Mary?

I remember my Lola’s house when

we were still living near to her house. She had a lot of images of what she called as “Mama Mary” and she really took good care of them. I once asked her if she also believed in Jesus? Why did she have fewer pictures of Jesus than Mary’s? She said she honored Mary more than Jesus because she is the Blessed Mother and Jesus is just her son. It’s so sad to remember that I wasn't able to explain to her the truth because I was very young then. Another experience I had was when I was in fourth year high school. Since I enrolled in a Catholic School I witnessed how my teachers and classmates honor, respect and devote themselves to Mary. They put more emphasis in their worship to Mary than the Son Jesus Christ. They kneel down to her and believe that their proper devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary will correct all their errors. I really appreciated how they give reverence to their Mother Mary the kind of respect that they are practicing. The way they show respect to her, the way they imitate her and look up to her as a good example as a young lady and mother.

But there's really something wrong in it because they already disregard the true Living God who should be in Mary's position of honor. I also asked myself how I can help those people especially my family and relatives who believe that Mary can save them and that she can give them everything they need. It’s been a long time since my family shared their faith to Jesus with my Lola and relatives. But they refused to believe that Jesus is the Savior and the only way to heaven. They always end up with arguments so we stopped sharing to them the gospel because we found it more helpful. Should we continue not sharing them the good news anymore or continue even we always ended up with misunderstandings? Marian devotees are strong in their belief because they really want to thank her for protecting them, helping them and saving them from all those circumstances they have encountered. They thought it was really Mary who helped them with their problems. How can they know the truth that it was not actually Mary but the Son Jesus Christ was the only One able to save them and can give them eternal life?