Through her came salvation. Through her came redemption. Through her came LOVE. Through her came grace. Through her came Jesus and through Him all are drawn to God and are sons and daughters of Him.
This was God’s plan, not mine, not the Church’s.
The blasphemous, idolatrous assertions in Ferraro’s book are made in spite of any of the Biblical truths related to Mary.
Mary herself would rebuke such idolatries and blasphemies in her strongest language, had she permission and access to this dimension again to do so.
Jvette said:
“Through her came salvation. Through her came redemption. Through her came LOVE. Through her came grace. Through her came Jesus and through Him all are drawn to God and are sons and daughters of Him.”
The same could be said of every single one of the progenitors of Jesus, all the way back to Eve.
Where is the command of God to venerate Mary? Where is there any indication from God that we should do so? There is none. Thus all who do so stand on very uncertain ground.
Where is the command of God to consider and use Mary as mediator? Where is there any indication from God that we should do so?
You want the world to do as you do, think as you think, and believe as you believe regarding Mary. But were is the clear and unambiguous indication from God that we should do so?
Israel repeatedly incurred God’s wrath because they did what said not to do, failed to do what He told them to do, and operated continually on the basis of their own judgment about what would or would not be good and helpful. Why should anyone believe what you say regarding Mary when you operate similarly? Where is the command? Where is the clear indication that we should do as you want and yourself do?
And you wonder why you fail to convince?
If God says it, it is so. Plain and simple. Where does God say, “Venerate Mary”? Where does God say, “Call upon Mary as mediator”? Where does God even faintly indicate such to me, to the church at large?
Finally, when Jesus teaches us plainly on the very night He was betrayed that we can and should call upon the Father directly, and that we will be heard for His sake and in His name, (John 16:23-30), why do you tell us to do differently? Answer this simple question.