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Originally Posted by squirt
yes, that's exactly what I'm telling you, I know of several demoninations that do not put Mary on a pedestal, was she special? of course she was, but we are to worship God through Jesus Christ, Mary is not in the equation, people see what they want to see ...
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Agreed! God thought Mary was special and decided she would be the one to carry Christ, but she was just a vessel to bring Christ into this world. She was a sinner and needed salvation like everyone else.
The following song, "Daily, Daily Sing to Mary", is sung in Catholic catechism.
"Daily, daily sing to Mary Sing, my soul, her praises due;
All her feasts, her actions worship, With the heart's devotion true.
She is mighty to deliver; Call her, trust her lovingly;
When the tempest rages round thee, She will calm the troubled sea.
Gifts of heaven she has given, Noble Lady, to our race;
She the Queen who decks her subject, With the light of God's own grace." (Baltimore Catechism No.1, 63)
Her actions WORSHIP???
Archbishop Paul Hallinan, in 1964 said that devotions and prayers to Mary were so exaggerated that they were a "blasphemy to the Son, an embarrassment to the memory of the mother and a pathetic deviation".
In chapters four and five of the Book of Revelation, we are given a quite detailed picture of Heaven. God is seated on the throne, surrounded by 24 elders and four living creatures. The Lamb (Jesus) is standing in the center of the throne. Thousands upon thousands of angels circle the throne, singing God's praises. And Mary is not in the picture at all.