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Originally Posted by FragrantFlora
So what do you Catholics call it when you offer prayers to Mary or to the Saints, the commonly used Hail Mary prayer in particular?
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Intercession. You don't pray to Mary or the Saints as worship; you pray for guidance and a sort of intermediary between the person and God. The Hail Mary doesn't lift Mary up to the level of God but rather extolling the virtues she carried as an example worthy of imitation. As I said, it's really wrong for Catholics to lift her up to the level of God. The level of God is for God alone, and godly worship is reserved for Him.