“John, behold YOUR Mother” Jesus On the Cross

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed: the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name. He has mercy on those who fear him in every generation. He has shown the strength of his arm, he has scattered the proud in their conceit. He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. He has come to the help of his servant Israel for he has remembered his promise of mercy, the promise he made to our fathers, to Abraham and his children forever. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Thank you for this wonderful commentary! It's such a blessing when evangelicals convert to Catholicism and share thier knowledge. It brings a clear perspective to some of our other protestant brethren's criticism and questions on important teachings of the Catholic Church. I love how you brought up the difference of our petition to saints to pray for us (ora pro nobis) vs whenever we address Jesus, the Father, or the Holy Spirit to have mercy on us ( Miserere Nobis);.

Prayer is “asking”, not worship that’s why we CAN pray for each other. The Church Triumphant is MORE ALIVE than any of us on Earth.

Thank you for the clear case you make for our blessed mother. She is the sweet way to know the Son-

You get a thumbs up just for the title! =) In seriousness, I'd had my doubts in the past. God knows it's intellectual thought and debate that appeal to me, and man oh man has he shown me some very learned people who set me straight! Praise God! Hail Queen Mary!

Her soul magnifies the Lord (Luke 1:46-55)! Think of what that means for just a moment.

Thank you very, very much. I consider these words of yours to be a clear answer to prayer. God bless.

How could commentary this good and true get only 57 likes ? I was a Methodist minister before I came home to the church,but I never from childhood had any problem with these doctrine’s about the Mother of God…people disrespect Jesus’s mother so much,but expect Jesus to ignore this disrespect for his mother and still fully love them?….takes a lot of hall…..this is the hands down best Christian apologist on U tube

Hail Full of Grace! ❤

Bless you for opening your heart and mind to the gift of your (God’s) Mother. Mary pray for us sinners! 🙏

Some people are so worried that loving the mother of God will somehow detract from Jesus. Not only does it not detract from Jesus, but it glorifies him. After all, who made the Blessed Virgin Mary so great? Her son! Does an artist get upset when one admires his work of art? And believe me, we could never outdo Him when it comes to loving and honoring her.

Eve was born of Adam and she was 100% of Adams body,Jesus was born of Mary and was 100% of Mary’s body, every other human has a mother and father and we are a mixture of both

All the Protestants I know are first to point out that when a "saved" person dies, they are immediately alive in Heaven. Yet, somehow according to the same Protestants, all the saints are dead. Also, I would argue that when we pray to Mary and the saints, we are implicitly recognizing and praising God directly by recognizing God, specifically Christ himself, within and through the lives and works of those saints. Recognizing God in others is how we are able to see God manifest in the world. The miracles associated with the saints are a sign of their closeness to God, and we remember them and their works of mercy as fruits of their faith and cooperation with God's grace and will. So, when we commune with the saints, we glorify God along with that saint we are praying with. So, in actuality, when we pray to a saint, we are actually praying with the saint in communion together praying to God.

Great vídeo. Thanks from Brazil.

Thank you so much for your comments on the Blessed Virgin Mary. It was pointed out that Elizabeth's proclamation is directly related to the two old testament women who killed enemies of the Jewish people, both involved the head. Somehow, as a Protestant, I completely missed the fact the she is a warrior par excellence. And the heavenly hosts that announce Jesus' birth to the shepherds, are also warriors. So, the Bible clearly states that Mary, the saints & angels are fighting for the human race. It's amazing that I could have missed the fact. Thanks again for everything you do. Pax.

Moyher Mary shared the pains with her son jesus when he was tortured and died it was also her prayers to God that allowed yhe angel to give comfort to jesus in the garden of Gethsemane, protestants have no idea how much it pleases jesus to honor his mom. Our god is so humble that he let his son be born in a manger.

Without Mary, we would not have Jesus - as that was God’s will❤

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord

Lord means God and when Elizabeth told Mary the Mother of my Lord she really meant the Mother of my God.

Hail Mary, Full of Grace, The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death. Amen

Hello Hugh, I'm a neophyte, I was recently baptized last Easter into the Catholic Church and I have been struggling to expand my comprehension of proper exegesis regarding sacred tradition and scripture which is what brought me here. Your content is quite approachable and solid. I find myself rejuvenated and assured more and more with the added understanding you've made available to me. Especially since you provide context to our traditions and let alone scripture to reference to its fullness. I have been mocked and misconstrued repeatedly by protestants for my faith and its always just "SCRIPTURE! SCRIPTURE! SCRIPTURE!" or some other polemic dogma or accusation to repeat; condemning me as some sort of pagan loony, its quite tiring. Hopefully more people learn the fullness of the truth and put and end to it. Anyways, I'm intending on joining seminary to become a priest this following year and I'm glad to have what you've provided on my journey of understanding and would easily recommend your videos to a convert or neophyte as I. God bless you Hugh, Thank you. And peace be within your heart.

Wonderful video thank you.

The conception of Mary was the same of Adam and Eve. One must take into account take evil is not a thing but the "lack of". Adam and Eve, without deserving, had an covenant with God. Their sin broke that and we do not received it in heritage... God did a new covenant with Mary.

The Holy Spirit overshadowed the Ark, the Holy Spirit overshadowed Mary. The Ark went before God's people in battle, Mary goes before us in battle. There also was a strict preparation before touching the Ark, the same went for Mary. 🥰🙏

When Jesus calls Mary "woman", this is very significant. Some people will say this is disrespectful but it is not. When Jesus says it the meaning is " bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh."

Thanks Hugh continue to make great content!

May God Bless you

Luke 1 38 Mary responds "Behold, I am the handmaid of the lord. May it be done according to your word". As a Protestant, using the Protestant bible, that statement makes no sense, since the Protestant bible does not explain what a handmaid is. Enter the Catholic Church, who had no need to remove books because of some disordered reason. In the book of Judith in the real bible, chapter 11 verse 17, Judith replies "the handmaid is indeed, a God fearing woman serving the God of heaven night and day". Mary would have perfected that , and thus to say that Mary was a sinner, makes absolutely no sense. It also makes sense based on that statement, that she probably never had to go through the process of dying and judgement as we would understand it. In fact, the bible gets even more Catholic than that. Other responses from the handmaid of the lord. "but now that you are a devout woman pray for us", or "whatever is pleasing to him I will promptly do. This will be a joy for me until the day of my death." "the lord struck him down by the hand of a female". It gets better "blessed are you, daughter, by the most high God, above all the women on earth." "may God make this redound to your everlasting honor" "Judith 15 "you are the glory of Jerusalem, the great pride of Israel,... and the lord is pleased with you". I could go on forever.

They always say, we worship Mary. We don’t worship and we can’t worship Mary, because there’s only one God.That is idolatry if we worship anybody else but God. We talk to Mary, we asked for her prayer and help in this valley of tears. We seek guidance from her, on how to be a good child of God. To change ourselves to make God happy because we love God. Isn’t that the first commandment anyways is to love our God with our whole heart and soul?

Great video, many thanks

Thank you so much for this video. I'm a new sub, starting today. I'll be sharing your videos. Stay blessed as I am to have found you. Please pray for me and my love ones.

Catholics are taught to worship and adore only God. We may have a devotion to the Blessed Mother, but we only worship and adore God. Mary is beloved Daughter of the Father, Bride of The Holy Spirit, and Mother of The Son. She has a singular and universal calling. In the book of Kings, when King David held court it is written that when the subjects wanted to petition the king, but considered that he would deny their petition, they would request that the Queen would petition on their behalf. It was well regarded that the King would not refuse his Queen. Since David had many wives it was the Queen Mother, his mom, who sat by his side! King David set the precedent of never refusing his mom any public requests, that’s probably why The Lord changed the water into wine, at the wedding feast at Cana, upon his mother’s request. That’s why Catholics trust to petition the Queen Mother of heaven to intercede for us! We know she has God’s ear and that His Favor rests in her. She has her Father’s ear, she has her Heavenly Spouse’s ear, She has her Beloved Son’s ear! Please know that Catholics do not speak to the dead, we petition the Saints to pray for us, same as we ask fellow believers to pray for us. We trust that The Saints are truly more alive than we are! And they are our friends! Through the saving power of Jesus Christ we’re looking forward to spending eternity with G❤️D and with our friends!

For everyone disrespecting Mary i will oray this prayer for you. Oh my Jesus forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls to heaven, especially those who are in most need of thy mercy Amen This prayer was given to the children in fatima by the blessed mother Mary. Catholics combined worldwide say this prayer millions of times a day for you and for everyone.

✋👏👏👏God bless!

Well presented!

One of my wife's childhood friends posted online last month. Mama Mary forgive us of our sins and give us grace. If that's not idolatry I quit!

Ave Maria pray for us. Amen

Hi Hugh! I love that you quote scripture all the time! I've been trying to know my bible inside and out, and have been doing Bible in a Year for 3 three years now. Are there any methods or ways that you use or would recommend, so that I can know my bible so well that I can quote it off the top of my head? as it usually seems that you do! :) Thanks for the videos, keep 'em coming! 👍👍

16:07 what's the verse you're referring to where another Mary is the mother of James and Joseph? I'm a Protestant but I've always thought Mary remaining a virgin was the most plausible of the RCC Marian dogmas, I'd love to look into this some more

: "I pray you'll really listen to my explanation." Pray comes from the Old French preier, "to pray," with its Latin root word, precari, "ask earnestly, beg, or entreat."

Hugh. It would be very helpful, if you could provide links to any reference sources that are drawn upon outside of the Bible. Pop them in the description part of the episode

Great video, thank you for that. You're quickly becoming one of my favorite Catholic channels!

No other child could go into the sanctuary of Mary's womb...After bearing the Son of God....

Any chance you’d be willing to tackle the conspiracy theories rampant on Social Media among Evangelicals? Especially these two: 1.) Saint Teresa of Calcutta was a Child Trafficker 2.) The Vatican plays a leading role in Child Trafficking (tunnels under the Vatican!) Thanks and keep fighting the good fight❤

Whatever happens, we'll find out the whole truth after we die. I pray it's together in heaven that we find out.

Another great video

Even if the intercession of the saints is not doctrinally declared more efficacious than my intercession for you, or yours for me, it is still well understood that it is. As Christians (Catholics) we understand that we are children of the Kingdom of Christ and that, like an earthly kingdom-- all of which are patterned off of the heavenly kingdom, there is a hierarchy of influence, and that, if fact, the influence of the queen mother, Our Lady, over her son, Our Lord, is vastly greater than mine is, for example, or yours. She is the most powerful advocate on our behalf, especially in spiritual warfare. She is the woman who will crush the serpent's head, mentioned in Genesis.

Some are convinced that they are ABOVE of all the saints of the Church. That they are right and ALL the Church is Wrong. In fact they want to be their OWN religion.

Everything is by the grace of God

Amen Amen Truly Truly I AM telling you the TRUTH, ALL your beloved pets are in Heaven.

I have had my struggles in accepting Mary as the Church understands her role in salvation history. I realized theologically what the church believed and taught such as the queen mother as found in the Old Testament and all the other doctrines, but what really turned me was when I realized that she is forevermore our Lord’s mother. I knew then that she would hold an even higher place of honor than even the apostles. I know that for many that sounds outrageous and completely unbiblical, yet it is a reality. She is now and forever will be his mother. She did not give him his divinity, but she gave him his flesh and she bore him, raised him and nourished him. I’m sure that our Lord honors the commandment to honor thy mother. And that seat of honor is hers and hers only. Think about it!

Among other things, praying the Rosary is a blessing and teaches us the gospels.

Luke 2:34-35 34 and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted 35 (and you yourself a sword will pierce)* so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”

Love to hear people defend our mother in heaven. Hard to keep up with some of his fast speech.

Only people who came from evolution may call Mary is just a woman, but people who came from human beings call Mary blessed because God's word says, "All generations shall call me blessed". So, consider yourself that you came from animal evolution or human generation. Hail Mary Full of Grace 🙏💖 Supporting from Myanmar 🇲🇲❤

Jesus no more had brothers than the ark of the covenant was used as a bread bin, once the temple was built

Why wouldn’t I ask the one human who loved Jesus best to help me love Him and be like Him? Common sense really if we are all alive in Christ (which is scriptural). Actually for a long time I struggled with Mary and asked God to grant me a love for her. Boy He didn’t disappoint. And she in turn has helped bring me closer to Him. Win win!!!

Do Protestants think that Our Father, who sees in what's hidden, doesn't see with approval any of us giving the highest reverence to the humblest and purest of souls, Mary, who is crowned in Heaven?

And She was greeted by Angel Gabriel as a royalty. The favored one.

Mary is the Mother of God, not according to any man-made doctrines, but according to the Holy Spirit (Luke 1:43). Mary is not Eternally Begotten and is not part of the Holy Trinity. Yet, God found favor with her and she is proclaimed "full of Grace." Because in everything God works for good in those who love him and Mary was called according to Gods purpose. For He foreknew her and predestined her to be the Mother of God. And we can be certain that He justified her and glorified her. This is why Mary, the Mother of God, can proclaim to us "God My Savior." St. Paul tells us in Galatians 1:15 that he was chosen by God before he was born to preach the gospel to the Gentiles. And so was Mary, the Mother of God, chosen before the foundation of the world to be the Mother of God. On behalf of her Nation Israel and therefore on behalf of the whole world, Marys fiat was heard on earth and in heaven. Catholic Forum

We ALL have to read and learn who is JESUS CHRIST actually. Not what we think about Him, but WHO is He really and what He demands to us.

Thank you for this video. I really enjoyed your take on the grace given to Mary by virtue of Christ on the Cross. I would venture to propose that all grace found in the Old Testament was by virtue of the Eternal Sacrifice of Christ on the Cross. The fruits of the Cross are eternal and applied across all time. Otherwise, there would have been no salvation for the saints of the Old Testament.

Pay attention : a SAINT who lived on earth is a SOUL and not a Spirit!! Please pay attention: A SAINT is a soul who is already with the Father. We can therefore perfectly venerate him and ask for his intercession for us! We have ONE Savior, okay. But many, many intercessors: the Saints of the Church.

No one can have Jesus in fullness if he/her rejects His Holy Mother. No Mary, No Jesus used to say Mother Theresa. Please, there is NO reason to be afraid of our Holy Mother Mary.

Cardinal Newman, a convert on the Immaculate Conception: 1.Does not the objector consider that Eve was created, or born, without original sin? Why does not this shock him? Would he have been inclined to honour Eve in that first estate of hers? Why, then, Mary? 2. Does he not believe that St. John Baptist had the grace of God-i.e., was regenerated, even before his birth? What do we believe of Mary, but that grace was given her at a still earlier period? All we say is, that grace was given her from the first moment of her existence. 3. We do not say that she did not owe her salvation to the death of her Son. Just the contrary, we say that she, of all mere children of Adam, is in the truest sense the fruit and the purchase of His Passion. He has done for her more than for anyone else. To others He gives grace and regeneration at a point in their earthly existence; to her, from the very beginning. We do not make her nature different from others. Though, as St. Austin says, we do not like to name her in the same breath with mention of sin, yet, certainly she would have been a frail being, like Eve, without the grace of God. A more abundant gift of grace made her what she was from the first. It was not her nature which secured her perseverance, but the excess of grace which hindered Nature acting as Nature ever will act.

Someone wrote that " the Holy Spirit indwells everyone that is born again.", so, I call him/her to get baptiezd in order to be born again. Please, a christian is firstly baptized in the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit ! A christian and practices Sacrements and also FAITH, HOPE and CHARITY/LOVE.

Cyril of Alexandria 431 AD We salute you, for in your holy womb was confined him who is beyond all limitation. Because of you the holy Trinity is glorified and adored; the cross is called precious and is venerated throughout the world; the heavens exult; the angels and archangels make merry; demons are put to flight; the devil, that tempter, is thrust down from heaven; the fallen race of man is taken up on high; all creatures possessed by the madness of idolatry have attained knowledge of the truth; believers receive holy baptism; the oil of gladness is poured out; the Church is established throughout the world; pagans are brought to repentance. What more is there to say? Because of you the light of the only-begotten Son of God has shone upon those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death; prophets pronounced the word of God; the apostles preached salvation to the Gentiles; the dead are raised to life, and kings rule by the power of the holy Trinity. Who can put Mary’s high honor into words? She is both mother and virgin. I am overwhelmed by the wonder of this miracle. Of course no one could be prevented from living in the house he had built for himself, yet who would invite mockery by asking his own servant to become his mother? Behold then the joy of the whole universe. Let the union of God and man in the Son of the Virgin Mary fill us with awe and adoration. Let us fear and worship the undivided Trinity as we sing the praise of the ever-virgin Mary, the holy temple of God, and of God himself, her Son and spotless Bridegroom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen. This reading is from a homily Cyril of Alexandria to the council of Ephesus (Hom 4: PG 77, 992. 995-996) in AD 431..

Watching all the Prots lose their ever-living minds tells you all you need to know. Judge not lrst you be judged. They have no right to judge Catholucs, but here we are.

To respond to a comment, please be aware and do /// Do not confuse Jesus (the living stone rejected by the builders - 1 Peter 2.4-5) with the Apostle Peter, the stone on which the holy Church of JESUS CHRIST is built (Matthew 16.18) ! Yes, very truly the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven are in the hands of the Apostle Peter (Matthew 16.19)!

To respond to a comment, please notice that if You are a catholic christian You should practice your religion as teached by the Saints and by the Fathers of the HOLY CHURCH. If You reject the Holy Church, indeed, You are free to create your own personalized “christianity” by choosing in the Gospel what you like and rejecting in the Gospel what you don’t like. So You can declare Yourself what is “biblical” and what is not.

Catholics pray to Mary. Speaking or inquiring with the dead, which Mary is, because she is not deity, is strictly forbidden as in Deuteronomy 18:11. God alone has the knowledge and power to answer prayers. Jesus is God, so you can pray through the Son to the Father, as they are one. This is not saying Mary wasn't special or chosen by God for this blessing, but in the end, she is still a dead woman in heaven and not deity.

Elizabeth gave birth to john the baptist and she wasnt just any woman and his father was not just any one. Why do people think marry could have been just any woman when she gave birth to Jesus. Ave Maria🙏🏿

Someone wrote this: “It’s been a long time since we were judged! » It is a big MISTAKE to think that!! Because in the GOSPEL JESUS is very clear: The devil has already been judged BUT only him!!!! And this is why Jesus calls us to CONVERSION, in THIS LIFE: to be Saved! For us SALVATION is still possible => we must turn away from sin as much as possible, put our life and our Spirit in order. And educate yourself => read and learn the GOSPEL and the teachings of the CHURCH and the Saints, PRAYER and frequenting the sacraments. Align ing your life and your person as much as possible with the GOSPEL and do something useful with your day for Jesus Christ. !!

Interesting parallel I've recently discovered. On his way out of this world, the handmaiden of the king, King David, was Abishag, a virgin, and she kept him warm. On his way into this world, the Handmaiden of the Lord, Jesus, the King of Kings, Mary, a virgin, her womb kept the King warm. My question to those who doubt: When has any God ordained Handmaiden of a King ever been anything than a perpetual virgin?

when I begged God, Mary answered, she trained me to be a Holy person, Jesus gave me his Blessing, I now am asking for help

The Roman Catholic view of Mary calls into question the compassion, the sympathy, the loving-kindness of God. It places in the people’s minds doubt about God’s care, concern, sympathy, compassion, and interest in their plight. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Bible ends in the 22nd chapter of Revelation with John having heard the amazing revelations, and in this particular case from an angel, when he heard, verse 8 of Revelation 22, it says, “I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed me these things. And he said to me, ‘Do not do that/ I am a fellow servant of yours and of your brethren, the prophets, and of those who heed the words of this book. Worship God.’“ In another scene in the book of Revelation there is an angel, an everlasting, flying through heaven with an everlasting message, “Worship God. Worship God,” who is to be worshiped as our Redeemer, our Benefactor, our Comforter, our Sympathizer, our Deliverer. The Lord is the object of all our worship. The Lord is the object of all our thanksgiving. The Lord, the triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, He alone is to be worshiped, He alone is to be venerated, He alone is to be adored, He alone is to be supplicated, He alone is to be petitioned. There is no need for any other person to intercede. You can go directly to God. The Old Testament makes it abundantly clear, and in the New Testament, we go directly to God the Son, and by God the Son directly to God the Father. We are drawn to God the Son by the Spirit, and we are given access to God the Father by the Son. That’s why 1 Timothy 2:5 says, “There is one God, and one Mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” There is one Mediator and it is the man, Christ Jesus. Not angels, not saints, and not Mary. All our burdens, all our prayers, all our requests go directly to God through our relationship with Jesus Christ. John 14:13, “‘Whatever you ask,’ Jesus said, ‘in My name that will I do that the Father may be glorified in the Son.’“ If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it. God is not reluctant to hear our prayers; nor is Jesus reluctant to hear our prayers, so that we need to go to the mother of Jesus who supposedly can soften up Jesus who then can soften up God to show some interest in our dilemmas. And John again writing in 1 John 5 and verse 14 says, “This is the confidence which we have before Him that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us and we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, and so we know that we have the request which we have asked from Him.” We go directly to God, directly by the prompting of the Spirit to God the Son, and through God the Son to God the Father.

I would give a response to a comment : Many invent new theologies at their owns. But, the discovery of the person of Jesus is not to have a personal opinion about Him. But to unterstand who is He really. And that is only possible when we listen whoses have known Christ personally. And the teachings of de Saints since 20 centuries.

What is the protestant understanding of the word 'virgin'? Good day.

@LelaAukes 2 weeks ago Beautiful Mother Maria thank you to be with us. I love worship glorify you and your son Jesus our God almighty We catholics worship you oh great queen. We just tell the prots we dont just to shut them up.

I’m no longer Catholic. But I am a true believer. In my journey, I’ve belonged to Baptist churches who tried the old “Catholics pray to Mary”…and that simply isn’t true (some may, but it’s their own personal devotion). The baptists would condemn requesting intercession from Mary, and then put together a “prayer chain” to pray for each other. - I never really understood how they made this decision. The only time that Jesus did a miracle when it “wasn’t his time” was the marriage at Cana, when he obeyed Mary, and did a miracle anyway.

Salve, Regina, mater misericordiae. Vita, dulcedo et spes nostra, salve. Ad te clamamus, exsules filii Evae. Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle. Eia ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte. Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis post hoc exilium ostende. O clemens, o pia, o dulcis Virgo Maria !

Amen

Hail Caesar and hail full of grace are titles given to those in authority they were titles of honour

There is a crisis about the "divinity"of jesus if some protestants refuse to accept that he had a mother and yet accept he is God

According to your explanation of Mary's sinlessness due the lamb being slain from the foundation of the world then that would indicate all who exist or ever existed are sinless as well would it not.

I'm interested in what you say, but could you please slow your speach, it's too fast for me to understand. Thank you.

Everything is present to God because he exists outside of time so he sees the past present and future as present to him and so Jesus life death and resurrection and salvation is available to all mankind and so by the grace of God Abraham,Noah, Jacob etc etc and our blessed mother Mary have been given salvation. When Jesus descended into the hell of waiting the bosom of Abraham those who washed clean in the body of Christ entered heaven, the bosom of Abraham was also known as paradise and so that’s why Jesus said to the thief on the cross this day you will be with me in paradise, clearly Jesus descended into Hell that day.

The Mother of God.......the Holy Spirit told us so via Elizabeth in Luke 1: 41-44.

The new ark

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Whoever wants to know about the role of the holy mother of Jesus must read the Cathequism of the Catholic Church and in there all doubts are there. It’s so sad to see this unnatural hate that evangelicals have to the figure of the biggest project of God or the blessed Virgin Mary.

WISDOM, GOD AS MOTHERIN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF THE BLESSED MOTHER... Sirach 24:24 WISDOM shall praise HER own self, and shall be honoured in God, and shall glory in the midst of her people, 2 And shall open her mouth in the churches of the most High, and shall glorify herself in the sight of his power, 3 And in the midst of her own people she shall be exalted, and shall be admired in the holy assembly. 4 And in the multitude of the elect she shall have praise, and among the blessed she shall be blessed, saying: 5 I CAME OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE MOST HIGH, THE FIRSTBORN BEFORE ALL CREATURES: 6 I made that in the heavens there should rise light that never faileth, and as a cloud I covered all the earth: 7 I DWELT IN THE HIGHEST PLACES, AND MY THRONE IS IN A PILLAR OF A a CLOUD. 8 I alone have compassed the circuit of heaven, and have penetrated into the bottom of the deep, and have walked in the waves of the sea, 9 And have stood in all the earth: and in every people, 10 AND IN EVERY NATION I HAVE HAD THE CHIEF RULE: 11 And by my power I have trodden under my feet the hearts of all the high and low: and in all these I sought rest, and I shall abide in the inheritance of the Lord. 12 Then the creator of all things commanded, and said to me: and he that made me, rested in my tabernacle, 13 And he said to me: LET THY DWELLING BE IN JACOB, AND THEY INHERITANCE IN ISRAEL, AND TAKE ROOT IN MY ELECT. 14 From the beginning, and before the world, WAS I CREATED, AND UNTO THE WORLD TO COME I SHALL NOT CEASE TO BE, and in the holy dwelling place I have ministered before him. 15 And so was I established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested, and my power was in Jerusalem. 16 And I took root in an honourable people, and in the portion of my God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of saints. New American Bible, Revised Edition Wisdom of Solomon 9:2 And in your WISDOM have established humankind TO RULE THE CREATURES PRODUCED BY YOU, New American Bible, Revised Edition Sirach 15:1-3 Whoever fears the Lord will do this; whoever is practiced in the Law will come to WISDOM. She will meet him like a MOTHER; like a young bride she will receive him, SHE WILL FEED HIM with the BREAD of learning, and give him the WATER of understanding to drink. Sirach 24:24-26 Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition Sirach 24:24-26 I AM THE MOTHER OF FAIR LOVE, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope. 25 IN ME IS ALL GRACE of the WAY and of the TRUTH, in me is all hope of LIFE and of virtue. 26 Come over to me, all ye that desire me, and be filled with my fruits. WORD, GOD AS SON... New American Bible, Revised Edition John 1:1,3-5 In the beginning was the Word, and THE WORD WAS WITH GOD, AND THE WORD WAS GOD. ALL THINGS CAME TO BE THROUGH HIM, AND WITHOUT HIM NOTHING CAME TO BE. What came to be through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race; the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. New American Bible, Revised Edition Wisdom of Solomon 9:1 GOD OF MY ANCESTORS, Lord of mercy, YOU WHO HAVE MADE ALL THINGS BY YOUR WORD John 1:14 And THE WORD BECAME FLESH and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of THE FATHER'S ONLY SON, full of grace and truth. New American Bible, Revised Edition John 6:53-55 Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true FOOD, and my blood is true DRINK. John 14:6 “I am THE WAY and THE TRUTH and THE LIFE. No one comes to the Father except through me”

Who defined the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception? Was it a man or was it from the inspired word of God in the Bible? From the Catholic Encyclopedia definition, you read this. The preservation and exemption of the Blessed Virgin Mary from every stain of original sin from the first moment of her conception we declare, pronounce, and define that the most holy Blessed Virgin Mary at the first instance of her conception was preserved Immaculate from all stains of original sin. Now if I can prove to you what the Catholic Encyclopedia has defined Immaculate Conception to be is the same definition as what the Bible says about all of us that we are also preserved and exempt from every stain of original sin from the first moment of our conception. Will you concede that we also are Immaculate Conceived? If I quote these two passages one in Psalm 139:13-14 “For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.” and this passage in Ezekiel 28:15 “You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, Till iniquity was found in you.” Would you say when it says “You formed my inward parts, and fearfully and wonderfully made, and “You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created” does it talk about Mary? Yes, right? Well, not only her but all of us my friend. Now can I take the Catholic Encyclopedia definition and read it this way? The preservation and exemption of all babies from every stain of original sin from the first moment of our conception we declare, pronounce, and define that all at the first instance of our conception were preserved Immaculate from all stains of original sin. Can this also refer to all of us and those who are born today and will tomorrow? Most absolutely. Here are more Bible passages that will completely refute and debunk your notion that the RCC doctrine keeps saying that the Blessed Virgin Mary is the only one born sinless when the Bible says everyone is born sinless. Genesis 1:27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Ecclesiastes 7:29 Truly, this only I have found: That God made man upright, But they have sought out many schemes.” Matthew 18:2-6 Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me. If a child will go to heaven certainly a baby will also, therefore, were not born with a sinful nature. Mark 10:13-16 Then they brought little children to Him, that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked those who brought them. But when Jesus saw it, He was greatly displeased and said to them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God. Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.” And He took them up in His arms, laid His hands on them, and blessed them. Again if a child will go to heaven certainly a baby will also, therefore, were not born with a sinful nature. Romans 9:11 for the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him who calls. Now let's bring this further in the future. This dogma of the Immaculate Conception was defined by Pius IX on December 8, 1854. As you can see it was all made up from the go by a man many centuries after Jesus Christ was ascended into heaven and where did this Pius get that idea from? Did he get it from some Mary's apparition where she said she was Immaculate Conceived or by twisting some Scriptures to come up with that idea? Pius finally defined it on December 8, 1854, just before Mary said it herself at the grotto of Lourdes on 25 March 1858, when Saint Bernadette Soubirous asked the name of the mysterious Lady who appeared to her, she replied, “I am the Immaculate Conception.” That is odd Pius said it first before she said it. So he must have got that idea from twisting some Bible passages. Now let's add this up. That could only prove it was not Mary who appeared to Saint Bernadette or ever appeared to any of all her apparitions past and future but it was Satan himself the angel of light. He wants to confirm her apparitions so you Catholics stay firm in her that since you love her so much and you seem not able to live without her or take her out of your mind that you pray, bow down, and worship her on your knees it was his way to make you believe more about her and keep in you so deep in the dark because he did not want to lose you. Another reason it could not be Mary is because she knows we are all born without sin from what God says about us and why would she come and tell us a lie and go against the teaching of God's word that she is the only one sinless and nobody else. It would not make any sense and she would have sinned and now on her way to hell. Now let's refute some of the Bible passages you brought up to support your claim. Luke 1:26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!” Luke 1:30 Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Did you know in Acts 6:8 that Stephen was full of grace. "And Stephen, full of grace and fortitude, did great wonders and signs among the people." Does that mean that Stephen was born sinless and immaculate conceived like Mary? I know why you would read it from Douay-Rheims because like you said it is a Catholic Bible that agrees with you that is why you picked it up but no other Bibles called her “Hail, full of grace, or thou hast found grace with God” but all said “highly favored.” Seems there is a preference to say that because it suits your Catholic doctrine if it did not it would destroy your doctrine so you have to stick to Douay-Rheims. But funny if something is said in the King James Bible that looks good for your doctrine why do you not stay with Douay-Rheims that you need to come in that Bible? Does your Catholic Bible not have it? Anyway, you are outnumbered on this one not too many would agree with you. Just because Douay-Rheims was written in 1582 and the King James was written in 1611 does not prove it was translated better or more accurately where most people believe the King James and the New King James version because it is better and the most accurate translation from Hebrews and Greek into English by taken from the original manuscripts. Anyway, I will leave it at that too many things to say it will take too much of my time to say more. Just for me to prove the RCC doctrine of Immaculate Conception does not agree with what the Bible says is enough to show your doctrine is a lie. Now please stop lying you are in danger of going to hell with the rest of the Catholics. If you preach that lies and many lies of the RCC doctrine you will be responsible for sending many with you to hell. Read the Bible properly at its face value and in the context it was written. You have not studied the Bible enough my friend. Come to Christ not to Mary she is dead and her bones are still in the grave.

Just observation imo this why I rather marry a Catholic women 😅 then Protestant. Mary brings nurturing and gentleness to the church. Protestant seem untethered with a Bible and missing so many elements within a church

And all the classic reformers knew it

Thanks for your efforts. Please research necromancy. You are unintentionally furthering the Protestant misunderstanding of this term. Yes, Mary and the other saints aren’t dead, so that’s dispositive, but to make it even clearer that it has nothing to do with asking the saints to pray for us is that necromancy is not merely speaking to the dead, but rather the raising or conjuring of the dead to inquire of them to learn about the future, etc.

Ave Maria, gratia plena. Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in Mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventri tui Iesus. ❤

Here is a comment read on this video: “Did you know? The first gospel is the one written by Mark (a close friend of the apostles Peter and Paul), he wrote it in 70 AD. This comment confirms the truth: the Church was born, before the Bible! Through the testimony and missionary work of the apostles and disciples. By the Word and not the scriptures, which indeed did not yet exist.

The phrase Mother of God is not in Scripture, but we do have something synonymous in Luke 1:43, in the heart of the visitation account. When Mary entered Elizabeth’s home and greeted her, Elizabeth “exclaimed with a loud cry: ‘Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?’” Biblical evidence for this dogma is not limited to the New Testament. St. Cyril of Jerusalem and the fathers of the Council of Ephesus referred to an intriguing prophecy from Isaiah 7:14 in their own exposition of both Jesus’ divinity and Mary’s divine maternity: For the holy prophet Isaiah does not lie when he says, “Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which is interpreted God with us.” The Messiah was to be born of a woman, and yet he was to be called Immanuel, which means God with us. According to the council fathers, God with us means what it says: Jesus is God; so this prophetic virgin, Mary, would then be the Mother of God. Add to this prophecy the text of Luke 1:43 and we have both the Old and New Testaments revealing the “Catholic” truth about Mary. Elizabeth-under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit-suggests that Mary is the Ark of the New Covenant. Consider these parallels: 2 Samuel 6:16 presents King David leaping in the presence of the Ark. Luke 1:41 tells how St. John the Baptist leapt in the womb of Elizabeth when Mary greeted her upon entering into her home. 2 Samuel 6:11 records that “the ark of the Lord abode in the house of Obededom the Gethite three months.” Luke 1:56 tells us that Mary “remained in the house of Elizabeth about three months.” Further, recall the reason why the Ark of the Covenant was believed to be surpassingly holy. According to Hebrews 9:4, it carried inside of it three holy objects: A sample of the manna, the miraculous bread from heaven (Exod. 16). The Ten Commandments, God’s words from heaven (Exod. 20). The rod of Aaron, the high priest (Num. 17). All three of these gifts given by God to Israel were types-spiritual prefigurements-of Jesus Christ. Mary carried within her womb: The true bread from heaven (John 6:32). The Word of God made flesh (John 1:14). Our true High Priest (Heb. 3:1). The parallels are unmistakable. Elizabeth and the Gospel author (plus the unborn John the Baptist!), inspired by the Holy Spirit, recognize that Mary is the Ark of the New Covenant and bearer of the fulfillment of all that the old ark contained: not a mere man but divinity in the flesh, alive within her. She is the Mother of God.