[Tax-chick]

... who are weirded out by Mary dehumanize her and dismiss the sword that pierced her heart so they can talk as though she was utterly irrelevant to the Incarnation and Passion of Christ, instead of the one who was, in fact, more intimately bound up with Him than any person who ever lived. No mortal suffered and lost more in the Passion than Our Lady did.

The "God threw away the wrapping once the gift was delivered" people. I often wonder how they feel about their own mothers, or the mothers of their children, if any.

If Mary is not a real mother, like us only not as grouchy, then Jesus is not a real human son ... and that's heresy.

[trisham]

The "God threw away the wrapping once the gift was delivered" people. I often wonder how they feel about their own mothers, or the mothers of their children, if any.

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Yes, exactly. I wonder as well.

If Mary is not a real mother, like us only not as grouchy, then Jesus is not a real human son ... and that's heresy.

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Again, exactly right. How does one throw Mary aside as if she wasn't important to her Son? How does one diminish her role? How does one explain the disrespect and refusal to acknowledge what she means to us all?