To: CynicalBear
Because Jesus is not the focus for Catholics. Jesus is unapproachable and Mary is front and center.
You should go to Mass sometime. We have a mystery that bread and wine become the Most Precious Body and Blood of Christ and we can consume. We do not have any teaching on a physical and real presence of Mary in any such manner. As a matter of fact, I rarely hear about Mary in Mass unless it is a Marian feast day or she is mentioned in scripture. In addition, most of the parishes around me have a very large statue of Jesus on a Cross above and behind the altar. During the entrance procession, the highest object is usually a cross with Jesus on it.
476 posted on
09/28/2014 4:15:16 PM PDT by
ronnietherocket3
(Mary is understood by the heart, not study of scripture.)
To: ronnietherocket3
>>Jesus on a Cross<<
Jesus still dead on the cross ey? Satan must love that image being projected to the world.
479 posted on
09/28/2014 4:20:24 PM PDT by
CynicalBear
(For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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