Why are people devoted to the Virgin Mary?

Answer 1

Well, since Mary is the only immaculate (never sinned in her life and didn't have the stain of original sin) besides Jesus, she is very special. She is also very close to Jesus and God the Father and the Holy Spirit, because she bore Jesus. That is why we give her more veneration than any other saint, which leads other people to think that Roman Catholics are worshipping Mary when we are, in fact, just venerating her, asking her to pray for us and intercede for us.

We give her some titles such as "Most Holy Mary" but that means most holy human. We give her titles like "Mary Mother of God" but that doesn't mean she created or formed God. The reason why we give her this title is because she bore Jesus, which in the Catholic faith, is God in human form (We believe in the Trinity).

Answer 2

Catholics do not worship Mary but honor her as the Mother of God, as the Queen of Heaven, and as the greatest example of purity and discipleship. Catholics raise theirs prayers only to God while sometimes asking saints like Mary, the Queen of Saints, to echo their words in Heaven. Catholics know Mary as a mediator between humans and God since she was fully human and completely free from sin like her perfect Son, Jesus Christ. She would never accept worship. She loves God and is perfectly humble. As a perfect servant, any good word sent her way would be sent straight to God through her.

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Catholic AnswerThere is a semantic problem here, mostly in modern protestant influenced culture where the word "worship" is reserved to mean adoration. The word worship means "acknowledgment of another's worth, dignity, or superior position." In England, "worship" is used as a title in addressing or mentioning certain magistrates and others of high rank or station. In the Christian religion worship is either given to God, and then it is adoration, or it is given to angels and saints, and then it is called veneration. In Latin the term used is latria for God, and dulia for saints and angels. Latria is the veneration due to God alone for his supreme excellence and to show people's complete submission to him. It is essentially adoration. As absolute latria, it is given to God, alone. Dulia is reverence of a disciple for his master or of a servant for his lord. It is the honor given to the angels and saints as friends of God. Hyperdulia is the special veneration due to the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is substantially less than the cultus latriabut it higher than the cultus dulia. As the Church understands the veneration of Mary, it is to be closely associated but subordinated to that of her Son. (mostly extracted from the Modern Catholic Dictionary by Fr. John Hardon, S.J.) Catholics worship Mary only in the non-divine dulia or hyperdulia manner described above. They only "worship" God in terms of adoration.

Answer 3

Catholics glorify Mother Mary because she is the mother of Jesus Christ.

God chose her to give birth to the Son of God.

Answer 4

Because Christ Consecrated His Blessed Mother to be Our Blessed Mother too.