A popular Catholic devotional gives this advice, “Let us then, 0 devout reader, beg God to grant us, that at death the name of Mary may be the last word on our lips.” It concludes with a prayer to Mary, “I ask thee, 0 Mary, for the glory of thy name, to come and meet my soul when it is departing from this world, and to take it in thine arms.” [Link] In Scripture, Mary never invited sinners to come to her for salvation. On the contrary, Mary recognized God as her own saviour. “My spirit rejoices in God my Savior,” she said.
Ang Diyos, ang ‘akingTagapagligtas’ ayon kay Maria. Nararapat na tawagin ang pangalan ni Jesus at hindi ang pangalan ni Maria, sapagka’t ayon na rin kay apostol Pedro, “Walang kaligtasan kanino sa pa man, sapagkat walang ibang pangalan sa ilalim ng langit na ibinigay sa mga tao na ating ikaliligtas.”