“Let’s hear your proof-text that the gifts of the Holy Spirit do not and cannot apply to Mary the Mother of God.”
* The Gift of Omnipresence and Omniscience
* The Gift of being a lesser deity
* The Gift of earning the right to receive prayer
* The gift of earning the right to dispense with grace like it’s an inanimate magical power
Oops, I don’t see them in your list. Furthermore, the gifts of the spirit are given to living believers as well (and I don’t see any of them in more than one place at one time). Any other ridiculous points you want me to address?
They are constructs of your imagination, but thank you for giving me this teaching moment. You have constructed a text book example of a straw man argument by creating a false example and then taking credit for a brilliant rebuke of it. It might gain some traction in your circles, but among the educated it looks amateurish and deceitful.
Catholics and most other Christians believe the Gospels when they say that the saints are not dead. We ask them, like we ask our friends and family, to pray for us. Mary is not excluded from this. She is who She is only because He is who He is.
Peace be with you.