Posted on 05/11/2014 8:13:59 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
Why do we call Mary the Mother of Mercy?
With both the Marian month of May and Mother’s Day on the horizon, it’s an appropriate time to reflect on this title.
St. Faustina Kowalska tells us she heard Mary refer to herself by this name: "I am not only the Queen of Heaven, but also the Mother of Mercy and your mother" (Diary of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska: Divine Mercy in My Soul, 330).
And Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI spoke of Mary using this title during his Angelus message shortly after celebrating Mass at Amman International Stadium during his Holy Land trip in May 2009.
"During the Mass, I spoke about the prophetic charism of women as bearers of love, teachers of mercy and artisans of peace," Benedict said. "The supreme model of womanly virtue is the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy and Queen of Peace."
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No it doesn't.
No it doesn't.
No it doesn't.
No it doesn't.
Amen! The Shepard Knows his sheep, even if the sheep don't know his name.
Does anyone doubt The Father? That even the least will slip through his fingers? This IS His creation. He will keep from it what He wills.
Go to the beginning. Gen 1:1. Do you believe it, or does your heart weigh it no more than fable/fairy tale?
It sounds like a factual declarative statement to me. Unlike the "Long long ago in a galaxy far far away in an infinitely old universe, matter one day sprang to life" evolutionist religious statement.
Study of God’s word tells me nothing of the immaculate conception doctrine. Quite the opposite.
Catholics peddle myths and fables. They do not hold up the word of God as authoritative. No thanks.
Read the Early Church Fathers who knew Mary.
Do you say a special prayer to those people?
So will you be surprised at the moment of your death when you are told about the truth of the Mother of God? What will happen to you then? Do you denigrate the Blessed Virgin Mary with full knowledge of her holiness? Have you ever been visited by an angel?
What will you say to Christ then about how you talked about HIS mother?
....Rather, so right!
Which is not worship. Any more than David was worshipping the angels when he addressed them in Psalm 103:20.
"False attributes have been attributed to her regarding her perpetual virginity, conception, her intercession, etc."
A statement which begs the retort "says you."
"Icons/relics are maintained in houses"
And...? So what?
In a word, “no”. Mary isn’t part of the “all” you mention, (all have sinned), just like babies and mentally retarded children/adults aren’t.
Ever hear of hyperbole? It’s used a lot in the Bible.
Already read the Apostles, they say nothing about it. John who took charge of her at Golgotha, described the woman from Revelation, yet couldn’t recognize his ‘mother’. More made up baloney.
Especially about sin and salvation.
Good thing no one told him while he was alive, he'd have torn in to him for blasphemy. That's why these 'pious' proclamations of the Catholics are all post-mortem. Their subjects would have vehemently objected at anything that detracted from their Savior and His work.
So your point is Jesus and Mary possess the same attributes. Not surprising.
“Study of God’s word tells me nothing of the immaculate conception doctrine. Quite the opposite”
You mean the study of God’s word from that Catholic document called the Holy Bible? Or do you have another source that Catholics didn’t have anything do with? Just wondering.
I don’t know if you intended a sarc tag or not, but you’re right.
Matt 5:29, Luke 14:26, Matt 11:23, and of course the passage in Romans you mentioned previously (Rom 3:23)
All examples of hyperbole in Scripture to make a point specifically about sin and judgement. And that’s just that topic.
There is plenty more hyperbole about other things in Scripture, all to make their points (because that was a popular literary device at the time and place, to use hyperbole to drive home an important point). But the audience knew the writer never intended such passages to be taken literally, anytime hyperbole is (was) used.
But we don’t have that context anymore if we divorce ourselves from Tradition and go off reading the Bible “for ourselves”. But yeah, it’s better than being “told what to believe” by the Church.
< /SARC >
Satan can also be disguised. Would you say that means Satan and Jesus have the same attributes? Correct me if I'm wrong, but your thesis appears to be that to not be immediately recognized is an attribute of Jesus alone, and as such its blasphemy to suppose that any other figure could be unrecognizable.
I don't denigrate her. She's a sinner saved by grace as are we all. Because of that she is in the family of God.
However, I don't put her on the pedestal as catholics do. She would be horrified that she is considered some kind of "Queen of Heaven".
I mean God's Word.
God brought it forth via His Holy Spirit thru His servants. Since it is God's Word, one should place what it has to say above all over authority.
Catholics don't do that I'm afraid.
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