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No, we don't worship Mary. So we don't pray to her as we pray to the Father or to Jesus.

But we certainly pray to her in the sense of petitioning her - in other words, ask her to pray for us, to help us, to guide us to her Son.

That's what Mary does - she's a helper on the road to Christ - a major helper, an important helper, queen of the saints and Queen Mother to her Son the King.

Everything she does is pointed towards her Son, from the moment that she said to the Angel, "Be it done unto me according to thy word," Luke 1:38, to her last words in the Bible, "Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it." John 2:5.

You might say that when I am feeling the weight of sinfulness very heavily and am ashamed to lift my head to the Lord Jesus, I can take hold of a corner of Mary's mantle and ask her to stand beside me and help me to make a good confession, do penance, amend my life and approach the Lord's altar again. I am here to tell you that she will help you like a good friend when you stumble and fall.

Yeah, right. I've been told that Cathlics don't PRAY to Mary...they ask her to pray for THEM on their behalf...just like one would ask a neighbor to pray.

WRONG. The Catholic in this article asked Mary to take action...to give them a sign...no mention of mere intercession to Christ on their behalf. Sure, there may be catholics who do not pray to Mary...but there are plenty who do and it's disingenuous to pretend otherwise.

ask her to stand beside me and help me to make a good confession, do penance, amend my life and approach the Lord's altar again

Christ's atonement and resurrection is all you need to approach the Lord's altar. Nothing else.

No, we don't worship Mary. So we don't pray to her as we pray to the Father or to Jesus. But we certainly pray to her in the sense of petitioning her - in other words, ask her to pray for us, to help us, to guide us to her Son.

Man Just Using Virgin Mary To Get To Jesus