Saw this on Reddit:
“Near my home, there are some Catholics who put up posters that say:
“Thank you, Mary, for the grace achieved.”“
My Answer, documented here -because who knows my hard work writing this might just get deleted by the ai bots of Reddit.
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For many, that statement above stirs curiosity—and sometimes confusion.
EXPLANATION1
Once, there was a king and his prime minister.
The prime minister’s duty was to go around the kingdom searching for those in need—
a hungry family after a flood, a widow with no harvest, a beggar with nothing left.
Whenever he found them, he would give them gifts from the king’s treasury.
They weren’t his own, but he had the authority to share them. That was his role.
The people, grateful and moved, would thank him:
“Thank you for these gifts!”
He would smile and say, “Thank His Majesty.”
Yet to those who received help, the gratitude felt personal.
The kindness had reached them through his hands.
And somehow, the thanks belonged to him too.
A Biblical Example: Solomon and Bathsheba
Now, turn to Scripture.
Solomon is king. Bathsheba, his mother, is the queen mother.
One day, Adonijah—Solomon’s half-brother—asks Bathsheba to bring a request before the king:
He wants to marry Abishag, King David’s concubine.
Bathsheba enters the throne room, not privately, but before everyone.
Solomon rises to greet her, bows, and orders that a throne be placed for his mother.
She sits at his right hand.
She speaks on behalf of another.
Solomon listens—but when he recognizes the evil behind the request, he refuses it.
Still, notice the structure:
The queen mother intercedes before the king.
It’s the Old Testament pattern of royal intercession, found in every Protestant Bible.
Think About It
Now ask yourself:
- Why was the request evil?
- Was it truly good for her to ask?
- Do we love Scripture enough to read carefully, not just selectively?
- Does this story mean that every intercession of a queen mother is rejected?
- If so, that would mean every request Mary brings to Jesus is also rejected.
- Are you sure that’s what Scripture teaches?
The Wedding at Cana
At the Wedding at Cana, we see the answer.
The wine runs out—a great embarrassment for the hosts.
Mary notices. She doesn’t command or complain; she simply says to Jesus,
“They have no wine.”
Jesus replies, “My hour has not yet come.”
But Mary doesn’t argue or retreat.
She turns to the servants and says,
“Do whatever He tells you.”
And He acts.
The water becomes wine—the first miracle of Jesus, the beginning of His public ministry.
Her words do not replace His authority; they lead others to it.
Her concern brings the need before Him.
Her faith opens the moment for grace to enter.
That is intercession: not control, but confidence.
Not competition, but cooperation.
The Takeaway
Scripture is full of patterns that prepare the way for Christ.
The queen mother and her son.
The wedding feast and the miracle that followed.
Grace often comes through someone, though it always comes from God.
So before telling Catholics, “That’s not in the Bible,”
remember—Catholics have been reading the same Bible for two thousand years,
and often, we’ve just read a little further.
Read it again. Slowly. Prayerfully.
You might find that the words have been waiting for you all along.
MISSING CONTEXT:
Someone saying Thanks to Mary for any graces would mean that they’ve just finished a MARIAN NINE DAY PRAYER – called a novena.
Because nove = nine -same reason why deci is ten. Novembre, Dicembre..
I’ll post in another place about NOVENAs and their sources.
If you spent 9 days sweetly asking someone for their hand – and when they finally give it to you — would exactly would you think?
Someone else?