Holy Virgin Mother Mary may not be the Co-Redemptrix, but…

Holy Virgin Mother Mary may not be the Co-Redemptrix, but…

With the recent clarification from the Papal Office about banning the usage of some special terms such as 'Co-Redemptrix' and 'Center of all Divine Graces', the Catholics who are very devoted to Holy Mary are a bit confused and disappointed, with the concern that the Marian devotion in the Catholic Church is diminishing! In fact, such a clarification from the 'Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments', with the permission of the Pontiff, became necessary because some sects within the Church, out of overwhelming piety and love for the Blessed Virgin Mary, started using the titles Co-Redemptrix and Distributor of All Graces, which contradict the very teachings of the Holy Bible (Ephesians 1:7, 1 Tim 2:5, Col 1:13–14, 1 Pet 1:18–19, Gal 3:13 etc.)!

Being a “slave of the LORD JESUS CHRIST” and an ardent son of the Blessed Virgin Mother, as mentioned in the Holy Bible: “Lord, I am Your servant and the son of Your maidservant” (Psalm 116:16), I too am deeply devoted to Our Lady. But the above declaration did not disappoint me, because I am fully aware that my Divine Master Jesus Christ alone is the Redeemer of mankind, and His Holy Mother, who is “full of Divine Grace,” gives necessary graces to Her children to repent, seek and reach Her Divine Son.

I am also aware of the four Holy Spirit–inspired dogmas of the Catholic Church about the Virgin Mother that are unchangeable. They are:

1. Holy Mary is the Mother of God (from AD 431)

2. She is a Perpetual Virgin (from AD 649)

3. She is the Immaculate Conception (from AD 1854)

4. She was Assumed into Heaven (from AD 1950)

There are also many unique specialties of Blessed Mary which were revealed to me, 'Her humble son and the slave of Her Son Jesus Christ,' by the Holy Spirit from the Bible. I do not know whether anyone has interpreted these things in this way earlier. They are:

1. The only human being greeted/respected by Almighty God (Luke 1:28).

   God appeared and spoke directly or through His angels to many of His chosen people in the Bible. But only Mary of Nazareth was greeted—a sign of Divine respect.

2. She is seated at the right side of Her Son (Mark 10:35).

   When the disciples John and James prayed to the Lord Jesus for a favour—to sit at His right and left—He rejected their plea, saying it would be granted by the Father. (Probably this was the only prayer ever unanswered by the Lord for the fulfilment of the Holy verse in John 12:26!)

3. She is respected more than anyone by the Heavenly Father (John 12:26).

   The Lord says in the above Verse: “My Father will respect the one who serves Me.”

   Numerous saints, including the Apostles, served and continue to serve the Lord Jesus. All of them are or will definitely be honoured by the Almighty Father. But the one who served Him more than anyone is undoubtedly His Holy Virgin Mother—who served Him from the womb to the tomb!

   Obviously, She will be honoured more by the God Almighty in accordance with the above Holy verse (Jn12:26).

Jesus Christ is the Source of all Graces (John 1:16), but His Mother Mary was filled with all Divine Graces even before she was greeted by the Angel (God)! This shows that She was chosen by God and was created specially and uniquely, without any blemishes like birth sin.

So, the Blessed Virgin Mary, even though she is not given any official title as the Co-Redemptrix, was created by the Triune God in a very special and unique way blemishlessly and filled with all Divine Graces (Lk 1:28) to be called the Daughter of the Almighty Father, Mother of the Divine Son, and the Mystical Bride of the Holy Spirit!