While standing in line at the pharmacy I recognized a local minister with whom I am acquainted. He had his back to me while he carried on a conversation with a man and a woman so I didn’t want to interrupt him. They were just a few feet from me so I couldn’t help hearing their exchange.
Minister: At our Christmas Eve service we sang “Mary, Did You Know?” by Mark Lowry. So beautiful!
The man: Hmph.
Minister: You don’t like it? It’s such a beautiful song!
The woman: I don’t like the Mary-thing. Jesus wasn’t Mary’s baby. He was God.
If I understand her correctly, I have to choose between the two. Where does this aversion to “the mother of my Lord”* come from? Did God the Son, who commands us to “Honor your father and your mother” disobey His own command by marginalizing her? This need to sideline the “blessed”** mother of Jesus is typically born from anti-Catholic prejudice and often leads to heretical ideas about Christ Himself.
- Luke 1:43
** Luke 1:48
Mark Shea goes into more detail here.
