Read the Holy Bible every once in a while and you, too will be Catholic and on the road to salvation with all God’s Holy Church.
Oh, and every single time in the bible that Jesus addresses his mother, he makes it clear that, though she is His mother, she is “just a human” like the rest of us. Was she blessed to be His mother? You betcha.
But what does “blessed” mean? A person is Blessed to have a baby. They are VERY blessed indeed when that baby is the Son of God. But that does not make them special. It makes them Blessed. Look upf the usage of the word in Proverbs and Ecclesiastes.
Oh, and I am very familiar with the bible. I have a 2.5 hour commute where, the last few months, I listen to the bible on that commute. Listening to it, and in such large chunks, enhances one’s perspective on it. It’s kinda weird, actually, not having to skip over annotations, verse numbers, etc. and just listen to it like a book on tape sort of.
Church organization membership is utterly irrelevant.
Indeed, and generally the saints are human like the rest of us, except that of their salvation we can be sure. This is why we venerate them: so that we too may become saints and be with Jesus in heaven for all eternity.
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