A startling reflection on this Feast of the Annunciation by Russell Saltzman: A meditation on St. Luke 1:26-38 and the Qur’an 19:16-21. If your eyebrows go up at the title, as mine did, Pastor Saltzman explains:
Besides, if Moslems and Christians are going to talk together theologically—as we should—maybe the place to start our conversation is not in any of the usual places we might think, but with Mary.
But of course to speak of Mary in any Christian sense is to speak of Christ.
Strangely, though, reading the Qur’an, to speak of Mary in any Islamic sense also is to speak of Christ.
He pulls it off, too.
March 25th, 2012 | 9:21 pm
Is there any talk in the Vatican about the 3rd Secret of Fatima “In the end my Immaculate Heart will triumph?” Perhaps this fits a reconciliation between Muslims, Christians, and Jews.
March 25th, 2012 | 9:41 pm
I have written and spoken on the topic and find that even Muslims, who honour Mary and the virgin birth of Christ, refuse to acknowledge her consent in the matter. They have no problem in God telling her what to do–for it was indicative of his power. When I try to explain the Christian emphasis on her free will “fiat,” they refuse to believe it. Adding to that their confusion about her identity (thinking she is the sister of Moses) and her confusion at the foot of the Cross (when it was really only a body-double for Christ) makes one wonder what there is to honour her for, other than submitting to a divinely-ordained pregnancy.
http://feminine-genius.com/mary%20and%20the%20muslims%202.htm
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