[sitetest]

Dear drstevej,

We know more about St. Paul, generally, than about Mary, but what we know about Mary tells us about her intimacy with the Trinity.

After all, not too many folks have been chosen by God the Father to have conceived and borne the Incarnate Word by the power of the Holy Spirit. That is a level of intimacy with the three Persons of the Trinity that others would find difficult to match.

This is intimacy beyond that which any other human has ever experienced.

In terms of an intimate relationship with the three Persons of the Trinity, St. Paul has nothing on the Mother of God.


sitetest

[drstevej]

***This is intimacy beyond that which any other human has ever experienced.***

Obviously, for Jesus to have multiple birth mothers is non sensical. But this is still a 2 + 2 = 13 argument.

I am both a biological and adoptive father. My intimacy with my kids is not increased or diminished by having a genetic link or by being present in the delivery room.

Your argument would insist that my wife and I are more intimate with our daughter (biologically ours) than our son (ours via adoption). This is patently not the case.

By the same logic one would conclude that a man can never be as intimate with his wife as the intimacy he can have with his mother. Another 2 + 2 = 13 argument.