[TomSmedley]

It's silly. It's pointless. It doesn't have a thing to do with the Divinity of Christ.

Christ is the Divine One, not Mary or her supposedly inviolate womb.

A man who had a retarded son marveled how, on Christmas morning, the lad could be just as happy playing with the pretty, colorful empty box as his older, normal, brother was when playing with the intended gift the box had briefly contained.

I wonder, though, how the Father feels when He sees so many millions slighting His ultimate Gift, because of fascination with the gift wrapping. As a cradle catholic, I am intimately familiar with the psychological dynamics of folk marian devotion. A very sweet and seductive para-Christian cult.

[Antoninus]

I wonder, though, how the Father feels when He sees so many millions slighting His ultimate Gift, because of fascination with the gift wrapping.

Now really, how do you think Christ in Heaven feels when he hears you deriding his mother as "gift wrapping"? Or do you commonly go about insulting the mothers of those you love?