Question about St. John Eudes’ quote

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St. John Eudes said “A man is no true Christian if he has no devotion to the Mother of Jesus Christ.”

But here I am, I am not a devotee of the Mother of God. What does that mean? I am not a true Christian?
 
You have zero devotion to her? Why not?

To be frank, I can’t imagine a motivation to have absolutely none that isn’t at odds with the Christian faith. Do you not have gratitude to her for bringing Jesus into the world? If we love Christ, should we not love His mother, who He loved? If we believe in the communion of Saints (as we say we do in the Creed), why would we not ask her intercession from time to time?
 
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Of course I pray to her though. But I don’t have a devotion like praying always the rosary.

Or am I missing something?
 
Exactly? I don’t know, I never read his books. That would be the way to find out!
 
Oh I don’t think that’s a problem. He likely had in mind Protestants or others who completely exclude her from their lives.
 
I ask the question many times…do you believe Holy Land where Jesus walked? Is it not holy?

How much holier do you think the womb in which he grew and His Mother…
 
There are 3 levels of devotion. Google is your friend.
Dulia for Saints
Hyperdulia for The Mother of God
And
Latria for the Trinity.
 
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You can pray directly to Our Lord Jesus Christ
Or~have your prayers perfected though Mary .

As in The wedding at Cana. .Jesus listens to his Mom.

Love your sister in Christ
Katie
 
Arnold1N2D said:
Of course I pray to her though. But I don’t have a devotion like praying always the rosary.
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If you “pray to her”, then you do have a devotion to her. You believe she was the Mother of God and you respect her and revere her.

It doesn’t mean she has to be your favorite go-to saint or you have to pray the rosary. There are saints who didn’t pray the rosary (for many of them, it wasn’t invented yet when they were walking around) and saints who focused their devotions elsewhere.
 
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