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The answer to your first question can, again, be
found in our Knowledge base. As to why Mary is called
the Mother of God, see this posting:
I
have a few questions about Mary.
The quick answer is that calling Mary the Mother
of God says more about Jesus than it does about Mary;
it's a beautifully concise way of communicating delicate
truths about Jesus that are hard to otherwise communicate.
Those three words (two in Latin, one in Greek) refute
centuries worth of heresies.
On the Rosary and vain repetition, see
<The Rosary>
Also, note that it is condemning vain repetition,
not repetition per se. What this means is that some
pagans thought they could control their gods by multiplying
the repetition of their names. They weren't being
sincere in calling upon their gods, but just trying
to manipulate them by going on and on endlessly about
them. Think of the Hare Krishna's who think that
salvation is attained by saying the name of their
god thousands of times a day. Repeating prayers sincerely,
especially meditating on the mysteries of the Gospel,
is not vain. As the article I cited pointed out,
even the Psalms use repetitive prayer.
Eric
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