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Gramps,
Why don’t we in the church ever talk about “Mary,” the mother of God.
She is rarely mentioned? Shirley, from Colorado |
Dear
Shirley,
The
virgin, Mary, is venerated by members of the Church as the mortal mother of the
Savior of mankind, but she is not worshiped, as in some Christian faiths. She
holds a unique place in all eternity as that pure woman “who was carried away
in the Spirit” and who afterwards gave birth to the Son of the Father. She is
spoken of with respect and reverence. She is called the “Blessed Virgin” by
Elder Bruce R. McConkie--
“Our
attention now turns to the Blessed Virgin and her other sons and daughters, the
offspring of Mary and Joseph” (The Mortal Messiah, Vol.2, p.226).
The
role of Mary, the mother of Jesus, is amplified by Elder McConkie in the
following:
“Thus
Jesus proclaims the doctrine of the divine Sonship. From God who is his Father
he inherited the power of immortality, the power to live forever. An immortal
Being cannot die. No man can take his life from him. From Mary, who is his
mother, he inherited the power of mortality, the power to separate body and
spirit, the power to die. All mortal beings die; all lay down their lives in
death. Jesus only of all mankind -- Jesus, the Son of the living God; Jesus, the
Son of the mortal Virgin -- this One Man of all men had power to live or to die;
and having chosen to die, he had power to live again in glorious immortality,
never again to see death. All this is according to the commandment of the
Father” (The Mortal Messiah, Vol.3, p.216 - p.217).
Gramps