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To: Mean Maryjean

This is very sophomoric. “Son Behold Thy Mother”! Having shed his last drop of blood for mankind, Christ gave us all what He loved most: His mother.

The Bible did not fall from the skies. For the first 60-100 years after the death of Christ, His apostles and disciples practiced the received traditions and teachings of the time. It was the Catholic Church and the early Fathers who sorted out the various writings and the early Councils that gave us what we today called the Bible. As we say “To Jesus through Mary” like the wedding guests at Cana learned.


38 posted on 10/11/2013 9:54:14 AM PDT by Steelfish (ui)
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To: Steelfish
Isn't Jesus addressing a certain person there? IIRC, John, "the disciple he loved."

Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home. -- from John 19
So there's some disconnect between your claim and the scripture you reference.
72 posted on 10/11/2013 10:52:50 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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