Seewald was still not through expressing his disappointment with the Catholic tradition.
"I DO have a problem with the teaching that man can come to God through Mary or any other person besides Jesus I DO have a problem with the deification of Mary as a sinless being. Mary herself admitted her need for a Savior. If she had no sin, she would need no Savior," he concluded.
PFL
How do you explain Jesus talking about it in the parable of the Rich man and Lazurus. The rich man is going through Father Abraham without mentioning Father God. All told by Jesus Christ.
LUKE 16:24 (RSV) And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Laz'arus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.'
This is the Abraham of the Bible: long dead by that time, being asked to do something by a "rich man" (16:19, 22), traditionally known as Dives (which is simply a Latin word for "rich man"). His answer was, in effect, "no" (16:25-26). Thus failing in that request, he prays to him again for something else:
LUKE 16:27-28 And he said, 'Then I beg you, father [KJV: "I pray thee therefore, father"], to send him to my father's house, [28] for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.'
His request is again declined (16:29). So, like any good self-respecting Jew (Moses even "negotiated" with God), he argues with Abraham (16:30). But Abraham states again that his request is futile (16:31).
This is from Dave Armstrong on his Facebook page.