Please reference that in scipture.
"See how a person is justified by works and not by faith alone . . so also faith without works in dead." James 2:24,26
Just because we are commanded to have no God's before Him, doesn't mean he doesn't want us to love anyone else. On the contrary, we are commanded to love and be obedient. We see Mary as special and blessed by God. That is clearly in the bible. Luke1:48, 1:28, 1:42, 1:45; Matt. 1:22-23.
Does the RC edifice have a straw dog factory somewhere in Central America?