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To: annalex
Isn't it a sign that His Holiness is doing an excellent job?

By promoting (although perhaps inadvertently) a reductionist representation of the virtues of the Mother of God? I don't think so, any more than I believe that the Church should soft-peddle for public consumption Her teachings on abortion and other evils.

Pope Pius XII regarding our Blessed Mother: "In order to understand better this sublime dignity of the Mother of God over all creatures let us recall that the holy Mother of God was, at the very moment of her Immaculate Conception, so filled with grace as to surpass the grace of all the Saints. Wherefore, as Our Predecessor of happy memory, Pius IX wrote, God "showered her with heavenly gifts and graces from the treasury of His divinity so far beyond what He gave to all the angels and saints that she was ever free from the least stain of sin; she is so beautiful and perfect, and possesses such fullness of innocence and holiness, that under God a greater could not be dreamed, and only God can comprehend the marvel."[55] AD CAELI REGINAM ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS XII ON PROCLAIMING THE QUEENSHIP OF MARY

113 posted on 12/23/2013 6:46:23 AM PST by BlatherNaut
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To: BlatherNaut

Thank you for the quote. There are others that look VERY different than what Francis suggests. I can’t believe that there are some who choose to overlook it.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us.

I’m done here.


117 posted on 12/23/2013 6:53:49 AM PST by piusv
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To: BlatherNaut
a reductionist representation

There is nothing reductionist is saying that Mary, same as her Son, had a full range of human emotions.

130 posted on 12/23/2013 5:29:43 PM PST by annalex (fear them not)
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