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Not only is your knowledge of Catholicism shallow, you are too. Proddy trash.

My knowledge of how Catholicism is practiced in my diocese is just fine thank you.

As for me being Proddy Trash - sorry you feel that way (though it is a charming Catholic/Christian thought)- though not surprising since you brought nothing to the dialogue.

I was a Catholic for 20+ years and my children still attend school there. However I tired of worshipping Mary and the Church more than Jesus, so I departed sometime ago - only because it is filled with Sunday Christians like yourself who seek comfort in the services, yet fail to carry the lessons through into your daily walk with Christ. What a pitiful situation that the Mother Church has slid into.

"I was a Catholic for 20+ years and my children still attend school there. However I tired of worshipping Mary and the Church more than Jesus, " Well I am sure glad you got tired of it because no Catholic is supposed to worship Mary or the Church. That would be a very, very serious heresy. The Church belongs to Christ, not the other way around. If you were in a parish where there is Mary worship going on (which I doubt) you should have talked to your Bishop. A Catholic can receive the body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ every single day at communion since there are daily as well as Sunday Mass. How can you say we don't worship Jesus?

Maybe you should have tried to brush up on Catholic doctrine about Mary. Everything about Mary points to Jesus. We revere her because she said yes to God. She was "full of grace", she bore the Savior of the cosmos in her womb. That is a big deal! It elevates all humanity that a human woman bore the savior in her womb. It elevates women, motherhood and family life. Jesus came into the world and lived in a human family. One can only imagine how much Jesus loved her and she him. What's wrong with thinking about this and learing from it and using Mary as an example of devotion and obedience. What's wrong with asking her to pray for us to her son? I would ask you to pray for me. Why can't I ask Mary to pray for me?