Where in scripture does it say we have to go through Mary to get to Christ??
I've asked one of your fellow catholics but I think the pigeons are running that individual in circles on the chessboard as we've yet to receive a reply.
No one has ever said that we HAVE TO to go through Mary to get to Christ. What we have said is that we CAN go through Mary just as at the wedding at Cana. She became aware of a problem, she alerted her Son, Jesus, and He fixed it. That is mediating. That is intervening. That is being an intercessor. All Christians believe that we should pray for each other. Don’t many protestants also believe that saints can pray for them?
As for the word ‘brothers’, I interpret it differently than you, as I do the word ‘until’ based on my studies of context using my bible, and you have not convinced me that your interpretation is any more valid than mine.
Love,
O2