I think I am going to just make a tab for words and meanings. I went back and read the article from my earlier post concerning Catholics and Christians. Then I just had to read the paragraph cited from the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Then that had me searching the word mediatrix in Merriam-Webster.
What?!
Mary is a mediatrix? Or she is a mediator? How? In analogy it reminds me of a religious version of the degrees to Kevin Bacon. Now I'm not chalking up a points thing here, but man, this leaves me kind of sad. Sad because I always looked to Mary as being the greatest Mother in the entire world whom misunderstood Catholics gave recognition to. Words have been used to argue one ideology over another since language has been written. In my mind words = plural, When put to the one word rule, mincing meaning is difficult, especially use and lack thereof in the Bible. So logically, Mary is NOT a mediator according to the Bible. Implying that there is more than one way to God violates the core of being a Christian, right? And I haven't even begun that discussion and research and personal thought process. I am just addressing things one at a time. I didn't have plans to linger, but here I am, kind of indignantly wanting to question somebody: WHY?
Why didn't somebody just tell me to go read this Catechism? It's hard for me to explain how finding facts based within reason frees the mind more to contemplate the heart comforting. However, I am still just putting it in here, to chew over, because now that prayer Hail Mary is going around in my head. Now I wonder exactly what does it mean 'Full of Grace'. I can see now why asking her to pray for us fires people up. Why ask her, when God's right here? so to speak? I get it now that I pick it apart in literal sense.
Again, somebody should have just said Read this prayer. What does it say? *sigh*
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