But this is a slippery slope...study the ways that Christianity was spread to Pagans who worshiped the goddess (Athena, Semiranis, etc., etc., etc.)
Yes, Mary is the most wonderful woman who ever lived.
But what if you are being tricked (not by the Church...at least not intentionally).
What if Satan is trying to raise the Goddess (she is a specific demon) and shove her in ahead of Christ.
Or what if people are trying to talk down the inherent compassion of Christ?
That really burns me sometimes... because if there is compassion in Mary, guess who put it there. Mary didn’t. God did.
God can use things that are not God as mediums of inspiration, because we are weak. But He is grieved if we can never move past that.
"Do whatever He tells you."
Mary always draws us closer to her son. And her intercession began when saying "yes" to having the Word Made Flesh conceived within her.
Who did Jesus go to first, even before His Father, after His resurrection?
And if he's not, how would you know?