Evidence: The Gathering

[Randy Carson]

No need to do all that.

Simply provide a single quote from the Catechism of the Catholic Church which explains to me, a Catholic, how and why I should worship Mary.

Alternatively, perhaps you could lay out a convincing argument that ALL prayer is necessarily worship. Can you do that, pray tell?

A third choice would be to explain that there are no real distinctions between dulia, hyperdulia and latria.

Do you have a preference?

Fancy words to avoid looking at the substance: saints here are worshipped just like the Roman gods were, barring the sacrifices. Praying to the image or statue of a saint *is* worship, no matter how you try to rationalise it

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/worship

Also, Hail Mary?

Hail, Caesar.

Simply talking to someone who is already in heaven is not worshipping them. Not even all prayer to God is worship.

There's thanksgiving, intercession, listening, whining and complaining...all those and more are common in our communication with God.