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It would help if you actually read the post. For your edification I've put the font to RED for you to see

It will help if you understand what the Church means by such doctrines and what it does not mean.

First, the Church recognizes that Jesus in the ultimate sense is our only redeemer—plain and simple.

Only God could make up for an offense against His divinity.

When Jesus, the second Person of the Blessed Trinity, became man, He used the services of several human beings. He used St. Joseph as his foster father to protect Him and to be a father to Him in His formative years.

Most of all, He used Mary as His mother who gave birth to Him, nursed Him, and nurtured Him as a child.

All of these people cooperated with Him and His mission of salvation.

He alone was the redeemer in the ultimate sense, but they cooperated with Him in His work of redemption.

In varying degrees they all could be called co-redeemers in the sense of co-operating not as Redeemers in any sense of the term, because of such cooperation. But because of her unique role and the degree of her cooperation, Mary is singled out. In all of humanity, God singled her out for a truly sublime role. Nursing Almighty God at her breast is beyond our ability to fully appreciate. Yet thousands of Christians since the Protestant reformation have completely ignored such sublimity.

God is the one who singled Mary out for the unique role in salvation that she has. She did not seek out such distinction. It is important to remember the high praise Jesus lavished on St. John the Baptist. Yet his mission was not nearly as exalted as Mary’s. Jesus worked his first miracle at her request. All she needed to say was: "They have no wine." He understood exactly what she wanted. He could have taken care of the matter on his own. But he chose to have his mother’s intercession be a part of the mix. The miracle wasn’t any less significant because of her part in it. On the contrary, she shows us how accessible he is to our needs. To truly appreciate Mary is to appreciate her Son all the more

Do not read in excerpts -- whether the Bible or any other texts. That leads to errors like yours where you did not see the texts about John the Baptist or +Joseph and which is similar to non-Church errors in sola scriptura, sola interpretura, sola solo

He alone was the redeemer in the ultimate sense, but they cooperated with Him in His work of redemption.

We all co-operate with Him in His work of redemption when we do good works that glorify Him and bring others to Him.

Being Jesus parents was a unique and special role in many ways, but Mary and Joseph were just human beings like any of us and there are likely plenty of people who could have filled those roles had they the right lineage and been born at the right time.

There's nothing about them fulfilling those roles that makes them deserving of the adoration and elevation that the RCC foists on them.

They did what they were called to do in obedience just as we do what we are called to do in obedience. It's not what we do that's significant, but our obedience in doing what God has for each and every one of us. They deserve no more credit for doing what they were called to do than we do for doing what we are called to do.