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For real???? Blowing off the CCC? It says right in there “Taken up to heaven she did not lay aside this saving office but by her manifold intercession continues to bring us the gifts of eternal salvation . Therefore.....”.
Therefore, what??? Therefore she is given the titles of Jesus and the Holy Spirit
There is more since you seem to want/need it, if the CCC itself is not enough.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2680611/posts?page=969#969
Here are some statements by Catholics on a Catholic website about Mary. And there’s lots more on that website.
http://www.catholictradition.org/Mary/mary18b.htm
Listen, all you who desire the Kingdom of God! Honor and serve the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, and you will find life and eternal salvation!
St. Bonaventure
Whoever honors, loves, serves, and invokes Mary with humility and confidence will ascend to Paradise.
St. John Eudes
If you persevere until death in true devotion to Mary, you salvation is certain.
St. Alphonsus Maria Liguori
The Saints assert that anyone who prays to the Mother of God in time of temptation will be preserved from sin, and that whoever approaches her with perfect trust throughout his life will surely be saved.
St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe
He will not taste death forever who, in his dying moments, has recourse to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Pope Pius XI
My children, if you desire perseverance, be devout to our Blessed Lady.
St. Philip Neri
If I love Mary, I am certain of perseverance, and I shall obtain whatever I wish from God.
St. John Berchmans
I firmly believe I owe my deliverance to the sole intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
St. Vincent de Paul
The gates of Heaven will open to all who confide in the protection of Mary.
St. Bonaventure
He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
St. Ignatius of Antioch
Not one of those who love her can perish; not one of those who try to imitate her can fail to attain eternal salvation.
St. John Eudes
Not a single soul who has really persevered in her service has ever been damned.
St. Louis Marie de Montfort
http://www.goodshepherdparish.org/re/Prayer/novenas.htm
Our Lady of the Rosary (This novena is to be said along with a daily rosary).
My dearest Mother Mary, behold me, your child, in prayer at your feet. Accept this Holy Rosary, which I offer you in accordance with your requests at Fatima, as a proof of my tender love for you, for the intentions of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in atonement for the offenses committed against your Immaculate Heart, and for this special favor which I earnestly request in my Rosary Novena: (Mention your request)
I beg you to present my petition to your Divine Son. If you will pray for me, I cannot be refused. I know, dearest Mother, that you want me to seek God’s holy Will concerning my request. If what I ask for should not be granted, pray that I may receive that which will be of greater benefit to my soul.
I offer you this spiritual “Bouquet of Roses” because I love you. I put all my confidence in you, since your prayers before God are most powerful. For the greater glory of God and for the sake of Jesus, your loving Son, hear and grant my prayer. Sweet Heart of Mary, be my salvation. Amen
Our Lady of Hope
I am the mother of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope. In me is all grace of the way and of the truth; in me is all hope of life and of virtue. Come to me all that desire me and be filled with my fruits (Sirach 24:24-26).
O Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Grace, Hope of the world.
Hear us, your children, who cry to you
Prayer to Our Lady of Hope
O Mary, my Mother, I kneel before you with heavy heart. The burden of my sins oppresses me. The knowledge of my weakness discourages me. I am beset by fears and temptations of every sort. Yet I am so attached to the things of this world that instead of longing for Heaven I am filled with dread at the thought of death.
O Mother of Mercy, have pity on me in my distress. You are all-powerful with your Divine Son. He can refuse no request of your Immaculate Heart. Show yourself a true Mother to me by being my advocate before His throne. O Refuge of Sinners and Hope of the Hopeless, to whom shall I turn if not you?
Obtain for me, then, O Mother of Hope, the grace of true sorrow for my sins, the gift of perfect resignation to God’s Holy Will, and the courage to take up my cross and follow Jesus. Beg of His Sacred Heart the special favor that I ask in this novena. (Make your request)
But above all I pray, O dearest Mother, that through your most powerful intercession my heart may be filled with Holy Hope, so that in life’s darkest hour I may never fail to trust in God my Savior, but by walking in the way of His commandments I may merit to be united with Him, and with you in the eternal joys of Heaven. Amen.
Mary, our Hope, have pity on us.
Hope of the Hopeless, pray for us. Recite 3 Hail Marys
Now that you've sent SO many electrons to their deaths; proclaiming a message that will be ignored?