Mary should be remembered and venerated as a special woman who was called by God to give birth to Jesus in His human form. However, Mary never sought to be worshipped nor is it proper or Biblical to elevate her to the level which the Roman church raised her. But then again, the Roman Catholic Church also canonized a multitude of saints and placed them into worship status and even today encourages people to pray to them for intervention and assistance. Also, the Roman church ascribed supernatural powers to holy water and relics of the dried skin and bones of dead saints, going further than the word of God permits. Even the Reformation failed to cause the Roman Church to halt the misguided worship of Mary and the saints.