FRAGMENTS FROM MY LECTIO DIVINA: Did you know this about Mary?

Here are some fragmented thoughts about Mary that I would like to share.

1. Mary is not divine, so she could never be God.
2. Mary does not have a divine nature, so she could never be God, but she gave birth to Jesus, who has both a divine and human nature.
3. Mary does not have a divine nature, so she could never be God, but she gave birth to Jesus, who has both a divine and human nature. She is the birth mother to Jesus, so we call her The Mother of God, but she is not God’s birth mother.
4. Mary does not have a divine nature, so she could never be God, but she gave birth to Jesus, who has both a divine and human nature. She is the birth mother to Jesus, so we call her The Mother of God, but she is not God’s birth mother. Mary was the closes person to Jesus because she gave Him his heart after being overshadowed by the Holy Spirit. Mary is the first disciple of Jesus and the first believer in the Body of Christ.
5. Mary does not have a divine nature, so she could never be God, but she gave birth to Jesus, who has both a divine and human nature. She is the birth mother to Jesus, so we call her The Mother of God, but she is not God’s birth mother. Mary was the closes person to Jesus because she gave Him his heart after being overshadowed by the Holy Spirit. Mary is the first disciple of Jesus and the first believer in the Body of Christ. Mary teaches us to pray to her Son, telling us, “Do what he tells you.” She kept all his teachings in her heart which she shared with us if we ask, seek, and knock.
6. Mary does not have a divine nature, so she could never be God, but she gave birth to Jesus, who has both a divine and human nature. She is the birth mother to Jesus, so we call her The Mother of God, but she is not God’s birth mother. Mary was the closes person to Jesus because she gave Him his heart after being overshadowed by the Holy Spirit. Mary is the first disciple of Jesus and the first believer in the Body of Christ. Mary teaches us to pray to her Son, telling us “Do what he tells you.” She kept all his teachings in her heart which she shared with us if we ask, seek, and knock. Mary, as are all the saints on earth and in heaven, the Saints proclaimed by the Body of Christ, and those awaiting purification or their second chance is not God. We don’t ask Mary for mercy, the forgiveness of sins, or to mediate with the Father, as we do with Christ and the Holy Spirit.
7. Mary does not have a divine nature, so she could never be God, but she gave birth to Jesus, who has both a divine and human nature. She is the birth mother to Jesus, so we call her The Mother of God, but she is not God’s birth mother. Mary was the closes person to Jesus because she gave Him his heart after being overshadowed by the Holy Spirit. Mary is the first disciple of Jesus and the first believer in the Body of Christ. Mary teaches us to pray to her Son, telling us “Do what he tells you.” She kept all his teachings in her heart which she shared with us if we ask, seek, and knock. Mary, as are all the saints on earth and in heaven, the Saints proclaimed by the Body of Christ, and those awaiting purification or their second chance is not God. We don’t ask Mary for mercy, the forgiveness of sins, or to mediate with the Father, as we do with Christ and the Holy Spirit. We ask Mary and the saints for intercession with us before the Throne of the Lamb and to join our prayers to the praise and glory of the Father through, with, and in Jesus Christ, with the power of the Holy Spirit.
8. Mary does not have a divine nature, so she could never be God, but she gave birth to Jesus, who has both a divine and human nature. She is the birth mother to Jesus, so we call her The Mother of God, but she is not God’s birth mother. Mary was the closes person to Jesus because she gave Him his heart after being overshadowed by the Holy Spirit. Mary is the first disciple of Jesus and the first believer in the Body of Christ. Mary teaches us to pray to her Son, telling us, “Do what he tells you.” She kept all his teachings in her heart which she shared with us if we ask, seek, and knock. Mary, as are all the saints on earth and in heaven, the Saints proclaimed by the Body of Christ, and those awaiting purification or their second chance is not God. We don’t ask Mary for mercy, the forgiveness of sins, or to mediate with the Father, as we do with Christ and the Holy Spirit. We ask Mary and the saints for intercession with us before the Throne of the Lamb and to join our prayers to the praise and glory of the Father through, with, and in Jesus Christ, with the power of the Holy Spirit. Because of Christ and the overshadowing of the Holy Spirit, Mary was conceived without sin. Her response to this supreme gift to humanity is the Magnificat, a testimony to the greatness of God and the unworthiness of Mary and, thus, humanity to be Christ-bearers with the sign of the cross in their hearts. It was the Word who said YES to the creation of LIFE, but it was Mary, not Jesus, who said YES to counter the NO of Adam and Eve and allow those who follow to have a WAY to get to heaven as adopted sons and daughters of the Father.
9. Mary does not have a divine nature, so she could never be God, but she gave birth to Jesus, who has both a divine and human nature. She is the birth mother to Jesus, so we call her The Mother of God, but she is not God’s birth mother. Mary was the closes person to Jesus because she gave Him his heart after being overshadowed by the Holy Spirit. Mary is the first disciple of Jesus and the first believer in the Body of Christ. Mary teaches us to pray to her Son, telling us, “Do what he tells you.” She kept all his teachings in her heart which she shared with us if we ask, seek, and knock. Mary, as are all the saints on earth and in heaven, the Saints proclaimed by the Body of Christ, and those awaiting purification or their second chance is not God. We don’t ask Mary for mercy, the forgiveness of sins, or to mediate with the Father, as we do with Christ and the Holy Spirit. We ask Mary and the saints for intercession with us before the Throne of the Lamb and to join our prayers to the praise and glory of the Father through, with, and in Jesus Christ, with the power of the Holy Spirit. Because of Christ and the overshadowing of the Holy Spirit, Mary was conceived without sin. Her response to this supreme gift to humanity is the Magnificat, a testimony to the greatness of God and the unworthiness of Mary and, thus, humanity to be Christ-bearers with the sign of the cross in their hearts. It was the Word who said YES to the creation of LIFE, but it was Mary, not Jesus, who said YES to counter the NO of Adam and Eve and allow those who follow to have a WAY to get to heaven as adopted sons and daughters of the Father. Mary said YES to the Holy Spirit, who filled her to the brim of her humanity to become the prototype of what it means to be fully human, and thus is the mediatrix of TRUTH through the living Body of Christ, The Church.
10. Mary does not have a divine nature, so she could never be God, but she gave birth to Jesus, who has both a divine and human nature. She is the birth mother to Jesus, so we call her The Mother of God, but she is not God’s birth mother. Mary was the closes person to Jesus because she gave Him his heart after being overshadowed by the Holy Spirit. Mary is the first disciple of Jesus and the first believer in the Body of Christ. Mary teaches us to pray to her Son, telling us “Do what he tells you.” She kept all his teachings in her heart which she shared with us if we ask, we seek, and we knock. Mary, as are all the saints on earth and in heaven, the Saints proclaimed by the Body of Christ, and those awaiting purification or their second chance is not God. We don’t ask Mary for mercy, the forgiveness of sins, or to mediate with the Father, as we do with Christ and the Holy Spirit. We ask Mary and the saints for intercession with us before the Throne of the Lamb and to join our prayers to the praise and glory of the Father through, with, and in Jesus Christ, with the power of the Holy Spirit. Because of Christ and the overshadowing of the Holy Spirit, Mary was conceived without sin. Her response to this supreme gift to humanity is the Magnificat, a testimony to the greatness of God and the unworthiness of Mary and, thus, humanity to be Christ-bearers with the sign of the cross in their hearts. It was the Word who said YES to the creation of LIFE, but it was Mary, not Jesus, who said YES to counter the NO of Adam and Eve and allow those who follow to have a WAY to get to heaven as adopted sons and daughters of the Father. Mary said YES to the Holy Spirit, who filled her to the brim of her humanity to become the prototype of what it means to be fully human, and thus is, along with Christ, a mediatrix of TRUTH through the living Body of Christ, The Church. Mary is real, awaiting us with her Son in Heaven to fulfill our intelligent progression as intended by that first YES from the Father, Creator of Heaven and Earth. No one goes to the Father except through Christ Jesus. It is our honor to ask for humanity’s best creation to accompany us to sit at the feet of Christ in Heaven and partake of what God intended for us in the Garden of Eden. All the Saints realized this, and we have the opportunity to take as our example one who is perfect as much as a human being can be only with Christ as her center.

Praise be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever. The God who is, who was, and who is to come at the end of the ages. -Cistercian doxology

Holy, Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

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