. “And so, I beg You not to answer the petition I place before Your mother if this teaching shouldn’t be embraced.”
She doesn’t ask the Lord directly if the teaching should be embraced, she asks him not to answer the petition she places before “his mother” if it “shouldn’t be embraced”.(Fascinating!)
So she gets some “letter” which in her already made up mind confirms her already desired direction. She has no assurance that it was actually God that was answering or “not answering” her request.
Gideon “laid a fleece” ASKING GOD DIRECTLY to confirm his word which God did so by first wetting the fleece with dew but not the ground on one night, then wetting the ground on another night but not the fleece.
I would have had more of an open mind on this lady’s story should she have asked...”Lord, I need a word from you DIRECTLY....is this teaching true or not true, never mind what ever petitions I place before Mary?”
By the way, I did ask those same questions for myself, and I was and am always continuously reminded of the temple veil rent in two as God’s declaration that we can all come boldly before the throne of grace, having an advocate with the Father which is Christ Jesus!
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.
She did ask God directly, but then asked Mary for a sign, since it was ABOUT Mary that she had doubts. I’ve never understood why folks get so worked up about asking for Intercession from Mary, or the Saints, after all, they’re a heck of a lot closer to God than I am!