Catholics venerate Mary and ask for her to pray for us. We do not worship her, but recognize her for her complete trust in God's will for her life. Without Mary, Jesus could not have been incarnated on earth, which is why Satan hates her more than any other human.
Although Jesus was God, He didn't come to earth as all-powerful God. He came as a human, the same way we do. After He was conceived Mary gave Him life by carrying Him through pregnancy and delivery. As a newborn human infant, Jesus was helpless, powerless, and defenseless. He needed parents to love, care for, raise, and protect Him as He grew to adulthood. Mary willingly took on this responsibility at great cost to her own life to fulfill God's promise to the world. Mary did God's will on earth when she gave Jesus life so that He could bring us salvation.
Those who deny or diminish Mary's veneration focus on Jesus as God and neglect Jesus as human. They see Mary as just a vessel and think Jesus was born as God, so He was all powerful and could do whatever He needed to do because He was God. They miss the entire point of His incarnation. Jesus came to earth as a human to live among us, as one of us, and teach us to do God's will here and bring salvation to the world. He allowed Himself to be crucified, as a human, to save us from our own sins. He didn't use any of His godly power to save Himself although He probably could have. He lived and died as a human.
Catholics venerate Mary and ask for her to pray for us. We do not worship her, but recognize her for her complete trust in God's will for her life. Without Mary, Jesus could not have been incarnated on earth, which is why Satan hates her more than any other human.
Although Jesus was God, He didn't come to earth as all-powerful God. He came as a human, the same way we do. After He was conceived Mary gave Him life by carrying Him through pregnancy and delivery. As a newborn human infant, Jesus was helpless, powerless, and defenseless. He needed parents to love, care for, raise, and protect Him as He grew to adulthood. Mary willingly took on this responsibility at great cost to her own life to fulfill God's promise to the world. Mary did God's will on earth when she gave Jesus life so that He could bring us salvation.
Those who deny or diminish Mary's veneration focus on Jesus as God and neglect Jesus as human. They see Mary as just a vessel and think Jesus was born as God, so He was all powerful and could do whatever He needed to do because He was God. They miss the entire point of His incarnation. Jesus came to earth as a human to live among us, as one of us, and teach us to do God's will here and bring salvation to the world. He allowed Himself to be crucified, as a human, to save us from our own sins. He didn't use any of His godly power to save Himself although He probably could have. He lived and died as a human.
1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus
I praise thine exalted privilege of being truly Mother of God, ever Virgin, conceived without stain of sin, Co-Redemptrix of the human race.
http://catholicdevotions.org/2015/05/act-of-reparation-to-the-immaculate-heart-of-mary-one-for-insults-and-one-for-blasphemies/
The idea Mary is the "Co-Redemptrix" is a Roman Catholic tradition.
Mark 7:9
And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.