Dear Rick,

What saint's day? I don't recall processions with hymns of praise in  
church for a saint.

Diana

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On Mar 9, 2010, at 8:50 PM, "Rickard A. Parker"  
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> The part of your message I quoted (about the celebration) sounded to
> me to be very similar to celebrations of saints' days. It didn't
> convince me that Mary was a deity of some sorts.
>
> Regards,
>   Rick Parker
>
>
>> Dear Rickard,
>>
>> As I wrote, whether it is officially sanctioned as theologically
>> correct or not, Mary will continue to be venerated, adored, revered,
>> deified, apotheosized by millions of Catholics who do not follow
>> Jesuitical debates on what constitutes worship.
>>
>> The Roman church reversed itself on excluding what it regarded as
>> Marian cults when it became apparent that the Church would be greatly
>> weakened by their exclusion. I'm sure you know this political  
>> history.
>>
>> Diana
>>
>> Sent from my iPod
>>
>> On Mar 9, 2010, at 5:18 PM, "Rickard A. Parker"
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>>> Soon the celebration of Mary, Queen
>>>> of the May will be accompanied by processions, prayers, hymns of
>>>> praise to her as "Queen of the Angels" and a ceremony in which her
>>>> statue is crowned with a wreath of fresh flowers. I guess the
>>>> faithful
>>>> haven't received your memo.
>>>
>>> And when the saints are celebrated on their days are they
>>> considered to be worshipped?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>   Rick Parker
>>>
>>
>