dear wpin,
i dont worship Mary.... she was just the birth canal.
She was much more than that...strange you profess love for Jesus but have disdain for his mother who was selected by God to carry the new covenant in her womb, and then raise and protect our Lord. Letting Him know when the time was right for his first miracle. Then was with her son through the Passion. In Revelation she is referred to as coming to earth at the end time. She has visited many people who have witnessed her apparitions and heard her words as a messenger of God.
BTW, Catholics do not worship Mary...I am a convert, former Baptist and I know the myths Protestants believe about Catholicism. I decided, felt led to read why they believed what they believe and found a deeper, fuller, more holy way to adore our Lord.