What paragon affrontery!
It starts with "we must know who Mary is to know who Jesus is". Then it becomes "We must know who Mary is to Glorify Jesus". Then "We must glorify Mary to Glorify Jesus". And the one you have found "We must know and/or glorify Mary to glorify the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit"
Yes this definitely should offend anyone who really knows The Only True God and Jesus Christ whom He has sent. John 17:3
Where is the "must" in the things you quote?
Offense is too mild a word, imho.
Stark raving blasphemy is how it strikes my friend and I, here.
Was pondering this a bit ago . . .
I think the emotional, psychological, sociological function is like
NAME DROPPING say in D.C. or Hollyweed.
We know we can't/couldn't get to be or can't imagine being REALLY THAT CLOSE TO THE SUPER TOP ELITES ourselves . . .
But we can know someone who is. So, we sort of bring them down to our level by access to our buddy.
Mary sort of fills the role of this leader of the IN-GROUP CLUB with super tight access to The Trinity. So that makes Mary-ites have an inside track--or so says some set of neurons in their conscious and/or unconscious. Everyone likes to feel special and to have inside tracks. What a trick of satan. Feeds the ego and the flesh masterfully.
And what an affronting robbery of the Glory of God . . . what a very gross distraction from The Trinity.
I still can't believe it . . . 5 "OUR FATHERS" for every 50 hail Mary's in the Rosary. And they still say with straight fingers that their priorities are Biblicaly in order and that it's not idolatry. What denial. What a delusion. The proof is right there.
The commandment is to Love God with one's whole being . . . well . . . except for the part devoted to Mary . . . gag.