Carrying an idol, which you call a statute, is part of the worship process for Rome.
Comparing aspects of worship in the New Testament with what is witnessed in Roman Catholicism is very revealing and confirms the Roman Catholic indeed does worship Mary.
| New Testament Components of Worship | Roman Catholic Worship of Mary | |
| Praying to God Every knee shall bow to Him Reliance upon faith in Christ for salvation Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and body |
Praying to Mary Kneeling before idols of Mary Reliance upon the promises of an apparition claiming to be Mary and believing the false promise that wearing a piece of cloth, aka the Scapular, will keep you out of the Hell-fire The apparition claiming to be Mary says Whosoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary shall receive signal graces. . |
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Analyze the prayer “Hail Mary.” The first sentence is from Luke. Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with you.
A bad translation of the Greek. It is more correctly rendered as, Greetings, you favored with grace.
Gabriel did not say, You will be Holy and full of grace once the Holy Spirit shows up.” Gabriel describes her as he finds her. Full of Grace and with the Lord. God created Eve without sin. He was certainly capable of doing it again.
Nor did Gabriel tell Mary she was free from sin nor was she created without sin. The Roman Catholic is reading something into the text that isn't there.
The last is asking Mary to pray for us during the two most important moments of our life - now and at the hour of our death. We’re not praying to her but asking her to pray for us.
The emphasis on this vain, repititious prayer as part of the Rosary Roman Catholics are tasked with saying multiple times to "atone" for some of their sins, is primarily focused on Mary.
Consider:
In just one round of the Rosary:
13 Hail Mary's
3 Our Fathers
2 Glory to the Father
1 Apostles Creed
1 Hail Holy Queen
A total of 14 prayers to Mary out of 20....70% of the prayer is directed to Mary.
All prayer in the New Testament is directed to God. There are no directions on praying to Mary.
Your numbers are not accurate.
https://www.marian.org/mary/rosary/howto.php
I’m confused. Do you want to save my soul or convince me that I’m damned? Your arguments have become more and more angry. I’m not interested in winning an argument. I’m sharing the joy I have in my faith. If you want to share your joy, assuming you have any, I would like to hear from you again. Otherwise, God bless you but please leave me alone.