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Reverend Edward Looney, a Catholic [[priest]] and apologist explains the meaning of this title:<ref>[http://catholiclane.com/calling-mary-our-life-our-sweetness-and-our-hope Calling Mary Our Life, Our Sweetness, and Our Hope, by Fr. Edward Looney, in Featured, Live in Christ - Catholic Lane (catholiclane.com)]</ref>{{cquote|Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. His Mother, who was chosen by the Eternal Father to be the mother of His Son, was granted certain privileges in her life which allowed her to become the mother of all the living. The privileges granted to Mary allow her to rightly be called our life, our sweetness and our hope. By means of Mary, the Life, ''par excellence'', was brought into the world, allowing all Christians the opportunity to participate in the Divine Life offered by God.  Mary is an instrument who leads Christians to the one who is the source of all Life—Jesus; Mary also leads Christians to the sweetness of unity with her Son, and finally, Christians are able to find their ultimate hope fulfilled in Jesus Christ; all is possible through the mediation of Mary. As the celestial moon, Mary reflects Christ, bringing all Christians to the source of all life, sweetness, and hope—He who is the Sun, Jesus Christ.}}

Reverend Edward Looney, a Catholic [[priest]] and apologist explains the meaning of this title:<ref>[http://catholiclane.com/calling-mary-our-life-our-sweetness-and-our-hope Calling Mary Our Life, Our Sweetness, and Our Hope, by Fr. Edward Looney, in Featured, Live in Christ - Catholic Lane (catholiclane.com)]</ref>{{cquote|Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. His Mother, who was chosen by the Eternal Father to be the mother of His Son, was granted certain privileges in her life which allowed her to become the mother of all the living. The privileges granted to Mary allow her to rightly be called our life, our sweetness and our hope. By means of Mary, the Life, ''par excellence'', was brought into the world, allowing all Christians the opportunity to participate in the Divine Life offered by God.  Mary is an instrument who leads Christians to the one who is the source of all Life—Jesus; Mary also leads Christians to the sweetness of unity with her Son, and finally, Christians are able to find their ultimate hope fulfilled in Jesus Christ; all is possible through the mediation of Mary. As the celestial moon, Mary reflects Christ, bringing all Christians to the source of all life, sweetness, and hope—He who is the Sun, Jesus Christ.}}

'''[[Mediation]]''' is frequently confused with '''[[Intercession of the saints|intercession]]''', and the two terms are often erroneously regarded as [[synonym]]s as here, and more generally in standard [[thesaurus]]es.<ref>See the following:<br>[https://www.powerthesaurus.org/mediation/synonyms '''mediation synonyms''' - Power Thesaurus (powerthesaurus.org)] <br> [https://www.powerthesaurus.org/intercession/synonyms '''intercession synonyms''' - Power Thesaurus (powerthesaurus.org)].</ref> In the Bible St. Paul says{{cquote|I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, ''and'' giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and ''for'' all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this ''is'' good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour. <br>(1 Timothy 2:1-3 KJV <ref>See also Jeremiah 7:16; 36:25; Romans 8:26-27; 11:2</ref>)}}

'''[[Mediation]]''' is frequently confused with '''[[Intercession of the saints|intercession]]''', and the two terms are often erroneously regarded as [[synonym]]s as here, and more generally in standard [[thesaurus]]es.<ref>See the following:<br>[https://www.powerthesaurus.org/mediation/synonyms '''mediation synonyms''' - Power Thesaurus (powerthesaurus.org)] <br> [https://www.powerthesaurus.org/intercession/synonyms '''intercession synonyms''' - Power Thesaurus (powerthesaurus.org)] <br> [https://wordawesome.com Word Awesome].</ref> In the Bible St. Paul says{{cquote|I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, ''and'' giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and ''for'' all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this ''is'' good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour. <br>(1 Timothy 2:1-3 KJV <ref>See also Jeremiah 7:16; 36:25; Romans 8:26-27; 11:2</ref>)}}

St. Paul says in the same place{{cquote|For ''there is'' one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. <br>(1 Timothy 2:5-6 KJV <ref>See also Isaiah 53:12; Romans 8:34 Galatians 3:19-20; Hebrews 7:25; 8:6; 9:15; 12:24</ref>)}}Romans says{{cquote|the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what ''is'' the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to ''the will'' of God.... Who ''is'' he that condemneth? ''It is'' Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.<ref>Romans 8:26-27 and 34</ref>}}Both the Holy Spirit and Jesus are intercessors. Hebrews says{{cquote|Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.<ref>Hebrews 7:25</ref>}}There is no contradiction here with Paul's exhorting of others, Christians, mere human beings, to make intercession for all men. Clearly, their intercession does not imply rejection of Christ as intercessor and mediator between God and men. And that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, as he told the Sadducees, "He is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him." Luke 20:38. All of this is taken by Catholic apologists as scriptural support of the doctrine that Mary is alive in heaven interceding for us as an intercessory mediator with and in Jesus Christ to God.

St. Paul says in the same place{{cquote|For ''there is'' one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. <br>(1 Timothy 2:5-6 KJV <ref>See also Isaiah 53:12; Romans 8:34 Galatians 3:19-20; Hebrews 7:25; 8:6; 9:15; 12:24</ref>)}}Romans says{{cquote|the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what ''is'' the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to ''the will'' of God.... Who ''is'' he that condemneth? ''It is'' Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.<ref>Romans 8:26-27 and 34</ref>}}Both the Holy Spirit and Jesus are intercessors. Hebrews says{{cquote|Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.<ref>Hebrews 7:25</ref>}}There is no contradiction here with Paul's exhorting of others, Christians, mere human beings, to make intercession for all men. Clearly, their intercession does not imply rejection of Christ as intercessor and mediator between God and men. And that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, as he told the Sadducees, "He is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him." Luke 20:38. All of this is taken by Catholic apologists as scriptural support of the doctrine that Mary is alive in heaven interceding for us as an intercessory mediator with and in Jesus Christ to God.