The Glories of Mary seem to be one of the biggest things a protestant shows to support their argument of Catholics crossing the line with Mary.
We catholics have articulated well as to how we don't worship Mary, defending any objections of "Mother of God", being without sin, perpetual virginity, assumed to heaven, interceding for us. These can be defended on a scriptural and rational sense IMO, however the "Glories of Mary" writing from ST. ALPHONSUS LIGUORI is a tough one to me because I do see certain language in where I can't blame a protestant for interpreting it as giving her glory and honor that is already stepping the boundaries.
Terms such as: Mother of Mercy!, chapter VIII "Mary rescues her servants", and many more can be seen as stepping over the line. Yes, the writing acknowledges her as an "advocate" and "creature", it does give praises to God and in some ways makes him a source, but the verbiage is difficult to rationalize.
I would like to see how the smart catholics here are able to talk about this writing and defend the conceptions it may have.
We catholics have articulated well as to how we don't worship Mary, defending any objections of "Mother of God", being without sin, perpetual virginity, assumed to heaven, interceding for us. These can be defended on a scriptural and rational sense IMO, however the "Glories of Mary" writing from ST. ALPHONSUS LIGUORI is a tough one to me because I do see certain language in where I can't blame a protestant for interpreting it as giving her glory and honor that is already stepping the boundaries.
Terms such as: Mother of Mercy!, chapter VIII "Mary rescues her servants", and many more can be seen as stepping over the line. Yes, the writing acknowledges her as an "advocate" and "creature", it does give praises to God and in some ways makes him a source, but the verbiage is difficult to rationalize.
I would like to see how the smart catholics here are able to talk about this writing and defend the conceptions it may have.