The Catholic View of Mary

WHILE I CANNOT SPEAK FOR ALL CATHOLICS, I CAN SAY THAT I MYSELF DO NOT WORSHIP MARY. IT IS MY PERSONAL OPINION THAT THERE IS A MISCONCEPTION IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH REGARDING MARY AND THE SAINTS IN PRAYER. THE IDEA THAT THEY ARE NECESSARY TO INTERCEDE WITH GOD FOR HUMANS SEEMS CONTRADICTORY TO THE CATHOLIC BELIEF IN THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND SANCTIFIYING GRACE OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD. I DO NOT PRETEND TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO SUCH A QUESTIONS AS WHETHER THE HAIL MARY IS EFFECTIVE OR NOT, I SAY THE PRAYER NO MORE OR LESS OFTEN THAN THE OUR FATHER. AS WELL I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE AS HUMANS ARE GENERRALY CAPABLE OF SUGGESTING A PRAYER WAS ULTIMATELY SUCCESFUL OR NOT, SINCE GOD'S PLAN MAY NOT ALWAYS COMPLIMENT OURS. WHEN THIS IS THE CASE, GOD'S PLAN IS FOR THE ULTIMATE GOOD, AND THEREFORE, OUR PRAYERS, WHICH GENERALLY INVOLVE OUR PERSONAL HAPPINESS OR THAT OF OTHERS ARE ANSWERED NOT IN A WAY WHICH WE CAN GENERALLY COMPREHEND, BUT IN GOD'S WAY. AGAIN I NEITHER SPEAK FOR ALL CATHOLICS, NOR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH THESE VIEWS. THEY ARE MERELY MY OWN UNDERSTANDING OF A SYSTEM OF BELIEFS WHICH I BELIEVE MUST UNDERGO A CONTINUAL EVOLUTION WITHIN OURSELVES IN ORDER TO BE THE MOST TRUE VERSION WE CAN CONCEIVE. OF COURSE, ALL TRUTH IS REVEALED BY GOD, AND HIS GRACE IS NECESSRAY TO IN FACT COMPREHEND, THE TRUTH.