[Nubbin]

Maybe when someone gives me a Biblically-sound reason to attempt to communicate with Mary or win her favor, I'll give the Catholic Church a second look. But until then, I will remain faithful to the Word and nothing else.

Try this situation on. You fall in love with a wonderful man. He wants you to meet his mother and father; introduce you to his brothers, sisters, cousins, favorite uncle, etc. I suppose you would refuse him on the grounds that you only "love him" and you don't need all those other people? Will meeting and making room in your live for his family somehow dilute the "personal" nature of your relationship with your beloved? Of course not.

That is what the protestant refusal to get to know the Blessed Mother and the Saints is like to me.

[LibertyGirl77]

But Jesus never asked me to get to know His mother or the saints. He asked me to come to the Father through the Son. That was His message.