[TomSmedley]

IF you think Catholic Laity worship Mary, check every single Missal ever produced (and cite)a single solitary prayer wherein we Catholics offer sacrifice to Mary..

Let the language of the Salve, Regina, with its appeals to the goddess, speak for itself.

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,
our life, our sweetness and our hope.
To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve;
to thee do we send up our sighs,
mourning and weeping in this vale of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate,
thine eyes of mercy toward us;
and after this our exile,
show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
V./ Pray for us O holy Mother of God,
R./ that we may be worthy of the promises of Christ.

Frankly, I'd rather look to God the Holy Spirit to make Jesus known to me now, in this life, than pin my hopes on a fellow human being making the introductions after I'm dead!

[Antoninus]

V./ Pray for us O holy Mother of God,

If she were a goddess, why would we be asking her to pray for us?

[bornacatholic]

Apocalypse 12....

And a great sign appeared in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars:

*Mary, or Bette Midler, as Queen of Heaven?

[bornacatholic]

Umm, where, eaxctly, is Mary named a Goddess?

[bornacatholic]

I asked you to cite a SINGLE prayer wherein we Catholics offer Sacrifice to Mary.

And you post this non-responsive non-sequitur which does not even include the words you claim exist - that of Mary as a Goddess.

If you are having this much trouble understanding simple declarative sentences, it is no wonder you are having trouble with more sophisticated and complicated Christian Doctrine.

Perhaps more prayer, study, reflection, and guidance ought be sought by you before you continue to advance unsubstantiated charges against your Christian brothers and sisters

The Catholic Catechism is free online. Please search it and read what it is we Teach about Mary.

The Doctrine of the Catholic Church is exoteric. There is nothing hidden. It is EASILY found online.

Those making false charges about the Catholic Church reveal more about the state of their own souls when they make false, easily disproven charges.

I mean, I don't go around claimng America's Constitution says "The President is Royalty" even though my generation thought JFK was a King. I'd be seen as rather absurd were I to make such a silly charge because ANYONE can read the Constitution (and the Catechism) free online ans see such a "fact" is non-existent. The same goes for your false charges against us.

The more you insist that which does not exist is what we in fact teach, the less you will appear as a reliable commentator in here