Mary should be honored as all *mothers* should. Although, in ths particular case, she was the human vessel to bring Christ into the Earthly realm.
I believe this was by design because Christ could just as easily of appeared on Earth without being born at all.
JMHO
Honored is one thing . . .
Remember in C De Mille’s THE TEN COMMANDMENTS . . . Charleston Heston as Moses puts the brick on the scales against Yul Brynner’s bits of gold . . . . tipping the scale wholesale in the brick’s direction to the table?
That’s the level of ‘honoring’ Mary gets compared to Jesus in many Vatican contexts. It’s off the scale and off the wall and still justified up one wall and down the other. It really has been shocking, to me. I was unprepared to REALLY be immersed in that level of “honoring.”
And they are blind to it. Some cannot see it. Some will not see it.
It was necessary for Christ to have a human mother so he could be fully God and fully man.
Great sentiment!
Although, in ths particular case, she was the human vessel to bring Christ into the Earthly realm.
Most people aren't aware how Mary has evolved over time. In Scripture Jesus refers to her as woman. After the Apostolic Era ended she was called a "suitable vessel" then a couple hundred years later she was called "mother of God".
Now she is believed to have the power to filter prayers, snatch people out of purgatory and appear around the world giving messages from God. In time we will hear she has her own throne in heaven. It's all heresy and leads us away from the true Savior, Jesus Christ.