FWIW, I agree.
I think there is strong evidence she didn't really know who Jesus was until the Resurrection. She rebuked Jesus when he stayed at the Temple and was confused when He said I am at my Father's house. She came for Him with his brother's and sister's to take Him home because she thought He was crazy. Her actions are not those of one who knows this is the Son of God.
No matter what the case is she deserves our respect.
Well, I think she did know who Jesus was, because as a young girl you just don’t get angels appearing to you telling you you’re going to have God’s son, and then you’re pregnant but haven’t slept with anyone. Further the wise men eventually finding them a couple years after his birth to pay homage to Him, and Joseph having the warning dream to flee to Egypt to escape Herod. I think like many Jews around that time however, that she (only in my opinion, mind you) may have thought that He would have at some point set up a physical kingdom during His lifetime then, somehow. Not being beaten, appearing to have lost and dying on the cross. I think she may not have known exactly HOW him dying and such was the method Christ would begin setting up His kingdom.
I agree. Our respect, not our veneration or worship.
Did you forget the part where the angel tells her she will bear the Son of God?