Do Roman Catholics Worship the Virgin Mary?
Do Roman Catholics worship the Virgin Mary? Upon this question light is thrown by the following quotation, the correctness of which is vouched for by a high Episcopalian authority, The Living Church. It is, says this journal, a Catholic prayer “issued with the approbation of a cardinal archbishop, in the Latin tongue, and therefore for use among persons who are not ignorant:” — O most wise Mother, receive me among thy devotees. Into thy blessed hands and into the bosom of thy pity I commend my soul and my body with filial confidence, now and in the hour of my death. Rule, teach, guide, and defend me in all things according to thy will. Look, O Lady, upon the prayers of thy servant, most unworthy though he be; look on all my necessities. To thee I fly as mine only refuge; hide me under the covering of thy Motherly protection. Do not repel me from thee, O Mother of pity, for without thee my soul can not live. Amen.