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While Catholics worship God only, we are devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Why?

• We honor Mary (and the saints) because they modeled virtuous, holy lives. 

• “The knot of Eve’s disobedience was loosed by the obedience of Mary. What the virgin Eve had bound in unbelief, the Virgin Mary loosed through faith” –Saint Irenaeus (~125-202).

• Jesus comes to us through Mary’s obedience and faith. 

• Because Mary humbly said ‘Yes’ to the Father when told she will conceive by the Holy Spirit and bear the Son of God, Jesus never denies His Mother any request.

• So as...