[FreedomCalls]

The Catholic Church condemns anyone who would pray to any being outside of God and His Christ as if to receive Grace and Glory apart from God.

UBI PRIMUM
ON THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS IX
FEBRUARY 2, 1849

Great indeed is Our trust in Mary. The resplendent glory of her merits, far exceeding all the choirs of angels, elevates her to the very steps of the throne of God. Her foot has crushed the head of Satan. Set up between Christ and His Church, Mary, ever lovable and full of grace, always has delivered the Christian people from their greatest calamities and from the snares and assaults of all their enemies, ever rescuing them from ruin.

5. And likewise in our own day, Mary, with the ever merciful affection so characteristic of her maternal heart, wishes, through her efficacious intercession with God, to deliver her children from the sad and grief-laden troubles, from the tribulations, the anxiety, the difficulties, and the punishments of God's anger which afflict the world because of the sins of men. Wishing to restrain and to dispel the violent hurricane of evils which, as We lament from the bottom of Our heart, are everywhere afflicting the Church, Mary desires to transform Our sadness into joy. The foundation of all Our confidence, as you know well, Venerable Brethren, is found in the Blessed Virgin Mary. For, God has committed to Mary the treasury of all good things, in order that everyone may know that through her are obtained every hope, every grace, and all salvation. For this is His will, that we obtain everything through Mary.

[TotusTuus]

Your example does not contradict my post.

[SoothingDave]

TT:The Catholic Church condemns anyone who would pray to any being outside of God and His Christ as if to receive Grace and Glory apart from God.

in order that everyone may know that through her are obtained every hope, every grace, and all salvation. For this is His will, that we obtain everything through Mary.

FreedomCalls, has the word "through" ceased to mean something different than the word "from"? Doesn't "through" indicate some type of conduit, pipe or passageway? As opposed to a source? There is no contradiction here.

Water comes into my house through the pipes. That doesn't mean the pipes are the source of the water, nor that they may provide water apart from the water company. Words mean things.

SD