[/COLOR][/B]Sorry, but you'd be wrong Magenta, not just us Catholics, but Holy Scripture as well!! Maybe Jesus didn't come right out and say it, But the Apostles knew good and well that Mary is the Mother of Jesus, They were so sure she was the mother of Jesus that they wrote of it!! So lets see what they had to say about it, they being the Apostles. These quotes are from your very own Protestant version of the bible, the King James Version.
John 2:3; And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
Jn.3:5 "His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it
Jn.3:12; After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days."
Jn.19:26-27; "And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart."
Luke 2:51; "And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart."
And then there is Luke 11:27; And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed [is] the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked." Now Magenta, who do you think this woman was talking about if it wasn't Mary, Jesus' mother?
Are you now going to say that Scripture is in error Magenta??? How about you 49, do you beleive Scripture is in error refuring to Mary as Jesus' mother??? Or maybe you Gr8grace, do you beleive Scripture is in error by refuring to Mary as Jesus' mother??? {rolling eyes}
Pax Christi
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