that either is a part of the process of redemption. That is only the work of God. No human participated in that. And you lessen the Person of Christ when you expend so much time and energy on Mary. Your focus should be only on Christ. We are never told to make any human the focus...Christ and Christ alone should be where we look.


172 posted on 01/07/2009 10:13:44 AM PST by LiteKeeper (Beware the secularization of America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
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To: LiteKeeper

Even Scripture acknowledges that there is more to God’s work than that recorded in Scripture. I don’t believe, however that anything I have said is beyond Scripture. There are explicit and implicit teachings in Scripture. The many layers to each and every verse have been the subject of countless sermons and teachings. The doctrine of the Trinity is itself implicit and not explicit in Scripture.

I do not dispute that redemption is the work of God alone. What you do, is to shun the work God has done in others for your benefit. Mary is a product of the work of God. If I admire the beauty of nature, do I diminish God? Or am I seeing even more His glory and offering Him thanks and praise for the world He created? When I give honor to Mary, I am acknowledging what He did for her, and yes, what she did for Him. Catholics know that Mary is who she is because of who Jesus is.

The Bible is replete with the stories of the people God has used, but Mary has a singular place among those people. Just as all mothers have a singular place in the hearts of their children.

Mary, from the moment she said yes has been used by her Son to bring people to him. She did so at Fatima, in Mexico through Juan Diego and does so still in Medjegorie. Millions of people have visited these places and been converted. She is truly the mother of us all. I consider her a gift which reminds me always of the giver.


173 posted on 01/08/2009 8:08:56 AM PST by Jvette
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