[ealgeone]

For all the flowery (over the top?) language used when addressing Mary, prayers directed toward the Holy Trinity are substantially different. It may come as a surprise to you but Catholics don't believe Mary is God because nothing that Mary possesses in terms of power or glory is her own. She is a creature, not the Creator

Ok, we're getting somewhere.

Agree Mary was created....so why all of the big fuss about her being sinless, perpetual virgin, all of the study or Mary, etc?

I understand she was the mother of Jesus....but the rest I am completely lost on.

[Legatus]

Agree Mary was created....so why all of the big fuss about her being sinless, perpetual virgin, all of the study or Mary, etc?

Catholics see Mary as our mother first and foremost because she is the mother of Our Lord. I think the best way to explain it is to ask how you feel about your mom. Isn't she the best mom in the world? Don't you have a relationship with her that nobody else can come close to? Isn't her food better than any other food?

So it is with Catholics and Mary... she's the bestest mom in the whole wide world. But don't get me started about her Son or I'll never shut up because He's magnificent, literally God in the flesh.

St. Louis de Montfort is probably the best example of the over the top flowery praise of Mary, he was the author of "True Devotion to Mary" and all I can really say in defense of him is that he was a son gone nuts over his mother.