The phrase “be it done to me according to thy word” is not equivalent to saying “yes”? Ok! I guess if we can’t agree on that you’re right, we Catholics can believe as we wish, and you and other Christians can do the same, and we part amicably. Because there is no point in discussing further if we can’t even agree that Mary freely consented to God’s will.
If that isn’t even agreed, if she is some kind of robot created only to house God the Son, without any free will of her own then nothing I can say will make sense. So thanks for pointing that critical difference out it’ll save us all a lot of time.
God bless,
Nope.
Mary was TOLD what was going to happen: PERIOD.
God used lots of people who fought Him when called.
Think Moses for example.
The angel told Mary how it was going to be. He never asked her permission, he made an announcement.
The angel came to ANNOUNCE to Mary that she would be the mother of the Savior.. He never asked her if she would..
She was ordained by God to be the mother of His Son ..
It was essential that the mother have the proper genealogy to fulfill the OT prophecy , it was essential she be a virgin ...it was essential that she be engaged to a man with the proper genealogy ..
But here is the part that trips up the Romanists when they insists that Mary could have said no... their own "doctrine"...would God revoke her "immaculate conception"?? what would he do..dump sin on her?? And then who would He find to be the mother? Were there other choices of "immaculate conceptions " out there or would he have to start from scratch and wait another generation... OHHH WHAT A TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE...