The Protestants don't understand the distinction because they do not know how to worship anyone. To worship is to give sacrifice. We worship God because we come to the sacrifice of the Holy Mass. When we start saying "mass" to Mary, then we would begin worshiping Mary.
We venerate Mary because like Our Savior we love and seek company of Mary and ask her to lead us to Christ. Obviously Jesus did not need her to lead Him to Himself, but we do what the woman in the crowd did: we venerate Mary because she kept the Word and hears It.
Learn the meaning of words and you will understand the Holy Scripture and will become Catholic like me.
I think you'll find your BOOK says that someone ELSE does the leading...
John 16:13
“But whenever The Spirit of The Truth comes, he will lead you into the whole truth...
Psalm 25:5
Lead me by your truth and teach me, for you are the God who saves me.
On the contrary, if Catholics think that's all worship is, they are missing the boat.
Learn the meaning of words and you will understand the Holy Scripture and will become Catholic like me.
God FORBID.
We know the meanings of words. What we don't acknowledge is the Catholic version of the definitions.
The Catholic church does not own the English language any more than anything else it likes to lay claim to.