Marian Devotion on the Increase
[Marian Devotion on the Increase Proclaiming the
Gospel Ministries
]
"According to Father James Phalan, president of the Mariology Society of
America, Mary is the leader of evangelization. He said, "There needs to
be a deepening of Mariological reflection embraced by the whole Church,
and particularly by the clergy. In many seminaries, the clergy hasn't
studied much about the Blessed Virgin Mary." Hopefully after an event
like this international Mariological congress, there will be a lot of
promotion of Marian devotion through the Year of Faith that will help
people rediscover who Mary is in the Church.
Read more."
See:
No Mary Worship
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "...I know a number of Catholics that don't focus on Mary at all..."
Catholics have no biblical support for their "Mary".
They make an idol
out of Jesus' earthly mother.
See:
What is the Immaculate Conception? Why do Roman Catholics believe in the
Immaculate Conception of Mary?
"We should have no other gods (Exodus
20:3)
Do not be devoted to anyone or anything more than God (Deuteronomy
4:23)
Devote your heart to God (Joshua
24:14)
Look to God for your security (Judges
10:13–16)
We give in to idolatry when we forget God (Psalm
106:19–22)
God will not share his glory with anything else (Isaiah
42:8)
Christians cannot serve both God and the things of this world (Luke
16:13)" Tyndale House Publishers.
(2007). Holy Bible: New Living Translation (3rd ed.). Carol Stream, IL:
Tyndale House Publishers.
