“They are relying upon Mary instead of the Savior.”
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Not being Catholic myself but having attended many Catholic services, this is the one thing that has always vexed me about most Catholic churches - when in the Bible, Christ Himself does not give anything near to deification to Mary, how does the Church justify doing so?
Take Mary out of the Roman Catholic church and it would pretty much collapse.
Catholics do not deify Mary. They recognize her unique, human status as the mother of God and as such, conceived without sin. Christ’s first miracle (the wedding in Cana) was at her behest and for no more serious a reason than that she suggested “Son, they have no wine.” Is it rational for Christians to disregard such influence?