THE DUCK TEST: If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, walks like a duck, smells like a duck and quacks like a duck, then... it's A DUCK!
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Catholics do not worship Mary.
Judging by Mark Twains comments and the preponderance of "Mary" threads as of late I would say that's debatable.
If that's the case then Daniel could have prayed to anyone he was instructed to, in order to be spared being thrown in the lion's den.
THE DUCK TEST: If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, walks like a duck, smells like a duck and quacks like a duck, then... it's A DUCK!
The article was so full of bovine waste I gave up reading the whole thing. You and I and all faithful Catholics know we do not give Mary the glory and honor due to God alone. But try explaining to a Protestant the difference between Latria, Hyperdulia and Dulia will only make you want to snap your own arm off.
And let us not forget that Orthodox and Catholic and perhaps some Anglicans truly have what you and I consider worship. Which is the sacrifice of the Mass or the Divine Liturgy. Protestant worship is a very worthy assembly of Christians brought together to praise, glorify, honor and rejoice in the Lord. But it is not what Catholics would define as Worship. They also have no concept of Worship in Catholic/Orthodox meaning. They have what we term the Liturgy of The Word without the Liturgy of The Eucharist.
The outright libels that some Protestants post against the Catholic faith have truly become almost laughable in their claims.