I really do not understand the Catholic obsession with Mary, especially with the way they strip all the humanity out of her. No real emotions. No real point of connection. Just an otherworldly illusion of serenity that’s impossible to relate to. Might as well be a statue with how statue-like they made her!
Contrast Jesus, who got angry or wept. Who begged the Father to let the cup pass from him. Who was tempted in every way I was tempted. Who suffered and bled and died. Who is completely HUMAN as well as being LORD.
Jesus is so much more relatable. It’s so much easier to talk to Christ than some faux vision of perfection that bears no resemblence to what God’s perfection really is.
Read Daniel1212's post: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3877970/posts?page=232#232
That just might help explain the obsession. It comes from a place of NOT really believing Jesus' OWN words about Himself or of our loving Heavenly Father. It probably stems from the thought of earthly fathers being the stern disciplinarians and how mommy could be appealed to. It is a perverted view of Almighty God that we can only guess who started THAT ball rolling.