re: Pope (emeritus) Benedict has died

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Wait, is your position really that communion isn’t, and hasn’t historically been, a central tenet of Christian worship?

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Like Mary, it gets more attention that it rightfully deserves. This is because it's easy. It's easy for people to appeal to a nurturing mother figure. It's easy for people to eat a wafer and drink a sip of wine. The hard stuff is where you lose the Catholics and lots of weak people in general, so those that want ease and comfort choose praying to and worshiping Mary (and saying you don't doesn't persuade anyone with a brain and a dictionary - you absolutely DO!) and popping some free food in your mouths. Faith and doing the right things aren't about rituals or shortcuts or what makes you comfortable. Comfort is the enemy of growth.