That was worship, plain and simple. It's not hyperbole, and it is most certainly over the top.
Anyone could easily have inserted the name of God in wherever the name or Mary was present in that unbelievable display of idolatry and it would still work.
To deny that that is worship displays an alarming degree of denial and delusion.
I have no intention of worshiping Mary, and I can tell the difference between the high honor due the Mother of God, the Christ-bearer (great as that honor is), and the worship and adoration due to God Himself.
A man madly in love who tells his intended that he 'worships' her, that she's 'perfect', that she's 'a goddess', etc. doesn't think that he's giving his bride-to-be worship due only to God. But he does love her very much and engages in hyperbole in order to express that love.
How much more should we love the great and humble lady who consented to bring God to us as a little child . . . the very thought of it is incredible. Certainly if I am ever blessed to meet her it will be more wonderful than meeting the greatest head of state, the finest musician, the most famous sports figure. And she will lead me to her Son, as she always does . . . "Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it."
Pius XII was, as I said, a very emotional man and, after all, an Italian from a very old-fashioned and aristocratic family. That he would use such highflown language does not surprise me in the least.
And I am pretty confident that I am not deluded.
Metmom, there simply is no way they will call it worship....for to do so would then mean they’ve upsurped God’s rightful place...and they know this. So they must continue to call it “something else”. Also it would mean going against what the Vatican teaches and we know that too just won’t happen.