[CynicalBear]

Yeah, that’s the one I was thinking of. Can you imagine? Not totally belonging to Jesus but replacing Him with Mary. And still Catholics don’t see the error. Blinded indeed.

[metmom]

Hebrews 12:1-2 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

We need to keep our eyes on Jesus only. Him alone. He's all we need for in Him we live and move and have our being.

[daniel1212]

That Mary is exalted as the Mother of the Church is another of the many parallelizations btwn the Lord Jesus and Mary seen in Catholicism, and thesupererogation of praise and adulation can often be seen as eclipsing that given to the Lord Jesus who created her for His holy use.