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CurlySmirly
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I converted in 2018. I’m on board with the theology and dogmas that the Church has proclaimed about Mary. Nevertheless I feel like the “veneration” we give to Our Lady can easily become idolatrous. What makes me feel most uncomfortable are the prayers that often seen when I’m going through my prayer books. I often ask Mary to pray for me and to give me certain graces through her intercession, but I feel it must always be stressed that these graces come from God.
The prayers that I often see talk about Mary as an all-loving mother. I understand that she is special above all the saints because she was born without since through the grace of Our Lord, yet phrases like “keep us close to you at every moment of our lives,” and “motherly affection for all of us” strike me the wrong way. I see it as people trying to assign divine traits to a mortal, human woman. Though she is in heaven can hear all of our prayers, how can she be all-loving if she is divine? Ultimately I’ve always been rubbed the wrong way about how many prayers speak of her the same way we would speak of Jesus, as someone who is always with us and we should devote our lives to. We don’t say such things about the other saints. I’ve just reached the point where I have to confront this.
The prayers that I often see talk about Mary as an all-loving mother. I understand that she is special above all the saints because she was born without since through the grace of Our Lord, yet phrases like “keep us close to you at every moment of our lives,” and “motherly affection for all of us” strike me the wrong way. I see it as people trying to assign divine traits to a mortal, human woman. Though she is in heaven can hear all of our prayers, how can she be all-loving if she is divine? Ultimately I’ve always been rubbed the wrong way about how many prayers speak of her the same way we would speak of Jesus, as someone who is always with us and we should devote our lives to. We don’t say such things about the other saints. I’ve just reached the point where I have to confront this.
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