1. Why devotion to Mary?
One way I like to approach Catholic devotion to Mary is to point out
that if we were privileged to visit Jesus in Nazareth when he was
about 20 years old, we would certainly have spoken to Mary and Joseph
too.
Jesus would not have wanted us to feel that we could talk only
to him! So now, we can and should talk to Jesus in heaven, and I
would guess that he still would like for us to talk to his Mother
too!
Talking to Mary, praying to Mary, does not diminish our devotion
to Jesus. If anything, it should strengthen it, because Mary will
always try to lead us to her Son.
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