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To: TPOOH
Sorry to rain on the "adoration," ... shalom

No rain on us ... just on you.

Mat 12:47-50 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. .... But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? .... And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! ..... For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

I hope your Bible includes the other 3 books. When Jesus asks, "Who are my mother, and sisters and brothers?," Jesus is not rebuking Mary in order to denigrate her. To the contrary, when Jesus' comments are read in light of Luke 8:5-15 and the parable of the sower which Jesus taught right before His question, Jesus is actually implying that Mary has already received the word as the sower of good ground and is bearing fruit. Jesus is teaching that others must, like Mary, also receive the word and obey it. esus' question about "who are my mother, and sisters and brothers" was also made in reference to Psalm 69:8-9. Jesus the Prophet was answering the psalmist's prophecy that those closest to Him would betray Him at His passion. Jesus is emphasizing the spiritual family's importance over the biological family, and the importance of being faithful to Him. While many were unfaithful to Jesus, Mary remained faithful to Him, even to the point of standing at the foot of the Cross. To suggest that Jesus rebuked Mary is to argue that Jesus violated the Torah, here, the 4th commandment. This argument is blasphemous because it essentially says that God committed sin by dishonoring His Mother.

6 posted on 08/22/2009 4:59:29 PM PDT by NYer ( "One Who Prays Is Not Afraid; One Who Prays Is Never Alone"- Benedict XVI)
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To: NYer

You do not dishonor your mother by being honest about her. Mary was blessed to be the vessel, but Jesus didn’t suffer adoration of her (Luke 11). And it is worth pointing out that the REASON she was there with the brothers of Jesus was because they thought he had gone mad, and they had come to take him back.


35 posted on 08/23/2009 6:19:30 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (I loathe the ground he slithers on!)
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