You REALLY want our Catholic Freeper's heads to explode?
You KNOW that Jesus has to be told what to do by His MOTHER!
Rome has taught that for CENTURIES!
You KNOW that Jesus has to be told what to do by His MOTHER!
From Luke 2:51, we do know that Jesus was obedient to Mary and Joseph. But He also had some seemingly harsh words for His mother both at the finding at the temple and at the wedding feast in Cana, which had bothered me for many years.
This was cleared up for me a couple of years ago when the Gospel reading was about the healing of a paralytic from Mark 2. In his homily, the priest gave us a multiple choice question. He asked us who Jesus was primarily focused on:
The crowd that filled up the room
The four believers who lowered the paralytic from the roof
The paralytic
The teachers of the law who were thinking He was blaspheming
The priest said the answer was none of the above. he said that Jesus was focused on the Father. As I read and reflected on various Gospel readings after that, I realized the truth of the statement, Jesus was always focused on the Father.
So when Mary told Jesus at the temple how she and His father were sorrowing, He reminded her that He must be about His Father’s business. And when Mary told Him at the wedding feast that they had no wine, He reminded her that the hour for which He came had not yet come. Even so, He did obey Mary and Joseph while growing up and He did change the water into wine.
It's the protestant freepers who are saying His mother was pushing Him around. They have Jesus whining, "But, Mom, I'm not reaaaadddddyyyy." So Mary says to Him, "Do it, Buster, or I'll......"
In the scripture version, the wine's gone, and Mom tells Him that fact. He jokes at her, "That's nuthin' to the 2 of us, Woman. The passion days aren't here yet." She responds to the servants, "Whatever He says...DO IT!"
Sounds like a fun mother/son relationship to me.