Objections to Marian doctrine

Lutero said:

This is hard to believe:a.) All graces God gives to human beings pass through the hands of Mary; no creature has received any grace from God except through the hands of Mary.

All grace came by Jesus Christ. And Jesus Christ came by Mary.

b.) Those souls will fall and be lost who do not have recourse to Mary.

This is a truth and a great mystery. An inkling of it is revealed in Rev 12:17. Here, those who battle the Dragon are depicted as the “seed of the Woman (i.e. Mary). They are also described as those who have the Testimony of Jesus and the Commandments of God.

The seed of Mary have in their mouths the Testimony of Jesus and the Commandments of God. That sounds as though, those who have recourse to Mary are the Elect. I believe St. Louis de Montfort explained this mystery best. Christ is born by the action of the Holy Spirit in every one who loves Mary.

c.) The Lord wants us to place our hope for salvation and for every blessing in Mary.

See response to b.

d.) When we pray to the Mother of God we are heard more quickly than when we call directly on the name of Jesus.

See the book of Job for an example of God receiving the prayers of those He hold especially dear (Job 42:8). See also Numbers 12, about how Aaron and Miriam turned on Moses and God rebuked them. Also James 5:16-18, where St. James shows that God listens to just men, like Elijah.

Suffice to say that God loves and listens to the prayers of those who are meek and holy in His sight.

e.) Mary is the most faithful mediatrix of our salvation; she has been made the ladder to paradise, the gate of heaven, the most true mediatrix between God and human beings.

See response to b above.

e.) In the name of Mary every knee should bend, of things in heaven, on earth and under the earth. Mary saves all who have recourse to her.

In the Gospel of John, Jesus revealed that Mary is the mother of the Disciple whom He loves. We, Catholics are taught that WE are the Disciples whom Jesus loves. And we therefore take Mary in our hearts as out mother, in the name of Jesus. Now, the Scriptures also say that we must “honor our father and mother”. Therefore, we bow to and kneel before our Holy Mother. John 19:27; Exodus 20:12

Rev 12:1 reveals that Mary has been crowned Queen of Heaven. Therefore we bow to and kneel before Mary as we would before a Queen.

f.) Mary is the door through which sinners come to God.

That is why Scripture calls us the “Seed of the Woman”. Rev 12:17

God is absolute. It was God’s will that God, the Second Person of the Holy Trinity, come to sinners through Mary. Scripture reveals that in order to come to God, we must become the Seed of Mary.

Sincerely,

De Maria