Posted on 12/14/2002 10:31:14 PM PST by ultima ratio
There is some humor in all this Fue. The RC's I know have filthy mouths, smoke and drink . Yet these are the same folks that say we are saved by our works..
Watch the life any Born again believer and you will see people being change by the grace of God..That says alot
Christology is Mary's whole point, her only reason for existence. The Logos who alone gives meaning to the entire cosmos makes Mary uniquely relevant to all of us. If Mary were for an instant to start pointing to herself instead of to Christ -- if she were for an instant to suppose that the title "Mother of God" is about her -- she would immediately cease to be of any interest or use to the Church, and we'd be well rid of her.
In other words, that most CATHOLIC of all devotions is to be adjusted to suit those who find prayer to Mary herself distasteful.
It takes some doing to re-image Catholicism as something exclusive rather than universal, but you seem to be attempting just that.
"Hodigitria" means "She who shows the way"
As a Catholic I believe Mary has entered the Divine life of the Trinity, which is love. If Protestants believe that too, then I worship alongside them, in whatever way leads us to God, who is Father - and the mysteries of the rosary are the greatest truths in our faith.Surely Some attitudes are forbidden, though. We may not put any creature before God . and in this Catholic country there are still people who believe that Mary and God are equal, and some prefer her. Neither may we exalt baptism above the limits of God’s love and mercy - bitter angry Catholics need to submit ourselves humbly to a wise director of conscience. “in contemplation of the mystery.”
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