1 ใช่, ชาวคาทอลิกเชื่อว่าแมรีย่าเป็นแม่ของพระเจ้า. ความเชื่อนี้เป็นส่วนสำคัญของศรัทธาคาทอลิกและมีรากฐานลึกซึ้งในความเข้าใจว่าใครคือพระเยซู. เมื่อเรายืนยันว่าแมรีย่าเป็นแม่ของพระเจ้า, เรากำลังบอกว่าเธอได้ประสูติพระเยซู, ซึ่งเป็นพระเจ้าในรูปแบบมนุษย์. นี่ไม่ได้หมายความว่าเธอสูงกว่าพระเจ้า, แต่หมายความว่าโดยการนำพระเยซูมาสู่โลก, เธอได้ประสูติพระองค์ที่เป็นพระเจ้าแท้และมนุษย์แท้พร้อมกัน.
พระคัมภีร์ช่วยให้เราเข้าใจความจริงนี้. ในพระธรรมลูกา, ตัวอย่างเช่น, เทวดา Gabriel ประกาศต่อแมรีย่าว่าเธอจะเป็นแม่ของพระเยซู, บุตรของพระเจ้า. เมื่อแมรีย่าพูดว่า "ใช่" ต่อแผนการของพระเจ้า, เธอรับบทบาทเป็นแม่ของพระผู้ช่วยให้รอด. Rodin ang Jesus, na Diyos na naging tao, Maria ay nagiging Ina ng Diyos. Isang mahalagang bahagi rin ang pagbisita ni Maria sa kanyang pinsan na si Isabel, kung saan si Isabel, na inspirado ng Banal na Espiritu, ay tinawag siyang "ina ng aking Panginoon." Sa kasong ito, ang "Panginoon" ay tumutukoy sa pagka-diyos ni Jesus. Kaya't malinaw na si Maria ay ang Ina ng Diyos.
Ang titulong ito, "Ina ng Diyos," ay pormal na kinilala ng Simbahan sa Konsilyo ng Efeso noong 431 AD. Noong panahong iyon, may mga nagtatanong kung maaaring tawagin si Maria ng ganoon, ngunit pinagtibay ng Simbahan na si Jesus ay isang iisang tao na may dalawang kalikasan, diyos at tao. Kaya, dahil ipinanganak ni Maria si Jesus, ipinanganak niya ang Diyos sa kanyang makataong kalikasan.
Maraming tao ang maaaring mag-isip na sa pagtawag kay Maria na Ina ng Diyos, sobra ang ginagawa ng mga Katoliko. Gayunpaman, ang paniniwalang ito ay hindi nagtatakda kay Maria sa isang posisyon na mas mataas kaysa sa Diyos. Sa kabaligtaran, pinagtitibay nito ang katotohanang si Jesus ay Diyos at na, sa kanyang pagiging tao, ipinanganak siya kay Maria. Hindi rin nangangahulugang si Maria ay walang hanggan o umiiral bago ang Diyos, kundi lamang na siya ay ang ina ni Jesus, na Diyos na naging tao.
Tinatawag si Maria na Ina ng Diyos dahil sa pagsasabi niya ng "oo" sa Diyos, naging bahagi siya nang kakaiba sa plano ng kaligtasan. Si Jesus, na tunay na Diyos, ay piniling ipanganak mula sa isang babae, at ang babaeng iyon ay si Maria. Ang pagiging ina ni Maria ay napakaespesyal na pinagdiriwang ito ng Simbahan tuwing Enero 1, sa Solemnity of Saint Mary, Mother of God.
Sa gayon, si Maria ang Ina ng Diyos, at ang titulong ito ay tumutulong sa atin na mas maunawaan kung sino si Jesus at ang dakilang misteryo ng kanyang inkarnasyon. Sa pagkilala sa kay Maria bilang Ina ng Diyos, ipinagdiriwang ng mga Katoliko ang malaking papel na ginampanan niya sa kasaysayan ng kaligtasan, palaging nagtuturo sa kanyang Anak, si Jesus, ang Diyos na kasama natin.
