The Parentage of Our Faith: Mother Church and Father God, by Fr. Kevin Drew

The LORD possessed me, the beginning of his ways, the forerunner of his prodigies of long ago.

The sacred author of Proverbs, writing around 300-400 years before Christ, revealed that from His very beginnings God the creator was not alone. No, someone was with Him when He established the heavens, “beside Him as His craftsman.” In the fullness of time, that craftsman revealed Himself in the person of Jesus Christ.

Since the 6^th century, this passage from Proverbs has been read on September 8th, which is the birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary, because in some translations the text does not read “The Lord possessed me,” but rather, “The Lord created me.” And as we all know, Christ was not created.

This is where Muslims and heretics get confused.  Some Muslim commentators argue that Christians worship our Mother Mary as part of the Holy Trinity. All Muslims regard Christians as polytheists, thinking we worship not one, but three gods. But some Muslims, citing the Koran, think we worship a god who is a Son, a goddess who is a Mother, and a god who is a Father. …