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1 | How to love others as commanded | 1 John 3:11 | stjones | 108875 | ||
Hi, Kichmon; Couple of questions: (1) Are you a person "who is aware of [your] own divinity? (2) Mary's been dead for 2,000 years (well, maybe 1,950), how can she be with anybody? Ok, three questions. (3) What good would Mary do if she were with somebody? Thanks. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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2 | How to love others as commanded | 1 John 3:11 | kichmon | 108883 | ||
I will answer you although I believe you are seeking contention rather than retention on this subject. Your question:"Mary's been dead for 2,000 years (well, maybe 1,950), how can she be with anybody?" Answer: Mary's is Mediatrix of all graces. What exactly does this mean?: The term Mediatrix in itself could refer to either the objective redemption (the once-for-all earning a title to grace for all men), to the subjective redemption (the distribution of this grace to individual men), or to both. It is most usual to use it to refer only to subjective redemption, i.e. , the process of giving out the fruits of the objective redemption, throughout all centuries. We must consider whether or not the term Mediatrix applies to all graces or only to some. We will ask also about the nature of the mediation: is it only by way of intercession, that is, does Mary simply pray to her Son that he may give us grace, or does God also use her as an instrument in distributing grace. To begin, we can say without doubt that the title "Mediatrix" is justified, and applies to all graces for certain, by her cooperation in acquiring all graces on Calvary. The Second Vatican Council (Lumen gentium ## 61-62), said: "... in suffering with Him as He died on the cross, she cooperated in the work of the Savior, in an altogether singular way, by obedience, faith, hope, and burning love, to restore supernatural life to souls. As a result she is our Mother in the order of grace. This motherhood of Mary in the economy of grace lasts without interruption, from the consent which she gave in faith at the annunciation, and which she unhesitatingly bore with under the cross, even to the perpetual consummation of all the elect. For after being assumed into heaven, she has not put aside this saving function, but by her manifold intercession, she continues to win the gifts of eternal salvation for us. By her motherly love, she takes care of the brothers of her Son who are still in pilgrimage and in dangers and difficulties, until they be led through to the happy fatherland. For this reason, the Blessed Virgin is invoked in the Church under the titles of Advocate, Auxiliatrix, Adiutrix, and Mediatrix. " We notice that Vatican II did not add the words "of all graces." However, as many papal texts point out, Mary's role in dispensation flows logically from her role in acquiring all graces. Leo XIII, in the text referred to, spoke of her, as we saw above, as having "practically limitless power." St. Pius X said she was the "dispensatrix of all the gifts, and is the "neck" connecting the Head of the Mystical Body to the Members. But all power flows through the neck. Pius XII said "Her kingdom is as vast as that of her Son and God, since nothing is excluded from her dominion." These and many other texts speak in varied ways of Mary as Mediatrix of all graces, so often that the teaching has become infallible. Your second question:" What good would Mary do if she were with somebody? " Answer: Lumen gentium speaks of her as taking care of all her children. We are extremely numerous, but yet not infinite in number. Therefore, we are not too numerous for her to see and care for. For her capacity for that infinite vision of God is in proportion to her love on earth, so great that Pius IX, as we saw, said it was so great that "none greater under God can be thought of, and no one but God can comprehend it." since Mary was associated with her Son in acquiring grace for us, she will also share with him in distributing that grace to us. This fits well with the words of the Popes, who call her the administra of grace, meaning that she administers or dispenses it. So Pope Leo XIII, Iucunda semper, said: "... when He [the Father] has been invoked with excellent prayers, our humble voice turns to Mary; in accordance with no other law than that law of conciliation and petition which was expressed as follows by St. Bernardine of Siena : 'Every grace that is communicated to this world has a threefold course. For by excellent order, it is dispensed from God to Christ, from Christ to the Virgin, from the Virgin to us.'" and Leo XIII, Encyclical, Diuturni temporis spatium, Sept 5, 1898, ASS 31, 1898, 146. For from her, as in a must abundant conduit, the drafts of heavenly graces are given: '... in her hands are the treasures of the mercies of the Lord'; for 'God wills that she be the principle of all good things.' [Internal quotes are from St. John Damascene, Series I De Nativitate Virginis and St. Irenaeus, Against Valentinus III. 33.]. Hail Mary full of Grace! Kichmon |
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3 | How to love others as commanded | 1 John 3:11 | Emmaus | 108886 | ||
Kichmon, Your perversion of Catholic Marian doctrine with Goddess worship, as seen in your other posts and profile, is I suspect even more offensive to me as a Catholic that it is to the Evangelical Christians on this forum, because it is such and artfully crafted lie. You quote authoritative sources artfully, yet it is obvious you reject those same authorities in their whole context. Catholic teaching is perfectly clear that Mary's place of honor (even as Mediatrix) is due to the grace God bestowed on her and her relationship to Jesus, her son and Savior. She like all other creatures is in a subordinate relationship to Jesus, the Father and Holy Spirit, just as the rest of us are, no matter how lofty her dignity and honor may be because of the honor the Father betowed on her to bear the Son into the world and share in his life in so special and intimate a manner. Whatever you may believe, I hope no one mistakes you for a Catholic, or the implications of the entire body of your posts as true Catholic teaching. Your posts are as dangerous as Jim Jones fruitjuice cocktail. The poison more than outweighs the larger volume of the of the juice into which it is mixed. Emmaus |
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