Comments on: Why Mary?

By: gabrielle

gabrielle — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:05:16 +0000

Hello, Joseph; thanks for visiting here. Truly, as you say, one of the many great comforts for us is knowing that our loving Mother Mary will be there for us at the hour of our death and after we have passed over, advocating and interceding for us as she does all through our lifetime.

Carol, the way I interpret Joseph’s comment, particularly the last line where he says that the Lord cannot say “no” to His Mother, is in the sense of Mary being the Queen Mother; last year I heard some homilies and read some material about Mary being the Geberah (not sure I spelled that correctly), which relates back to the Old Testament (eg, Bathsheba being the Queen Mother of King Soloman), and how everyone who wanted something from the King went through his mother, asking her first, and asking her intercession with her son, the King.

But, like you, I’ve come across many people in real life and online who do have this idea of the “big bad God”. Many times I find it is because they can’t seem to comprehend the fact that the darkness, the violence, the pain in today’s society has been brought on us by humanity, not God. Also, I don’t think they understand Divine Justice – that it is not vengeful, that it is simply, as we stand before God, the Truth of ourselves, and that we will see all that we have done that is good or bad, and all that we failed to do, and we will see for ourselves the Justice that applies to our lives.

By: Carol

Carol — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:09:12 +0000

Mostly yes, but I must confess that I am baffled by this “only Mary can save you from Big Bad God” thing that I’ve seen now and then. The saints (in their humanity) did not speak this way of the Lord. At least, not the October saints.

By: Joseph Gelis

Joseph Gelis — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:45:32 +0000

Why Mary? Because she is the Mother of God, she is our eternal Mother and, as in Father Scheier’s case, she may be what separates any of us from an eternity in torment or in ecstasy. If we’re Christians, we are all still sinners. We are on the right path, but we are all weak and vulnerable to falling. If we show unfailing devotion to our Blessed Mother Mary in Heaven, through the the rosary and prayer, she will be there at our judgment, as an ever-loving Mother, more so than we can imagine. If we die in sin and are on the line between Heaven and hell, blessed is the soul who truly knows their Mother, and has her interceding to our Lord for salvation. For the Lord can not say “no” to His Mother.

By: Gabrielle

Gabrielle — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:19:24 +0000

Thanks for the info, Barbara! I’m continually amazed at the way life works. You were in the audience! And then you find a little post about it two decades later from someone way up in Canada! Thanks so much for stopping in and sharing this with us.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 03:34:49 +0000

I learned today that Fr. Scheier most definitey did return to the Diocese of Wichita as a diocesan priest. It is probably what he discerned that God wanted from him.

I was privileged to be at EWTN with a pilgirmage group the night that Father told his story to Mother Angelica. Everyone in that studio just sat in stunned silence when the program ended.

I will never forget his testimony. Everyone should hear it.

God bless

By: gabrielle

gabrielle — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:48:13 +0000

Well, if Fr. Scheier is leading a quiet, parish life as C says then I’m all for respecting his privacy and yes, C, remembering him in prayer. When you think of the fact that his accident was over twenty years ago and here we are still talking about it on the Internet, I can’t help but think that he has fulfilled some wonderful part of Jesus’ plan – to make Mary’s desire to intercede for all of her children more widely known.

Deb, that was lovely, what you told Fr. Groechel, and so true. I had a parish priest once who I often thought the same thing about; I can just imagine the joy and surprise when he sees everyone he had a hand in saving.

By: C

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:28:18 +0000

Amen!

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:57:47 +0000

I sure hope so! I was thinking when Fr. Groechel on EWTN said, he was a little miffed at a pries friends stubborness in having the doctor’s do CPR on him after he was hit by a car. It had gone 20 minutes, way longer than it should have, most people are brain dead. He recovered and preaches to many on TV and the streets. I told him that he might have been tired, (helps over 78 I think)been anxious to see heaven, but wait until he see the number of souls he saved or help sway when he does finally get there by staying around a bit longer. : )
Who knows the truth in what happened to Fr. Shreier, but I think he needed whatever he received. I don’t think it’s a heirarchy in heaven, “Im boss, you’re nothing” when it comes to Jesus and his family….I think whatever is to happen to us, happens, but what we need to have that happen differs each person. (on a personal note, I hope she’ll put in a word for me too!!)
I agree too about the news, I try to find uplifiting things and send them to friends…we need a little balance.

By: C

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:22:43 +0000

Deb, there are 22 new entrants for the Priesthood at Maynooth (Ireland) and there might even be that many at our local seminary (northeast US). The news we’d like to read and need to read is usually well-hidden. We should subscribe to Catholic News Agency and Zenit dot org if we’d like to see the rest of the story. Very heartening! As for Fr. Scheier’s well-being, we know that he went from his old parish to the Intercessors of the Lamb. I could only gather that from there, he went back to parish work and very quietly so. I think he just wanted to pass along to us all that Mary is indeed Mediatrix. Online, I viewed so many arguments about that –was Jesus swayed by Her, is it true God listens to Mary, etc. Father just wanted to say we have a Mother in our heavenly Queen. It is not at all likely that he would ever return to unseemly behaviour, but a prayer for him for whatever he needs could never go amiss. One day he’ll know each and every soul who prayed for him, right?

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:21:44 +0000

I suppose you could write him a letter if you wanted too…tell him that you were moved by his talk, etc.
I worried that he fell ill, or left or was having other problems. That is what happens when all the news you read is bad (especially for the church)