Well that's not exactly accurate...Mary is who she was because God appointed her for that role of giving birth to Christ. But it is His birth, and His life we celebrate for He died a physical death but arose from the dead on our behalf...He is the only Savior. ....................Mary died a physical death, she did not rise from the dead and walk among us as He did....and she surely did not shed her blood for our sins. Rather she is home with the Lord.
Mary is who she is because Jesus is who He is.
Absolutely accurate. Were it not for Jesus, we would not be discussing any of this and were it not that Jesus, God became man in the womb of Mary, she would not be exalted as she is today. And she was not appointed but rather chosen and given the graces needed to bear God within her womb. And she was chosen for her faithfulness to God and to doing His will.
The Catholic church does not see Mary as a substitute or as being on par with Jesus. He is the author of life, the creator of all that is seen and unseen. She is a creation of Him, not the other way around and all Catholics understand that.
It is He who is our salvation but it is through her which that salvation came. And for the record, Jesus’ blood was her blood and she suffered for our sins in that she watched as her son was beaten and bloodied and crucified. But, no Catholic believes that she died for remission of sins.
There are many who believe that Mary did not understand who Jesus was and that is just nonsense. She knew and she followed Him all the way until His death and shared in the joy of His resurrection.
Jesus and Mary cannot be separated. To have one, we must have the other. But, make no mistake, Catholics are fully aware that Jesus is preeminent, that Jesus is God and that Jesus is our salvation.