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MARY OUR MOTHER

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   mike shannon, on February 12, 2023 at 11:34 pm said:

   Why is it said that the garaband doll apparitions are not Supernatural when they have information like not being able to be picked up, or taking rosaries back to people that they belong to, levitations. Even if this is from Satan they would still be Supernatural correct?

   FATHER JOE: The supernatural here is in terms of divine intervention. Beware of claims of paranormal activity.
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   kitanswa, on March 14, 2013 at 12:47 pm said:

   May I know where in Scripture that Mary is in heaven or how she went to heaven? Well I know that God is powerful and can do anything, but for this ‘important’ person Mary, He would have told us about it as He tells us about the way about of Elijah, Moses and alike. Please help me on this.

   FATHER JOE: Do you really want to know? I suspect that you really came to impugn Catholic teaching. The Assumption of the Blessed Mother is not directly detailed in Scripture. Why? First, the Gospels are centered on the life and ministry of Jesus, not Mary. Second, the end of Mary’s life fell outside the time-table and scope of the biblical documents. The fact remains that there are no physical relics of Mary. Do you really doubt that Mary, the handmaid of the Lord, is in heaven? At the end of her life, she was translated into heaven. This is the teaching that comes to us from Sacred Tradition. There would not even be a New Testament until the fourth century. God has told us about this mystery. God has given us his living Church (the Catholic Church) with an authentic teaching authority to interpret the sources of revelation. Your faith is seriously handicapped for spurning this authority and the full deposit of faith. The Church does not abide by a deficient “sola scriptura” approach to such questions of faith.

   And another thing is that, the 4 brothers of Jesus were by Joseph and Mary cause at least Scripture shows that Joseph did not have sex with Mary until the birth of Jesus. So with 4 boys, she could not have remained a virgin – unless you prove this to me with Scripture.

   FATHER JOE: The Bible speaks of the brethren of Christ. However, Mary is never called their mother. She is only referenced as the Mother of Jesus. Hebrew often used terms like “brother” and “sister” for cousins. Some early churchmen speculated that Joseph was a widower with children from a prior bond. In any case, our Lord at the Cross gives Mary into the care of his apostle, John. This would have made no sense if she were the biological mother of these brethren. There is even some biblical evidence about your confusion. Look at Mark 15:40: “There were also women looking on from a distance; among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.” This other Mary is the mother of two of the brothers of the Lord.