For the Catholic ppl, What makes Mary the mother of Jesus Christ, so holy. Isn't Jesus Christ the one who died

Answer 1

Mary is the Mother of God and she was conceived without sin and full of God's grace. Her own Son Jesus, assumed her body into heaven upon her death and crowned her Queen of Heaven, Queen of all the Angels, and Mother of the Church and Mother of us all so she is esteemed and honored as such. Mary leads all hearts and souls to her son Jesus. Yes, Jesus did die but Mary cooperated with God's Grace and allowed herself to be the vessel of His human birth, an honor no other woman before or since has received from God.

Answer 2

The Bible.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. (These are the words the angel Gabriel said to Mary, a Bible quote.)

Blessed are thou among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. (This is Mary's cousin Elizabeth's greeting, another bible quote.)

It is the Scriptures inspired by God, not the Catholic Church, that positively states that God thinks of Mary so highly.

The person described by God in this way is just a little different from the rest of us.

Catholics believe this difference is because she was conceived without the taint of original sin (the Immaculate Conception) and committed no personal sin.

Mary is, of course, not God. But just like any other saint in heaven or on earth (the Communion of Saints), she also can pray to God for us.

With love in Christ.

Answer 3

I am LDS and I do not believe in praying to any one other than God in Jesus name. However I do feel that Mary the mother of Jesus Christ has a very high regard in heaven. And that those who do pray to Mary will not have any huge repercussions taken by the lord during judgment or at any other time.

Answer 4

I am a protestant Christian, and I asked that question myself... I have sometimes watched a Catholic chanel on TV, every time I watch it, it looks like they give more glory to Mary the woman than to Jesus the Savior. I hardly ever hear Jesus recieving any praise at all.

Here is what I hear..."Holy Mary mother of God, pray for our sins, now and at the hour of our death amen."

That is spoken over and over and over.......

they also keep saints as good luck charms. They pray to them. sometimes they bow down to a large statue of Mary and pray to her. I call them idols, but they don't, it doesn't matter because that is what it is.

The Bible says.....

"You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them and worship them....." Exodus 20:3-5a, the Bible

THis includes mary and the saints.

I have also heard, "Blessed our Queen for it is by her blood we are saved."

Sounds like blaspheme to me.

How about this, what does the Bible say?

"For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus."- 1 Timothy 2:5, the Bible

So niether the pope or mary or the church or anyone else is a mediator. Mary is not a co-intercesor, only Jesus Christ. The proof is in the Book.

Jesus said, "I am the way and the Truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6, the Bible

Obviously Catholicism has been influenced by sources outside of the Bible...

But that would make it mans word and not God's. Hey many Catholics believe the Popes to be infallable and that other documents are equal to the Bible...

They call themselves Christians, but how can you be a Christian and not have the Bible as your base?

Man religion has taken a toll on Catholics... see what happens when man trys to influence the Bible

True Christianity is a faith not a religion. YOu are not saved by works but by God's grace, His Son Jesus...

"For it is by grace that you have been saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves- it is the gift of God- Not By works, so that no one can boast."- Ephesians 2:8-9, the Bible

"That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord", and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved."-Romans 10:9, the Bible.

So it's God's word agaisnt man's..... God wins.

Answer 5

First of all, very interesting question. Now, do you want the political answer or the theological one? As with any religion that is as enormous an entity as the Catholic Church, and so deeply rooted in history, I believe the answer lies in both the religious and political spheres. From the perspective of theology, we, as Catholics revere Jesus’ mother precisely because she chose to be the vessel that brought Jesus into this world, even though such a decision would cause her to incur much hardship and ostracizing from her community. Ultimately, our elevation of her comes from the fact that she is the embodiment of what Christians should be; that being an individual who subordinates their own welfare and reputation for the cause of Christ.

In her time, the claim that she was pregnant with a child before her marriage, would have smacked of the worst kind scandal; one that could have estranged her from her family at best, or could have even resulted in her execution at worst. It is this sort of devotion that we as Christians are called to have. We look to saints primarily as examples of what it means to be a Christian. Who but the first person to believe in Jesus divine personage would be better to emulate.

From a political standpoint it is my personal belief, informed by what I have read concerning the early Church’s efforts to win the hearts and minds of those outside Christianity, that Mary provides the perfect substitute for the sacred feminine icon that is ubiquitous in almost all faiths, especially those in Hellenized Europe, where Goddesses rival Gods in popularity. The Judeo-Christian tradition, along with the Islamic tradition, is patriarchal at its core, despite what you might hear from some feminist revisions of history. In order to gain appeal, and assimilate into pagan culture and gain ascendancy the early Church had to pedal a religious perspective that was masculine, to a constituency that emphasized the feminine power as being a complimentary force to the masculine. Most of the time, whether you look at the Greek or Roman religious framework, or even the Native American sacred texts, you see that the divinity in the feminine is embodied most often in a woman’s ability to bear life. In other words the divine nature of God is manifest most resolutely in a woman through the function of motherhood. Hence, Mary provided for Christianity the very thing that it needed to meld into the society around it, namely a feminine voice.

Today Mary still serves the Church greatly. In many ways it is her versatility to be both an object of pious reverence, and a political tool (think of how many times her visage has been invoked in the abortion debate) that gives her the enduring appeal that she has.

Answer 6

I also feel Catholics are misdirected in this. Mary was wonderful for what she did, but they are taking the focus away from Jesus. I do not recall the Bible mentioning praying to Mary, and when one deviates from the Bible, that is never a good thing.

Are Catholics, then, really Christians?

Answer 7

Mary adds a maternal figure to the religion. You'll find that different Catholic cultures hold her in different regards. For example here in the US she's not of extremely high importance. In Mexico, she practically outranks Christ.

Answer 8

Because she gave birth to Jesus Christ as a virgin. It's called the Immaculate Conception.

Answer 9

Actually, Mary WAS the immaculate conception. Since they made that rule about sin being passed through birth, they fixed that problem by declaring that Mary was born without originial sin. (Immaculate Conception).

Then she gave birth to Jesus without having known a man. (Virgin Birth)

Answer 10

I take it you are not Catholic, and quite frankly the question is very condensending. Mary is the utlimate mother figure for the human race.