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Many
traditionalists are angered by the recent document from the Dicastery for the Doctrine
of the Faith, “Mater Populi Fidelis.” They call it insulting to Mary, because
it discourages use of the titles “Co-Redemptrix” and “Mediatrix of all Graces.”
On this
issue, I am entirely in agreement with the Dicastery and the Vatican. It feels
good to say that.
I have
always been disturbed by those very titles. “Co-Redemptrix” sounds blasphemous
to me. Jesus is uniquely our redeemer. It sounds like a feminist attempt to
subvert this truth. “Mediatrix of all Graces”? So the saints must petition her,
and have no direct line to God? Did she mediate the graces she herself received?
We are to go to her of necessity instead of Christ?
No; this is
paganism.
Mary is the
paradigm of the perfect disciple soul. Elevating her to some more active role
violates her immaculate nature. Subservience is her essence, and it is this she
models for us. “Let it be done unto me according to thy word.”
Thank you
for the clarification, Pope Leo.
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