.....” rely DIRECTLY upon Him. You don’t have to cringe and ask the “Queen.” Ask the King!”....
Might be they fear the King?.. Going to a female is easier, especially the one they present as mary who is always benevolent and never judges their sin. The idea that God is merciful but also just doesn’t equate very well for some.
But there cannot be mercy without justice.
Perhaps not yet a full confidence in the work of the Cross.
[Perhaps not yet a full confidence in the work of the Cross.]
And this shows in the Roman Catholic approach to the biblical teaching about mortal sins, or sins unto death, for which the biblical writer does not advise prayer.
In this approach, the Cross doesn’t QUITE cover all, you can bounce into hell and back (bouncing back chiefly by means of the Eucharist).
It may take a while to come to the realization that God will give you some rope, but never enough to eternally hang you, once you have believed. But once you have... hallelujah.