For this statement to be true, then the Church must be
telling us to do this.
Therefore, if the Church is telling us to do this,
then it must be written somewhere in official Catholic Church
documents.
I have repeatedly asked the people who make this false charge,
to please show me the official written Catholic document which directs us to
WORSHIP the Blessed Virgin Mary.
I do not mean a Protestant mis-translation of a document but an original
document in the original language in which it was written.
One reply I
have received to that request was a quote from the Papal Encyclical 'Lumen
Gentium':
LG 50. "...The Church has always believed that the Apostles and
Christ's martyrs, who gave the supreme witness of faith and charity by the
shedding of their blood, are closely united with us in Christ; she has always
VENERATED them, together
with the Blessed Virgin Mary and the holy angels, with a special love, and has
asked piously for the help of their intercession."
Now, where in this
quote does it say that Catholics WORSHIP the Blessed Virgin Mary?
The plain truth is that it does not
say that unless you think to VENERATE someone, means to WORSHIP them.
The simple truth is that NOWHERE in Catholic
literature will you ever find a document which directs Catholics to WORSHIP her. You will, however, find
many documents which say we VENERATE her.