Exactly. She's viewed as the new Eve. I.E. what Eve was supposed to have done. She isn't viewed as a goddess, just like Eve isn't viewed as a goddess. She is only revered IN THE CONTEXT of Christ. Just as the Father of Christ deserves high regard so does the mother. God the Father is held in high regard for other reasons as well, which Mary doesn't share, but one of those reasons is His position as Father of our redeemer (and simultaneously, Christ is held in high regard as the Son of God). It's a royal bloodline, all within the royal bloodline are regarded with reverence.
Your interpretation is extremely uncharitable and disingenuous. To me it seems very straightforward what their stance is, they clarify repeatedly what their stance is, I see no reason to read my own interpretations INTO their words.
It's even clarified in your second link, which you decided not to include (((for some unknown reason)))
Her role is not to substitute for Jesus or take away from Jesus, but to show the perfect response to Jesus, because her entire role is to be the perfect disciple, and thus the one who most perfectly lives by faith. She is the most perfect model of walking by faith, that is, of believing what she could not see, despite contrary evidence to her senses
The fact you take the rest of the words surrounding this statement and toss out the statement itself is pretty telling what your motivations are. The fact that you're literally pulling quotes from a page explaining that they DON'T worship Mary, to try and make the point that they DO, is telling what your motivations are
... We consecrate to thee our very being and our whole life; all that we have, all that we love, all that we are. To thee we give our bodies, our hearts and our souls; to thee we give our homes, our families, our country. We desire that all that is in us and around us may belong to thee, ... And that this act of consecration may be truly efficacious and lasting, ... Finally, we promise thee, O glorious Mother of God and loving Mother of men, to devote ourselves whole-heartedly to the service of thy blessed cult, ...
... she “being obedient, became the cause of salvation for herself and for the whole human race.” ... “The knot of Eve’s disobedience was untied by Mary’s obedience; what the virgin Eve bound through her unbelief, the Virgin Mary loosened by her faith.” ...
... She gave up her Mother's rights over her Son to procure the salvation of mankind, and to appease the divine justice, ... together with Christ she has redeemed the human race. ... To procure our salvation, Mary gave up to God her motherly rights over her Son, immolating her Son by her consent to God's plan. Because she was without original sin, death had no right over her ... "she has redeemed the human race."
Yeah I read it the first time. I've also read patristic literature, the literal libraries of writings that clarify the Roman Catholic beliefs and doctrine. I think that supersedes a few prayers you dug up that I've never even heard in my life (despite growing up in a Roman Catholic household) and interpreting them in a very specific way. You are very clearly providing the most uncharitable interpretation you can possibly conjure up and actively looking for ways to discredit the Roman Catholics, rather than actually learning about their beliefs and disagreeing with it on the basis of what their beliefs actually are. There is plenty to critique. Intelligently and honestly, instead of just lying and pulling stuff out of your ass to make them sound like the ULTRA bad guy squad. I do not like the RCC but that doesn't mean I devolve into mindlessly demonizing them.
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