to cont
lets face it - there are STATUES ALL OVER THE PLACE, of which do you complain? - of people who are admired, as ex
George Washington, Lincoln, et al.
BVM is admired, but not only that. She is The Sinless One. HIGHLY to be admired.
She is MOTHER OF GOD. Does it get any better !
She is closest to Jesus. Many people ask others to pray for them. Some people think BVM is the person most efficatious to pray to. And so we do.
This inspires us to remember her - in song and art.
Give me a break - we arnt worshipping her. How much intelligence do you give us credit for - sheesh
Hail Mary...
Smartest man EVER warning!!!
Ecclesiastes 9:1-6
1 But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him.
2 It is the same for all, since the same event happens
to the righteous and the wicked,
to the good and the evil,
to the clean and the unclean,
to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice.
As the good one is, so is the sinner, and
he who swears is as he who shuns an oath.
3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that the same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead. 4 But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun.