[Salvation]

Who said Mary was worshipped. She isn’t. Venerated and we ask her to pray for us, but that’s it.

Worshipped are God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.

Got that?

[Biggirl]

There are differences between the two.

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

Try reading the comments of former nun Mary Ann Collins that are provided as a link on my posting from last night. The Salve Regina is not worshiping Mary? Come on, open your eyes! Alfonsus de Liguori (1696-1787) was a principal proponent of the Marianist Movement. In his book The Glories of Mary, he claims that Mary was given rulership over one half of the kingdom of God; Mary rules over the kingdom of mercy and Jesus rules over the kingdom of justice. He writes that there is no salvation outside of Mary and that people should pray to Mary as a mediator and look to her as an object of trust for answered prayer.

1 Timothy 2:5 reads, "For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,". Where does it say that we need a mediator to pray to Our Mediator, Jesus? Why do we need a mediator to pray to Our Mediator, Jesus?

Please provide me with the Scripture verses that explain where Mary was appointed to rule over half of the Kingdom of God and that salvation comes only through Mary. Unless you can show me scripture to substantiate such claims, I must take them as unscriptural and man-made, yet the Roman church canonized him as a 'Saint' and named him a 'Doctor of the Church'.

Have you now "got that"?

[Old Yeller]

Who said Mary was worshipped. She isn’t. Venerated and we ask her to pray for us, but that’s it.

Worshipped are God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.

Got that?

Do Catholics understand that? Because when I grew up in the Church of Rome, I saw it everywhere. Including shrines to Mary in front yards. Especially in small predominantly Catholic towns.