Comments on: Peace of Jesus and Mary

By: Jon Ericson

Jon Ericson — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:29:39 +0000

It turns out that one of the first and most consistent attacks on Christianity was that Mary was not a virgin when Jesus was born. (I must have been inspired to wax poetic myself in that comment. ;-) But in another way, the incarnation of God was being mocked by pagan mythology long before Jesus was born in tales of Jupiter/Zeus seducing mortal women. I find Luke's account to be far more majestic and mysterious than those stories.

By: Peter Turner

Peter Turner — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 06:10:12 +0000

Thanks, Jon, I appreciate it! I know you've got your little surprises coming soon. But, on the bright side (as if there's a dark side) you get a chance to totally submit yourself to the role God chose for you.

People may have an extravagant admiration for Mary in some parts of the world, but I haven't seen it in my life. I doubt there's ever been a single prayer to Mary that doesn't in some way reference her Son.

What was it you were talking about, that the Pagans mocked though?

By: Jon Ericson

Jon Ericson — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:10:37 +0000

Peter, I want to thank you for this poem. We don't agree on a lot of things when it comes to Mary, but I was touched by the delicate way you described her situation. All week long, I've been marveling about how well God plans and how poorly most of us respond to disruptions in our lives. It seems to me that Luke took great care to contrast Mary's faithful response with Zechariah's unbelief.

If our admiration for Mary is extravagant, let our praise to God be doubly so for His meticulousness and loving compassion. How marvelous that He took what the pagans mocked and transformed the ugly and cruel into mercy and exquisite beauty.