The first thing is, this is not "slavish veneration" -- it's "veneration."
The accompanying adjectives have shifted over the centuries --- never rightly understood, I think, unless you understand the veneration we have for "all the Saints", as brothers and sisters in Christ, as members of His Body, as image and likeness and holy children of God, as temples of the Holy Spirit.
If people truly understood how much veneration we should rightly give each other, there would be no surprise at the affection and reverence we have for the mother of Our Lord.
emphasizing our relationship with Mary as her children in the Church (John 19:26-27, and, by the same author, Rev. 12:17), emphasizing her role as mother of the King (Queen Mother), emphasizing the way she shared in Christ's Passion by her empathy, as foretold in prophecy (Luke 2:35), and I suppose the Louis de Montfort emphasized our being servants of the handmaid, using the word "slave"-- but none of this, including the latter, is to be pared down to merely slavish practice (we understand the dignity of being, like her, servants and handmaids as well.)
You can't find a century in the history of the Church in which Mary was NOT venerated.
I have just spent a wonderful morning praising Jesus, receiving communion, and meditating on what He has done for me. He is all that matters. Focus on anything you want. Keep your prayers to saints keep your rosaries and mariolatry, your works righteousness and anything else you want. I have Jesus and it is literally all I need or want. May He bless you today and always.
“You can’t find a century in the history of the Church in which Mary was NOT venerated.
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During the lives of the Apostles, who never generated any creature, nor commanded it, nor wrote of it.
Yes; Massa!
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