In the Magnificat (The prayer she says when she greets Elizabeth and Elizabeth says "Who am I that the Mother of my Lord should come to me?") She says "My soul doth magnify the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked upon the lowliness of his handmaid--hence forth ALL NATIONS WILL CALL ME BLESSED"
2006-09-30 11:29:32 · 23 answers · asked by Midge 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because sadly, most of our Protestant brothers & sisters cannot tell the difference between the actual worship we give to God Alone, & the special reverence that we have for Mary precisely because she is the Mother Of the One True God, Whom we all worship.
If they did, then yes, they too would venerate Mary & call her Blessed, as it was prophesiesed in the Gospel according to St. Luke, chapter 1, verse 48.
Hail Mary, Full of Grace. The Lord Is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, & Blessed Is the Fruit of thy Womb: Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother Of God, pray for us sinners, now & at the hour of our death. Amen.
2006-09-30 11:49:23 · answer #1 · answered by clusium1971 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The BVM is the MOST blessed woman to ever walk the planet.
The Catholic Church venerates her as the Blessed Virgin Mary, and forever virgin.
Protestants recognize her rightful place in the history of salvation. As you quote the magnificat, Mary herself refers to the child within her as "my Lord."
This statement underscores her wonderful humanity, and also her need for a Savior.
But, the Bible clearly tells us the Jesus was her first-born, not her only child.
In reality, protestants recognize that Mary was the means by which Jesus was brought into the world. A remarkable opportunity.
Without wanting to be disrespectful, if Jesus came to Bethlehem on a bus, would we venerate that bus more than other buses?
2006-09-30 11:43:48 · answer #2 · answered by Bob L 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mary was a virgin at the time of the birth of Jesus, She was Jesus' mother, and she was blessed on earth to be Jesus' mother and is now blessed in heaven because, at the very least, just being in heaven is a blessing.
It should be impossible and is probably fairly difficult to find a Christian that disagrees that Mary waas the vrigin mother of Jesus and that God has blessed her.
So if we all belive that, then why don't we all call her "blessed" instead of "Mary?" Many Christians do not see this as a commnd that we now must call Mary "Blessed" as her name. Instead many Christians see this as Mary praising God because He had blessed her so much that people the world over for the rest of time would recognize how much she had been blessed.
Another factor is that Protestants don't pray to Mary for intercession. We have sound theological reasons for doing this, the New Testament says that we now are a royal priesthood(IPeter 2:9-10) and Jesus is our great high priest(Hebrews 4:14-5:10). When we need intercesion, we do not pray to Mary, we pray to Jesus, who died for us and is now our high priest in heaven. Because Protestants refer to Mary so much less, we tend to have less traditions about what we call her. Also, many protestants disagree with the idea of praying to Mary for reasons already stated. They connect "The Blessed Virgin" or "The Blessed Mother" with praying to her seeking intercession. We avoid, perhaps subconsciously, these phrases because we do not want to appear as if we pray to Mary.
2006-09-30 12:09:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the Christians of the world are not all catholic and the Rosary is part of the catholic religion. Other Christians do not use the Rosary and do not pray for Mary to intercede with Jesus for help. All nations will call me blessed is a metaphor. I am not a catholic but I do revere the blessed Mother and yes, she was an ordinary woman that God chose as a vessel for Jesus's entry to this world. Blessed amongst women is part of the Rosary.
2006-09-30 11:39:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Although Mary was a virgin when Christ was born, she did not remain a virgin for long. Matt. 1:
24: Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS
"til" indicates they did "know" each other after HIS birth.
The Bible talks about Jesus brothers and sisters in several places and Paul talks about "the Lord's brother" indicating a sibling, not a "we are all brothers and sisters" type relationship.
Most of all, we are told to worship GOD only and there is only one mediator, Jesus Christ. (1 Tim 2:5)
If you noticed...Elizabeth said she will magnify the LORD...not Mary.
An example could be...suppose Jesus came to your house in a car...would you bypass Jesus to worship the car that brought Him?
The focus of the entire Bible is on Jesus Christ. The Old Testament pointed forward to HIM, He is the focal point of the Bible and actually little is said about Mary and even now, the Holy Spirit always draws our attention to JESUS.
There is a difference between knowing Jesus and knowing about Him. It can make an eternal difference. Read below:
All my worship goes to the LORD.
2006-09-30 11:59:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No i don't. God has no initiating and no end. He became into not born of a woman nor became into He became into created. he's the initiating and the top. he's Alpha and Omega. interior the initiating became into the be conscious and the be conscious became into with God and the be conscious became into God. How then can Mary be the mum of God? Mary is blessed because of the fact she became into chosen to be the vessel chosen by potential of God, by which Jesus, who's the Son of God could be born. I understand her for having been chosen from between women, yet i don't pray to her nor do I worship her. a million Timothy 2:5 New international version (NIV) For there is one God and one mediator between God and adult men, the guy Christ Jesus.
2016-10-15 09:28:01 · answer #6 · answered by quinteros 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We do believe that she was blessed by God. But so were many others. Moses, Noah, Enoch, Job, Elijah, Elisha, Joseph, etc. The Bible says that Enoch and Elijah didn't die, they were carried up to heaven to be with God. Everyone else died including Mary and Jesus. Jesus died for all of our sins, including Marys. Mary was there during Pentecost and was filled with the Holy Spirit just like the others. John took care of her until her death in Jerusalem. It is true that she was blessed to be the mother of our Savior, but we cannot bow down to her, we can't pray to her. If we pray to her, we would make her equal to God and that can't be. Mary did not remain a virgin, she had other children. Remember when Jesus went to his home town? His neighbors said isn't this Jesus the carpenter and aren't these his brothers and sisters. They were not talking about the disciples, they knew Jesus's family. You said it yourself above "my spirit rejoices in God **my Savior**-Mary
2006-09-30 11:42:14 · answer #7 · answered by sunny 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All Christians do not call Mary "The Blessed Virgin" or "The Blessed Mother". But some Muslims do.
2006-09-30 11:37:30 · answer #8 · answered by Nora Explora 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is a good question. I think Protestants fear some sort of idolatry and stay away from the topic of Mary, even in sermons. I am Protestant. This is a loss, I think. Mary was one of the most pious servants of God in the entire Bible. Catholics, of course, do pay her tribute. Some might think too much tribute, with titles such as "Coredemptrix" and "Mediatrix" being used for her by Catholic leaders. There is misunderstanding on both sides.
2006-09-30 11:32:42 · answer #9 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Dude haven't you noticed that Protestants like to go out of their way to distance themselves from Catholic tradition? In alot of Protestant circles, Catholic = bad. Mary was blessed, truly blessed beyond belief with the privledge of bringing the Son of God into the world and the privledge of raising him to adulthood.
The way Mary trustingly yeilded herself to the plan of God even though it would bring her ridicule and shame is truly an example to be emulated. However, many Protestants feel that the blessing and honor that Catholics ascribe to Mary crosses the line into worship and that scares some people who do not want to offend God by worshipping anything other than God himself and risk committing idolatry.
Surely we can all get along and bear with each other's differences and try to see things from each other's point of view?
I would not say that blessing or not blessing Mary is one of the essential doctrines of the Christian faith, would you? Let's let Christ be our beacon and guide and not have petty squabbles over debatable matters! :) God bless you, my friend!
2006-09-30 11:41:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋