This is what God is giving us (Check out the link, please, a 2 minute read)--- to share in His nature. That isn't just for Mary. It is for all of us, because we are in Christ, and Christ in God, and he (or she) who abides is Love, abides in God, and God abides in them.
So what you call "Roman Catholicism elevating Mary to the status of Jesus," is actually Jesus elevating us into His Nature.
Members of the Body of Christ.
We are IN Him. He is IN us. He shares it ALL with us.
2 Timothy 2:11-12
This saying is trustworthy:
If we have died with him
we shall also live with him;
By making us part of Him, we all have our share in his cross, in His dying, in HIs rising, in His great and completed work of salvation.
So it's not just for Mary. It's for all who are in Him.
It's so much *more* than what you think it is.
Nice attempt at spin....
No, Mrs.D.....it is Rome that has missed the boat on this one.
Actually, it is Rome that has committed a grave error in their elevation of Mary to the status of Jesus.