[paladinan]

Deifying Mary would be offensive to the woman who saw her son die on the cross for us.

Deifying Mary would be rank idolatry--no more, and no less. But why mention this? Is there some suggestion that someone (or some group) is actually deifying Mary?

[sparklite2]

Isn’t the title of Queen of the Universe deification?

[CynicalBear]

>>But why mention this? Is there some suggestion that someone (or some group) is actually deifying Mary?<<

It's obvious to anyone with open eyes. Catholics give many of the attributes and glory due God alone. They claim they "venerate" her but don't realize what "venerate" is and what the word actually originally meant.

Venerate - from Latin veneratus, past participle of venerari "to reverence, worship"

[Elsie]

Is there some suggestion that someone (or some group) is actually deifying Mary?

Oh!

Heaven's to Betsy NO!!!

Far be it from THAT!!!

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Let's try some easy math:

There are approximately 1.2 billion Catholics world wide;

If merely 1% of them  'ask' Mary for help just once each day;

that means that 12 million separate prayers are headed Mary's direction every day.

Given that there are 86,400 seconds per day... (24 hours times 60 minutes times 60 seconds)

...that means that Mary has to handle approximately 139 'requests' per second!

Purty good fer someone NOT 'deified'!!