and this question wondered if the fact that I did not call her my Mother anymore negated the Commandment and everyone that answered said pretty much no you must honor her or you will go to hell. Should this apply to those who do not honor The Blessed Virgin Mary? I mean it doesn't matter what they think right it's the reality of it right? Jesus said from the cross "This is your Mother"?
2006-11-19 06:15:46 · 13 answers · asked by Midge 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
first please note that honor can be given to people without them being your mother or father. You are suppose to honor your elders or friend. The virgin Mary is represented as a mother figure. That said you should know your redeemer and he deserves all your praise. His name is Jesus.
2006-11-19 06:56:22 · answer #1 · answered by liza246 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I missed your first question. You honor your parents by doing the correct thing. For example, a news story a year or more ago concerned a father who required his 10 year old to carry a gun and deal drugs. The son finally turned his father in because he could not handle the wrong situation any more. The son did not honor his father when he carried the gun and dealt drugs, he honored his when he turned him in so his father could be helped.
Second, Jesus was asking someone else to look over his mother temporally since his death was nigh. He appointed a guardian to treat treat his mother as she was his own. We aren't asked to do this at all. I agree Mary was a very blessed woman, but we don't need an intercessor for our prayers nor do we need to be asking her to answer our prayers. I am very aware of the co-redemtrix movement in the Catholic Church, but we are to pray directly to the Father through Christ and Christ answers our prayers.
2006-11-19 14:40:51 · answer #2 · answered by whozethere 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Midge, I did not read your initial question. But, honoring your mother and father have to do with how you treat them. Some people are just not very nice people - even some mothers. If anyone, including your mother, is a threat to you, you should not be around them. You read all the time about mothers who chose drugs over their children, leaving their children to fend for themselves - or mothers who allow child-molestation to occur and don't protect their children. While we should love even these people, we do not have to subject ourselves to them. If your mother is truly a bad influence in your life, sever the ties. That is not dishonoring her. That is self-preservation. Pray for her, that she may change.
When Jesus said from the cross "John behold your mother" it was to have John protect and love Mary as his mother - he was asking His friend to watch over His mother and his mother to accept His friend as a son. And while I think Mary must have been a very special person, and I am excited that some day I will get to meet her, I do not assign to her godhood - she was a human being with all the same frailties and faults as the rest of us. She also needed a Savior - He happened to be her Son. So while I think she is deserving of respect, I don't go as far as some and pray to her, etc.
Love in Christ Jesus
2006-11-19 14:38:36 · answer #3 · answered by padwinlearner 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Those of us who are not Catholic do honor Mary the mother of Jesus. We acknowledge her for just what she was - a vessel used by God to bring His Son into the world. We don't however worship her as Catholics do. We don't pray to her. She can hear your prayers no more than my mother can. Jesus was very specific in the Bible when he said "I am the way, the truth and the life and no man comes unto the Father but by ME." The Bible also says that the veil of the holy of holies in the temple was torn in two making it no longer necessary to go to a priest for confession of sin. The Bible says that Jesus Christ Himself is sitting at the right hand of the Father making intercession for us. Why would we want to pray to a "saint" or another human when we can go directly to Jesus Himself?
2006-11-19 14:24:50 · answer #4 · answered by Pamela 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No actually only one said you would go to hell not nearly "all" as you claim and also your view of Mary is wrong as well. She should be honored as a godly women who the Lord gave a great honor to but not worshiped, prayed to, or used as a mediator in anyway as this is not in accord with the word of God.
2006-11-19 14:24:02 · answer #5 · answered by beek 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Here I was all ready to deal with your relationship with your mother, but I think you're telling me it was a trick question because you would like us to honour Mary.
I think I honour Mary and all believers that went before me, by putting my faith in Christ and trying to live for Him.
I believe I would be dishonouring Mary if I did the opposite of what she said to do: "Do whatever He (Jesus) tells you to do".
I think I would be dishonouring Mary if I disbelieved what she said about herself, implying that she was a sinner like the rest of us (when she called the Lord her saviour).
I think I would be dishonouring Mary if I followed some made up stores abou her like her body going physically up to Heaven, and that she herself was immaculately conceived - thngs the bible never mentions.
I think I would be dishonouring Mary if I called her co-mediatrix, or queen of Heaven, or Mother of God, or any other such titles. People ask: Do those in Heaven know everything that is happening on earth? I would think she would be in great distress if she knew what people were doing with her name today, distracting from her Son.
2006-11-19 14:32:22 · answer #6 · answered by Mr Ed 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
umm, first of all, I don't think that there is enough information for anyone to jump on the "Your going to hell bandwagon."
That commandment also entails that parents treat their children with respect and love. If your mother has been abusive or negligent or otherwise unable to parent you, then the issue is more complex, and Christ will be with you and help you do whatever you need to do, whether it is complete seperation or reconciliation. If she is and always has been unable to actually be a proper parent, then I think that this commandment would fit whoever did raise you or parent you, whether it be a family friend or whatnot...
2006-11-19 14:21:25 · answer #7 · answered by peacedevi 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No. Honoring Mary is not in the Bible. It is not a biblical concept. Mary was cool, but even when a woman in the Bible tried to worship her, Jesus said basically to only worship him.
2006-11-19 14:18:21 · answer #8 · answered by . 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I never said you'd go to hell.
Mary was not perfect, and should not be worshipped. Jesus told John to take care of His mother. Mary is not our mother, and she is not a divine being. There is no need to worship her.
2006-11-19 14:19:15 · answer #9 · answered by BekaJoy 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
He was speaking to John.
John 19:25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
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John 19:26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
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John 19:27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
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2006-11-19 14:29:08 · answer #10 · answered by deacon 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋