[drstevej]

***She was chosen out of all creation to be the Mother of Jesus. If you just think on the magnitude of that for a moment...the mother of the Savior... a mere human - nurturer of the Divine.***

It was an awesome privledge accorded to Mary. We do not disagree in this. Where we disagree is the conclusions you draw from this that do not have any Biblical support.

It is not that I dishonor her, it is that you bestow honors on her that I can not find anywhere in the Bible.

[Irisshlass]

It is not that I dishonor her, it is that you bestow honors on her that I can not find anywhere in the Bible.

Blessed in the dictionary means Holy, held in Veneration, Revered.