[BlueDragon]

So well put. We forget.. the moment at the foot of the cross..

I don't forget.

Yet that still does not equate with Mary being Spirit Mother of us all.

Which leaves what Mrs. Don-O has been promoting in way of apologetic and theology both (the apologetic ostensibly justifying the theology) not all that "well put", despite how well packaged...

[Mrs. Don-o]

Blue Dragon, this may seem a little thing, but it's a priority for me: please don't say I called Mary a "Spirit Mother."

I did say "spiritual" mother, and you might say "What's the difference?" But there is a difference, a big one.

I googled "Spirit Mother" and, as I suspected, the top hits by far were all about goddesses, shamans, embodied forces of nature, dream-totems, Shakti, Mormonism, pre-existence of souls, reincarnation, sexual consorts of gods, etc. This is repellent to me, and does not at all convey the Christian meaning.

If I could take a little bottle-brush and some pine-sol, I would want to scrub those images clean out of your mind and mine as well.

So what does "spiritual mother" mean? I'd start off by saying, "Read Revelation 12." I did learn something here, which is: don't assume that people will automatically understand what you say in the context of Jesus Christ Our Lord.

[af_vet_1981]

I don't forget.

Yet that still does not equate with Mary being Spirit Mother of us all.

Which leaves what Mrs. Don-O has been promoting in way of apologetic and theology both (the apologetic ostensibly justifying the theology) not all that "well put", despite how well packaged...

Who used that term [bolded emphasis mine] except yourself ? Have you erroneously attributed it to another ?