funeral

From the funeral of the Pope off of Foxnews.com, published by the AP:

During the rite of Final Commendation and Farewell, the cardinals approach the coffin and the deacon calls all to prayer with the following words:

"Dear brothers and sisters let us entrust to the most gentle mercy of God, the soul of our Pope John Paul II. ... May the Blessed Virgin Mary ... intercede with God so that he might show the face of his blessed Son to our Pope, and console the church with the light of the resurrection."

To rephrase, “let us entrust God's mercy that the soul of the Pope will meet Jesus with the Mary's help while she negotiates with God”. I'm sorry to say to any Catholic that Mary has nothing to do with any of this. God doesn't need ANYONES help. He's GOD. He's all powerful, sinless, omnipotent, anywhere and everywhere. If He wants the Pope to meet Jesus, it shall be done. I can't believe that 1.1 billion people are duped into believing Mary had any spiritual authority with God, much less that she has the power to perform miracles if you pray to her. Utter insanity....