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# Jesus requires that Mary ask him | # Jesus requires that Mary ask him | ||
## thus marking the distinction between believers and unbelievers | ## thus marking the distinction between believers and unbelievers | ||
## i.e., " | ## i.e., [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/7?8 Mt. 7:8]: ''"For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."'' | ||
# As she orders the servers to "Do whatever he tells you" ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/2:5 Jn 2:5]), she maintains that intercessory role in 1) bringing it to Jesus' attention; and 2) directing the servants to follow him. | ### see also [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/1john/5?14 Jn 5:14]: ''"And we have this confidence in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us."'' | ||
# As she orders the servers to "Do whatever he tells you" ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/2:5 Jn 2:5]), she maintains that intercessory role in 1) bringing it to Jesus' attention; and 2) directing the servants to follow him. | |||
Thus we see the power of intercession that belongs to the Holy Mother | Thus we see the power of intercession that belongs to the Holy Mother<ref>Calvin, apparently, argued that Mary was merely reporting the situation and not asking for Jesus' intervention. That view is needed to deny Mary as intercessor (i.e. praying to her, which Calvin denied). From NetBible: | ||
''Some think Mary was only reporting the situation, or (as Calvin thought) asking Jesus to give some godly exhortations to the guests and thus relieve the bridegroom’s embarrassment. But the words, and the reply of Jesus in v. 4, seem to imply more.'' ([https://netbible.org/bible/John+2 John 2 | Lumina (netbible.org])</ref> | ''Some think Mary was only reporting the situation, or (as Calvin thought) asking Jesus to give some godly exhortations to the guests and thus relieve the bridegroom’s embarrassment. But the words, and the reply of Jesus in v. 4, seem to imply more.'' ([https://netbible.org/bible/John+2 John 2 | Lumina (netbible.org])</ref> and the Church's terminology for her as "Advocate" and "Mediatrix."<ref>See Lumen Gentium nos. 58, 62</ref> Mary, Aquinas explains, "First, she intercedes, with her Son. In the second place, she instructs the servants."<ref>citation to do</ref> | ||
=== The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus === | === The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus === | ||