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To: mlizzy; Iscool
>>as much as Jesus did/does,<<

Matthew 12:48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? 49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

589 posted on 09/15/2014 2:05:43 PM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ)
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To: CynicalBear
From today's Gospel:
"Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son." Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother." And from that hour the disciple took her into his home." (John 19:26-27).
Jesus said this right before he died. In this exchange, the tradition has long taught, He also entrusted all of us to her maternal care.
594 posted on 09/15/2014 2:22:33 PM PDT by mlizzy ("If people spent an hour a week in Eucharistic Adoration, abortion would be ended." --Mother Teresa)
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To: CynicalBear

Jesus is not minimizing the love for His mother in this passage. It is opening the doors to an eternal family, those who do God’s will. Mary is not excluded from this family as she did God’s will. To read this and see it as a dismissal of her is kind of missing the bigger picture.


614 posted on 09/15/2014 2:53:20 PM PDT by samiam1972 ("It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish."-Mother Teresa)
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