[HarleyD]

As I told another Freeper today, she has always been there for me in those "fox holes of life", ever since I was a very homesick 14 year old away from home at prep school to today when I saw her icon when I got up from bed and later sat at a desk in the office with her icon directly in front of me. I can be pretty grown up and educated about patristics and The Faith in most areas, but when it comes to her, well, I'm still that 14 year old homesick kid.

And this is precisely the problem my friend. When a angel appeared to John, and John fell on his face to worship, the angel told him to worship God alone. Our focus should be on Him; nothing else.

[Kolokotronis]

"And this is precisely the problem my friend. When a angel appeared to John, and John fell on his face to worship, the angel told him to worship God alone. Our focus should be on Him; nothing else."

HD, I loved my mother here on earth too, but I didn't worship her. Orthodox and Catholics don't worship the Theotokos.