Prayer is not bribery.
Paying off authorities to avoid consequences of law-breaking is bribery.
I feel the same way about our Blessed Mother, she is needed now more than ever.
God gave us a beautiful role model and example to follow, in Jesus’ mother. He certainly knew what he was doing.
Our poor children are spoon fed iconic images of Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, and Madonna as role models. We are told that we come first and are taught Power Puff girls rule since the time we can crawl.
We need her example more than ever. So sad that so many of us don’t value that gift God gave us, or even worse, think that Jesus would be jealous of His mother, as if she had the equal significance of some Budha.