Pro-Life Tuesday! Honoring Mary is Pro-Life

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There are so many beautiful images of the Virgin and Child, but this one is my favorite.  I love how He rests so peacefully in her arms with complete trust.  Imagine God making himself so vulnerable and trusting so completely a mere human being!  Of course Mary was no ordinary human.  Read what the Reformers had to say about her: 

"She is rightly called not only the mother of the man, but also the Mother of God ... It is certain that Mary is the Mother of the real and true God." 
"It is an article of faith that Mary is Mother of the Lord and still a Virgin."
"But the other conception, namely the infusion of the soul, it is piously and suitably believed, was without any sin, so that while the soul was being infused, she would at the same time be cleansed from original sin and adorned with the gifts of God to receive the holy soul thus infused. And thus, in the very moment in which she began to live, she was without all sin..."
The veneration of Mary is inscribed in the very depths of the human heart."
"Is Christ only to be adored? Or is the holy Mother of God rather not to be honoured? This is the woman who crushed the Serpent's head. Hear us. For your Son denies you nothing."
--Martin Luther

"Elizabeth called Mary Mother of the Lord, because the unity of the person in the two natures of Christ was such that she could have said that the mortal man engendered in the womb of Mary was at the same time the eternal God."
"Helvidius has shown himself too ignorant, in saying that Mary had several sons, because mention is made in some passages of the brothers of Christ."  Calvin translated "brothers" in this context to mean cousins or relatives.
"It cannot be denied that God in choosing and destining Mary to be the Mother of his Son, granted her the highest honor."
"To this day we cannot enjoy the blessing brought to us in Christ without thinking at the same time of that which God gave as adornment and honour to Mary, in willing her to be the mother of his only-begotten Son."
--John Calvin

"It was given to her what belongs to no creature, that in the flesh she should bring forth the Son of God."
"I firmly believe that Mary, according to the words of the gospel as a pure Virgin brought forth for us the Son of God and in childbirth and after childbirth forever remained a pure, intact Virgin."
"I esteem immensely the Mother of God, the ever chaste, immaculate Virgin Mary."
"Christ ... was born of a most undefiled Virgin."
"It was fitting that such a holy Son should have a holy Mother."
"The more the honor and love of Christ increases among men, so much the esteem and honor given to Mary should grow."
--Ulrich Zwingli

So it is fitting that the Christ Child appear to lie in complete peace and comfort on the "Seat of Wisdom" (one of Mary's titles indicating that her lap was a throne for Wisdom Incarnate).  Why was she worthy of this calling?  That is also depicted in this painting:  She is resting completely upon her Lord and Savior.  She has complete trust and confidence in Him to give her the grace necessary to follow God's calling, even when it has been predicted that a "sword shall pierce her heart".  Luke 2:35

All children should be able to have such complete trust in their earthly mother.  Sadly, 22% of American babies are killed in the womb.  90% of down syndrome babies are killed before birth.

Mother Mary,
In this month of May we honor you.  Please intercede on behalf of all mothers, especially those who are considering abortion.  May they rest upon the strength of your Son, Jesus.  May all Christians unite in honoring you as our mother with Jesus Our Brother.

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