hey, it’s not our fault your leader kissed the koran. As for all of our beliefs about Mary, Quix posted just one book about it here with all of her various titles listed and as I said, we can post Papal writings about Mary and all her heavenly tributes and they are still denied. It’s Catholic theology that we question, nobody hates you
ABSOLUTELY INDEED.
Though I wouldn’t say that NOBODY is someone I could vouch for . . . not having interviewed EVERYONE! LOL.
Mary's is nothing but creature, albeit redeemed. She is forever subordinate. She is "one of us" in a way different from the way Jesus is united to us, because while Jesus is the pioneer and perfecter, the first fruits of creation, He is also the Word by Whom all things were made. Mary, on the other hand, is one of the creatures, and she is foremost among recipients of grace - first of the second fruits.
So that can almost explain the light-hearted extravagance of praise heaped upon her. I think the undeserved reputation some non-Catholics have for gloominess is here deserved. They do not seem to be able to understand, accept, or enjoy the almost playful aspect of Marian language and devotion.
Look. A Sundae is a Sundae with or without a cherry on top. The cherry adds nothing to the way a Sundae can fill you up and make you "delight yourself in fatness." Jesus is my Sundae. By HIS extravagance, by the shaken down, pressed together, running over nature of His grace, He puts a cherry on top.
How ridiculous the cherry would be without the Sundae, underneath it. How even more than perfectly wonderful the whole thing is!
And despite the obvious pleasure your side takes in insulting her whom we love and us for loving her, I will still delight in the extravagance of the Love of God, who always gives more than we can desire or deserve and greater than we can imagine or pray for.