Hello Father, I would like to make the following observations.

Baptism makes us children of God by adoption, so that in heaven we can fully participate in the divinity of Christ, that is, be all in all, as is often repeated in the Gospel of John, no longer able to sin. However, if Mary is immaculate and conceived without original sin, this means that she was not generated as a daughter of God in baptism like us, but directly at the moment of her conception… That is, since she could not sin in her free will adhering to that of God, as she was free from original sin and therefore from its consequences (concupiscence), it means that her creation took place through the intervention of the Holy Spirit. That is, Mary is the Daughter of God from the first moment of her creation and did not need to be adopted as the Daughter of God, as any other creature… So why does the Church not admit that Our Lady also has a divine nature, even if, unlike Jesus, the Word of God, who was begotten and not created as the second person of the Trinity, she was begotten by the Holy Spirit but created? Was she not clear enough during her apparition at Tre Fontane, when she presented herself saying, “I am She who is in the divine Trinity,” which was recognized by the pontiff? If Jesus, as the Bible says, is Father forever, and if it is true that Mary is Mother of the Church, and if it is true that God is Father and Mother, so why not admit that Jesus and Mary are both divine and that Jesus is true man and true God, just as Mary is true woman and true God in one substance?

Priest’s response

Dear friend,

Your reflection is full of dogmatic errors.

I will address your various statements by putting them in italics and then give my response.

– Baptism makes us children of God by adoption, so that in heaven we can fully participate in the divinity of Christ, that is, be all in all, as is often repeated in the Gospel of John.

Already through baptism we participate in divine life, and in paradise we will participate in it perfectly.

Even in paradise, our nature will always be human. Glorified, yes, but always human.

Furthermore, it will not be us who will be all in all, but Christ who will be all in all, as St. Paul says in Col 3:11 and not St. John.

– However, if Mary is Immaculate and conceived without original sin, this means that she was not generated as a daughter of God in baptism like us, but directly at the moment of her conception…

This is true.

– That is, since she could not sin in her free will adhering to that of God, as she was free from original sin and therefore from its consequences (concupiscence), it means that her creation took place through the intervention of the Holy Spirit.

Our Lady, although confirmed in grace, could have committed sins. Her freedom was always preserved.

Furthermore, Mary was not created by the Holy Spirit, but she was generated by her parents, who according to tradition are Joachim and Anne.

– That is, Mary is the Daughter of God from the first moment of her creation and did not need to be adopted as the Daughter of God, as is the case for every other creature….

This is also wrong. Mary is the daughter of God by adoption, albeit with the highest holiness. But by nature she remains the daughter of her parents.

– So why does the Church not admit that Our Lady also has a divine nature, even though, unlike Jesus, the Word of God, who was begotten but not created as the second person of the Trinity, she was not begotten but created by the Holy Spirit?

Mary does not have a divine nature because she is a human person.

Christ, on the other hand, has a divine nature as well as a human nature because he is a divine Person.

Mary participates in the divine nature, but she does not have a divine nature.

– Was she not clear enough during her apparition at Tre Fontane, when she introduced herself by saying, “I am She who is in the divine Trinity,” which was recognized by the Pope?

We too will be in the Holy Trinity in heaven, but we will always be human persons. We will not become God. So too will Mary.

– If Jesus, as the Bible says, is Father forever, and if it is true that Mary is Mother of the Church, and if it is true that God is Father and Mother, then why not admit that Jesus and Mary are both divine and that Jesus is true man and true God, just as Mary is true woman and true God in one substance?

God is Father by essence. He is mother only metaphorically.

Jesus did not say to go and baptize in the name of the Father, the Mother, the Son, the Virgin Mary, and the Holy Spirit… but he said to baptize in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Here, my dear friend, is some clarification to help you better understand Mary’s greatness.

I promise to pray that the Blessed Virgin will grant you a deeper understanding of her so that you may serve her in truth.

I bless you.

Father Angelo

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