[ravenwolf]

I’ve not seen any denial of prayer to Mary; I’ve seen denial (and maintain denial myself) that we worship Mary.

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So you have not seen any denial to Mary, but you have seen denial and maintain denial yourself that we worship Mary.

I need another drink.

[DuncanWaring]

In the context of “praying to Mary”, the word “pray” simply means “ask” or “request”.

I’ve seen a half-century-old book on how to write an application for a US patent. The example application contains many occurrences of the word “pray”, as in “Applicant prays that the USPTO grant a Letter of Patent for the invention herein disclosed”.

Does that mean the patent attorney worships the Patent Office?

Of course not.

And the fact that Catholics use the word “pray” to describe requests of Mary likewise does not mean we worship her.