**Give your life to the Lord, **Exactly what Catholics do.
What do you think of a reply to that comment of yours in post #38?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3394364/posts?page=38#38
Don't you think those traditional beliefs would cause people to look to Mary instead of God?
It seems that the Catholic Mary gets in between Catholics and the Lord.
The Mary of the Bible has no authority to speak or act in the stead of God or Jesus.
Nor would that devoted handmaid of the Lord presume to do so. Her devotion to God was much too strong for her to deviate from His will.
King James Bible
And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
Luke 1:38