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Why would one dismiss his or her whole family but his or her brother (Christ)?
As Catholic I cry for the protestants who go through life without the support of our Christian relatives.
Mary and the saints are company on the road to salvation.
They shed light on Christ our Lord and help us to follow him by their example aswell as by their intersession in heaven.
Hagiography and Mariology is very Christological in its very nature.
The problem is that it's not scriptural. You can invent anything you want outside of scripture and have a whole bunch of people agree with you, but that doesn't make it true.
If you honor Mary why not give the same honor to Joseph? Neither are divine and Joseph raised Jesus as much as Mary did. How about Jesus' brothers (and sisters?), who were also part of Jesus' family? Shouldn't they also be included as part of his family?
Also, there is no basis for singling out just a few people and calling them "saints". Everyone who has accepted Christ as their savior is sanctified, the root meaning of the word "saint".
I am devoted to God and live my life, with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, in Christ. I don't need the add-ons.
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