Say It With Me Now:

Say it with me now:

1. Being free from sin is not the same as being God.

2. Mary being free from sin does not make her God.

3. Mary being free from sin does not make the Incarnation unnecessary because she is still not God.

4. Christ's sacrifice was not meritorious merely because He was a man free from sin but because He is both man and God.

5. Mary is not God.

6. If you think Catholics talk about Mary more than Jesus maybe it's because you only engage with Catholics via our responses to Protestant criticisms which skews your perspective.

7. Every Marian doctrine ultimately points to Christ and tells us something about Christ and His salvific mission, so even when we are talking about Mary, we are also talking about Christ.

Saint Catherine (detail), After Bernardino Luini, 1510 .

Flooded Forest, Finland

by Konsta Punkka

A Sleeping Dog by Gerrit Dou, 1650.

This is no time for imperfections in those whose duty it is to teach.

-St Teresa of Avila