[ADSUM]

Your comment: “Mary was the mother of Christ ONLY in His humanity not, as you stated, in His eternal deity.”

So you are Solomon-like and want to split the child in two?

The Word became Flesh, as Jesus was both God and Man at the same time, not two different beings.

If Jesus was God and Man, Mary was His only Mother. This does not make her divine, but it does make her the Mother of God, just as Jesus was known as the Son of Man.

We should adore, honor and respect Jesus for being so humble and doing the will of the Father, and we honor and respect Mary and Joseph for following the will of God and raising Jesus so that we could save us from our sins.

[ADSUM]

Sorry. The last sentence was meant to say “He” not we.

[HarleyD]

We should adore, honor and respect Jesus for being so humble and doing the will of the Father, and we honor and respect Mary and Joseph for following the will of God and raising Jesus so that we could save us from our sins.

That I don't disagree with. But to proclaim Mary as "co-redeptrix", kneeling before her, saying prayers to her, etc., is quite another matter.