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The third is a conjecture and an argument of the kind: some people do it wrong, therefore it's bad.

It's spiritually perilous to love any one or any thing equal to or more than God. There is only One Great Commandment.

Then one of them, [which was] a lawyer, asked [him a question], tempting him, and saying, Master, which [is] the great commandment in the law?

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment.

And the second [is] like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. – Matthew 22:35-40

And again,

Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. - Matt 4:10

We all struggle with idolatry because we are merely mortals, small minded and easily distracted. In the pressures of life, we might love ourselves or our spouse or child - properties, associations or whatever - more than God.

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.- Luke 16:13

Thank God for the time He gives us to meditate and pray and keep our priorities straight.

God's Name is I AM.

Thanks.

Isn’t all this kind of WHY it’s called “straight and narrow”?

From the earliest days, from the Judaizers in Acts and the various factions in, say, Corinth, there are those who slip off the Way to one side or the other.

And, as I am fond of saying, Bunyan says in “Pilgrim’s Progress” (which I read in, get this, 1962!) “Then I saw that there was a way to Hell, even from the Gates of Heaven, ...”

So, yes, eyes on the prize. I wish I could convey how the Rosary is, to me, ALL about eyes on the prize.

ABSOLUTELY! INDEED! Every character/letter, every word, every sentence:

It's spiritually perilous to love any one or any thing equal to or more than God. There is only One Great Commandment.

Then one of them, [which was] a lawyer, asked [him a question], tempting him, and saying, Master, which [is] the great commandment in the law?
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Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment.
And the second [is] like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. – Matthew 22:35-40

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And again,

Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. - Matt 4:10

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We all struggle with idolatry because we are merely mortals, small minded and easily distracted. In the pressures of life, we might love ourselves or our spouse or child - properties, associations or whatever - more than God.

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.- Luke 16:13

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Thank God for the time He gives us to meditate and pray and keep our priorities straight.

God's Name is I AM.

Of His Truth . . . in/to very serious ways, aspects, DEGREES, truth:

No one can serve:
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GOD and money!
GOD and macadamia nuts!
GOD and machines!
GOD and machismo!
GOD and mackerels!
GOD and Macs!
GOD and Macrame!
GOD and Madame!
GOD and madness!
GOD and madrigals!
GOD and maestro!
GOD and Mafia!
GOD and magazines!
GOD and magenta!
GOD and Magi!
GOD and magic!
GOD and magicsterical!
GOD and magistracy!
GOD and magma!
GOD and magnetism!
GOD and other magnificence!
GOD and other magnitude!
GOD and magnolias!
GOD and magpies!
GOD and mahjong!
GOD and mahogany!
GOD and maidens!
GOD and maidenhood!
GOD and mail!
GOD and mailman!
GOD and mainlining
GOD and mainsail!
GOD and any other mainstay!
GOD and maize!
GOD and any other majesty!
GOD and majorette!
GOD and majority!
GOD and make-believe!
GOD and makeshift!
GOD and makeup!
GOD and malady!
GOD and malaise!
GOD and malarkey!
GOD and malcontentment!
GOD and malevolence!
GOD and malfeasance!
GOD and malfunctions!
GOD and malice!
GOD and maliciousness!
GOD and malignancy!
GOD and malingering!
GOD and the mall!
GOD and malted milk!
GOD and maltreatment!
GOD and the mambo!
GOD and managing!
GOD and management!
GOD and the Manchurian politico!
GOD and mandatory rules, rulership of man!
GOD and mandolins!
GOD and maneuvering!
GOD and mangoes!
GOD and manhandling others!
GOD and Manhattan!
GOD and manhunts!
GOD and manic living!
GOD and manipulating!
GOD and manna!
GOD and manners!
GOD and mannerisms!
GOD and manor!
GOD and mansion!
GOD and Mazorati!(sp?)
GOD and manufacturing!
GOD and manuscript!
GOD and maple sugar!
GOD and maple trees!
GOD and mankind!
GOD and Manhood!
GOD and mammy!
GOD and man!
GOD and men!
GOD and mama!
GOD and marriage!
GOD AND MOTHER MARY!

GOD ALONE is the ALPHA AND OMEGA.
GOD ALONE IS WORTHY.
TO GOD ALONE BE ALL GLORY, MAJESTY, POWER AND AUTHORITY.
TO GOD ALONE BE ALL WORSHIP, ADORATION, VENERATION, SPIRITUAL AND GODLY SUBMISSION.
TO GOD ALONE. Not man. Never man.

At the very least, the attention and devotion given to Mary by Catholics is fraught with danger.

It is perilously close to worshiping her if they actually don’t as they insist.

If you play with fire, you’re going to get burned. Unless someone is some kind of spiritual giant with exceptional discernment and self-control, I don’t see how one can avoid slipping over the edge in that matter.

Jesus told us how to pray in the Lord’s Prayer. We have everything we need in Christ. On a purely practical level, there’s no point in praying to Mary or giving her that kind of attention since it detracts from time and attention that belongs to God alone.