Angel, having been raised Catholic, I know what you are saying.  But, 
when you put out a statement, saying that Mary is our mother, the 
Bible does not teach this as truth.

earlier, Angel238, wrote:

>I don't want to get into a debate with you as this is not what the 
>list is for.  I wanted to make a basic point here which I 
>did.  Jesus is my brother, God is my father, and as the mother of 
>Our Lord, mary is my mother.  I assumed you felt the same.  This 
>list should be understanding of all Christian faiths.  We Catholics 
>believe Mary to be our mother.  Just leave it at that and regard the 
>point I was trying to make.  There had to be a reason God chose her 
>to be one of the first earthly enfluences and to make one of the 
>first empressions on the baby Jesus.  This virtue was one of them I feel.
>----- Original Message ----- From: "John Schwery" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 8:37 AM
>Subject: Re: A cinnical attitude
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>>Mary is not our mother.  As God, He had no mother: as man, He had no father.
>>
>>earlier, Angel238, wrote:
>>
>>>This is one of the things for which I admire our mother.  She 
>>>didn't seem to fret over things.  Rather, she pondered in her 
>>>heart what was meant by occurances and their significance.  This 
>>>is one of the many reasons God in his infinite wisdom chose her to 
>>>be the mother of our blessed Lord.  This is an virtue we would do 
>>>well to emulate. It would save us much unwelcome stress, and would 
>>>fill us with much Pease.  I have fallen short many times of 
>>>this.  Each time our Lord brings me through a crisis safely, I vow 
>>>to practice this virtue and to allow him to take care of the 
>>>troubling situations in my life which beset me.  Perhaps this will 
>>>be my new years resolution.  I, however, shall just continue to 
>>>try till it happens for me.
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 9:09 PM
>>>Subject: Re: A cinnical attitude
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>>>
>>>>Kathy,
>>>>
>>>>Well, that's good to know I'm not alone, haw.  Strange you should mention
>>>>Mary.  I was thinking of the birth of Christ during Christmas, of course,
>>>>but that took me, for some reason, to thinking about Mary and how 
>>>>courageous
>>>>she must have been when Gabriel appeared to her and gave her the news. Then
>>>>my mind suddenly jumped to the cross and how it must have torn 
>>>>her heart out
>>>>to see her own son hanging naked on the cross while at the same time,
>>>>knowing it was for her sins, too.  Jesus telling John to take 
>>>>care of her is
>>>>so powerful to me whenever I think about it.
>>>>
>>>>Phil.
>>>
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