The real reason Christians should venerate and honour Mary.

Focus:Luke 1: 26 , down to chapter 2. .......*The angle came to her and said, "peace be with you , The Lord is with you and has greatly blessed you"......... *The angel said to her, "Don't be afraid , Mary, God hasbeen gracious to you . You will be pregnant and give birth to a son , and you will call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the son of the most High God. The Lord will make him a king ......"*

Just after Christmas , the Catholic Church all over the world celebrate the solemnity of the blessed Virgin Mary. An act that has always divided the Christian community in point of view. Some argue that she is only a messenger and should not be hailed venerable. While the Catholic Church has remained faithful to their believe and obligation to honour and show respect to her. Because she is the mother of God and therefore the mother of the church.
At the service, I paid particular attention  as the priest explained why the church chose to honour the mother of Jesus. I listened with interest and .

 A woman highly placed by God yet so humble. From the time that the angel visited her to give her the the message that literally changed who she was till the birth of Jesus Christ with all the suffering of rejection and poverty, and having to give birth in the manger, she remained gentle and silently pondered  these things in her heart. She never took any one of God's words for granted. She remained humble. She never grumbled or nagged, she never gave Joseph hard time.

 At the time when her son our Lord Jesus Christ was arrested humiliated and eventually crucified, she only could silently look on. She knew in her her that the will of God was the best, and she trusted his promise to raise him up. She was always there with her son , giving him the motherly support, but never took matters into her own hand. She was humble and patient and she was hurting in pain. yet she remained ever faithful.She took everything by faith till the end.

I began to wonder, why do we have to even argue about the position of Mary in the church in the first place. After all, whether or not we agree to honour and respect her, the fact remains that , she is the mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, our Saviour, the only begotten son of God. If God in his immeasurable wisdom has found favour with her , who then are we to question that .

In my view, I agree with the Churches position to honour our Lady. She is very important to us and we should identify with her. She is a woman, a mother who wants the best for her children, and that's all she has done ever since. From day one she has been a great influence in the life of Christ. Remember, it was her who asked that Christ did something at the party in Galilee as soon as she realised that the host was struggling. She did not stop there , she made sure the apostles filled the pots with water. Then today we could here about water turning to wine. His first miracle.

Also, at the death of Jesus Christ, he personally handed us over to his mother for her to continue to look after us, that we looked unto her as our mother. She suffered  seeing her innocent son die on the cross but she remained calm and faithful knowing it was the will of God that he could save us all.

How many mothers in our time could bear to see her child suffer so much without putting up a fight . She accepted her fate for the love that she has for us and the respect that she had for the will of God. She is ever ready to watch over us . Therefore , it is right that we love and venerate her.

By: Faustina Anyanwu.

* indicates that some text are missing and should be looked up in the bible.