Hell may have frozen over!

[Cleita]

3. I have to disagree about the vessel thing. I spent most of my early life in Catholic school through

college. Believe me Mary was almost worshipped as much as JC. Maybe it's because I was taught by nuns, who were women, that Mary was such an important entity in our prayer schedule. We said the Hail Mary various times a day, prayed the rosary and were always directed to light candles, say novenas and other such religious practices to the Virgin Mary. It was like Jesus and God the Father weren't that important for praying to. Sure, we were taught that because Mary was the mother of Jesus, we had a better chance of our prayers being heard if she put a word in for us with her Son. So I think the mediator role has been there all along.