Wrestling with Scripture

I accepted Mary as my mother for a simple reason, Jesus gave her to us when he said " Here is your mother" (John 19:26-27). If I am to be a disciple close to Jesus' heart as the beloved disciple in the book of John, I must take Jesus' advice and take Mary to my home and treat her as my mother. 26  When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, “Woman, here is your son.”  27  Then he said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home. (John 19:26-27) There is so much of misunderstanding about Mary and how Catholics approach her, leading some to completely ignore her which I feel would be great loss as she is the perfect role model for any Christian. As Catholics, we do not worship her, as worship is for God alone. We honor her because God honored her. We love her because Jesus loved her. We must look to imitate her, in the way that she emptied herself so...