went on to defend this assertion by stating: ‘Precisely because she is not divine but human, Mary seems more approachable than Christ himself. If our Lord brings salvation to mankind, it is our Lady who comforts us in our troubles.’5 It is hard to see how such a way of thinking could survive a serious reading of the letter to the Hebrews. However, unquestionably the whole cult of Mary is to be seen as a way of meeting the same felt need of Christ’s seeming unapproachability due to his divinity. Over