[boatbums]

>>Mary was a chosen vessel, for God's purposes, but she was a sinner, just like all of us, and she had a bunch of kids, fathered by Joseph. Half brothers and sisters of Jesus.<<

Chapter and verse, please?

Why pretend that chapter and verse will make any difference??? There is far MORE Biblical proof that Mary was a sinner saved by grace like us and that Jesus had half-brothers and sisters than there is that she remained a perpetual virgin, was born without a sin nature and remained sinless all her life. I think Mary is a pretty terrific example of a faithful believer that we can all emulate without having to tack on a bunch of unbiblical myths, legends and so-called apparitions. Isn't what the Holy Spirit chose to tell us through the Divine word enough?

[ebb tide]

Please give your Biblical proof where the Blessed Mother was a sinner.

Put up or shut-up.

[metmom]

Isn't what the Holy Spirit chose to tell us through the Divine word enough?

For the Catholic church, never.