Jesus was teaching the crowd. Mary had already done the “Will of my Father”. The ultimate for all eternity.
Follow Mary’s example, “Do unto me as thy will”. “ Do as He says”. She always does the will of the Father and always points to Jesus.
Mary is an example for us all, how to follow Jesus and God’s will.
I have written my beliefs, I do not try to change yours.
While you may try to change mine and think it wrong, so be it. When I said you will know in the end. You will and we will meet with no apology. The truth will be known, and Mary will be known.
I do not believe your denial of Mary’s being and heritage will keep you from heaven. I believe you will see and honor Mary then.
The mother of my Lord,(God) deserves honor. She does not ask you for it, while on earth she always pointed to Christ.
When she prays for us, she points us to Christ.
That is true, rose. But Mary is dead. Your Catholic traditions reported that.
Some Catholics want to deify her. Some Catholics want to worship her. Most Catholics look to her to get Christ's attention. What does the "hail mary say"?
Hail Mary, full of grace.
Our Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
We need no intercessor but Christ. Our faith is to be in His Sacrifice. Mary had a part, certainly, but God is not a respecter of men (or women). I know you can't believe what the Scriptures say, but they say it all to me, along with His Holy Spirit!
Most Catholics want the Holy Father to remain in Rome... but our Holy Father is in Heaven. Christ was on the cross for hours, He is at the Right hand of the Father for eternity. He is risen, indeed.
There is nothing in Scripture that justifies the use of idols in worship. In every case, it shows anathema to His plan, eternal life through faith in His Resurrection. The cross with an anguished or dead Christ is a symbol of defeat. Moses spent time with God, and came back to find a folden idol. What happened to the golden calf?
Paul says things better than I, therefore, I defer to him...
Romans 5; 1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we[a]have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we[b] rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 3Not only so, but we[c] also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
6You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. 8But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! 10For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! 11Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.