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It always strikes me rather sorrowfully that there are those who really don't want to honor Christ's blessed Mother.
What you mean is honor her the exact same way you do.
Their tone is belittlement and resentment.
Have I belittled or resented her? I think not. But your tone towards me . . .
Christ's Mother! Nothing special!
Every soul redeemed by Christs Blood is special. His sacrifice washed away her sins and freed her.
Some hold her to be some kind of common wench
Name names. Or are you stuffing words in my mouth? That is dishonest.
It makes me sad
Then you choose sadness. Do not blame it on me. The Bible backs up my position on Mary and Rome backs up yours. To choose the words of men from Rome over the Word of God instills sadness, I suppose.

"'there are those who really don't want to honor Christ's blessed Mother.'...What you mean is honor her the exact same way you do."

Thanks so much for telling me what I mean, - :o)

but that is not what I meant.

I meant that even basic signs of affection and respect are denied her. Many don't call her "Blessed," though Mary prophesies that all generations of the faithful will do so. Many deny that she is anything special, when the Angel hailed her as Kecharitomene, an unparalleled title which means "she who was totally filled with grace." Many go out of their way to emphasize her alleged sinfulness, when God's Archangel saw her as holy!

Jesus Himself honored His mother, because He fulfilled in a magnificent way every commandment, and one of them was "Honor thy Father and thy Mother." He honored her, but there are Christians who bristle when she is honored by being called Blessed.

"'Some hold her to be some kind of common wench'... Name names. Or are you stuffing words in my mouth? That is dishonest."

I have been posting on FR since 1989, and this has come up many, many times -- but I hope you will excuse me if I do not dig out every shameful example from the archives. I am not putting these words in *your* mouth. I did not say it was you.

There were even FReepers who were regularly admonished by the Religion Moderator, for their insolence toward Mary.

The Mother of the Messiah!

Or, as she is prophesied in the Song of Solomon (tagline)---