Protestants object to this , saying that there is only one mediator: 1 Tim 2:5. We agree that there are many ways in which Christ is the only mediator between God and man. 1) There is only one mediator who is such by very nature, being both true God and true man. 2) There is only one mediator whose whose work is necessary, without whom, in God's plan, there could be no salvation. 3) There is only one mediator who depends on no one else for power.Fr. Most has written a polemic, selecting portions of cherry-picked quotes to make his case, as we all do here. Yet even he took great pains to state that he is not saying what y'all are accusing Catholics of saying. And yet, for some reason, you saw fit to edit out those clarifications.Mary differs on all three counts. 1) Mary only a creature, but it was appropriate that God be freely choose her as Mediatrix because he had made her Mother of the God-man, the Redeemer--it was she who on behalf of the whole human race consented to God's plan of salvation by proclaiming herself the handmaid of the Lord. 2) Her role was not necessary, since Christ was and is the perfect Redeemer and the perfect Mediator. Rather, Mary was associated with her Son by the free decision of the Father, a decision which we cannot ignore. 3) Her whole ability to do anything comes entirely from her Son, and hence we are not contradicting Lumen gentium # 62 which says no creature can be ever counted together with Him.
Oh, don't get me wrong... I frequently will selectively grab a portion of a quote which makes my case. We all do that. Otherwise we'd have to wade through far too much superfluous information. But it's another thing altogether when what's edited out is the person denying the very points we're being accused of asserting.
I would also point out that Mary was never ASKED to consent to be the mother of Christ, she was told that she would be PERIOD