“I am Catholic but the more I search and study the Scriptures the more convicted I feel that the Rosary has its place but that Mary would not be pleased that we pray through her to Jesus.
I’d ask him, “does it displease you when loved ones ask you to pray to Jesus for them? And, if not, then why would it displease Mary?”
The temple curtain was ripped in half when He died giving us entrance into the Holies!
I think he misunderstands the significance of this. The situation
had been that no one could gaze upon the Presence (with limited exception, and even then, only a priest) and now,
we all have access to the Presence of God. Still, that doesn’t mean that this access is through Jesus alone – after all, Jesus himself sets up the mediation of the Gospel through the Church and the teaching of the apostles, doesn’t He?
Why now do we seek Mary and/or a priest to obtain graces?
That’s the way Jesus set it up: “do this in memory of me,” not “I’ll keep doing this to give you access to me.”
Isn’t that lack of faith or belief in all that he accomplished on the cross?
Nope.
Wouldn’t Mary be horrified how she has been so exalted in the place where her Son deserves to sit in our hearts?”
If you find a Catholic who
only loves Mary, and not Jesus, then I’d answer “maybe.” But, I’d also answer that this person misunderstands the Gospel. Certainly, that isn’t representative of the Church, her teachings, or her people.