You apparently missed the following petition she made to our Lord.
I announced to the entire class that I couldn’t accept that Mary was conceived without sin. I was willing to admit that Protestants had let the pendulum swing too far in the opposite direction, relegating Mary to a minor role in the Christmas story, but I felt that was in response to excessive Catholic Mariology. I explained that, while I believed the Lord could do that for Mary, I was convinced it was highly unlikely that he did do it. At that moment, I didn’t even have enough faith to say, I believe, Lord help my unbelief.I knew a lot was riding on this petition. The Immaculate Conception was the one obstacle that stood between my father (a Presbyterian minister) and the Catholic Church. In fact, if he could have resolved this issue, I’m convinced he would have converted to the Catholic Church thirty years ago. Before I made my petition to Mary, I prayed, “Lord, I will follow you wherever you lead, even if it is down a road my father could not take. I just want to get this right. And so, I beg You NOT to answer the petition I place before Your Mother if this teaching shouldn’t be embraced.”
Watch the program this evening. It airs at 8pm - LIVE - on EWTN. They have a viewer call in segment. You can pose the question directly to her.
I posted my petition to God and he brought to mind the torn temple veil and promise of the advocate with the Father. As for ETWN, I can’t get it since i shut off cable TV.
I went thru the Bible with quite a few translations available with an open mind with the notion if I was shown some justification for Mariology as the Catholics confess it, I would begin to take their claims seriously. (Being as the Bereans who checked every doctrine via scripture to see if would be true) I never found any direct evidence of scriptural support for the “traditions and writings” of various church theologians and popes who affirmed Mariology and proclaimed her sinlessness and ongoing intercessional authority to be true Christian doctrines.
On the otherhand I would never state the belief that all Catholics are nonchristians just like Catholics need to be careful about stating that all Protestants are “anathema” or outside of Grace. RN mom of 7 has a very compelling story on her FREEPER page about how she was drawn from Catholicicsm to a Protestant belief system. I’ve read other unique stories about how some found Christ via a confession of faith and the partaking of the Catholic Eucharist. Other stories I’ve read spoke of Catholics and Protestants joining Eastern Orthodox rites.
My point is, the Holy spirit blows where it wills, drawing the children of God into this ministry or that ministry, may draw some to be Catholics, others Protestant, even some Orthodox. We raise theological dust and forget the Christ who loves us and the Father who made us, but it is the Holy Spirit that carries that dust away ....for the Shekinah glory of God shall be made manifest, the knowledge of that Glory shall cover the Earth as the waters cover the seas!