Jesus is no respecter of persons.
He wouldn't place His mother above others.
For that matter, He didn't.
Matthew 12:48-50 But he replied to the man who told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
Jesus puts ALL of those who do the will of God on the same level as His mother.
So Mary was carried up to heaven in a fiery chariot?
Besides, that's about the weakest argument for something that I can imagine.
Show is some verses from Scripture where God tells us He took Mary up like that and you'll have a basis for your claim. Otherwise, it's just romantic, wishful thinking.
I’m glad I read ahead this time!
As you know, Catholics do not rely on Scripture alone—I am just trying to “explain the reasons for our beliefs.”
I would say that, this one incident notwithstanding, Christ would have honored His mother in a special way, because He would follow the commandments in an exemplary fashion, and one of those commandments is to honor one’s father and mother.
And no, the Church does not teach that Mary was taken up in a fiery chariot; nor do we define with an anathema every single jot and tittle of information. In fact, we formally define only what is in contention, which is why the timing of our definitions seems to confuse Protestants and non-Catholic Christians.