Why Catholics pray for the help of the Virgin Mary?
The Catholic Encyclopedia says of Mary —
The''we appeal to Mary in prayer next to the office that continuously fills by the side of the throne of God as Mediatrix of Divine grace''
Yes, Mary is held as a mediator. A woman who is a mediator. And that this is stated as being next to God in heaven.
This is not true, and not taught in the Bible.
1 Timothy 2:5 "… For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, one man, Jesus Christ, "
Rather, Mary is teaching in a high position harkens back to worship the mother, clearly a pagan teaching.
In addition, you only need common sense and faith of a child to know that it is a false tradition:
When the idea that Mary was free from sin is preached, then yes, it is worship. When I see stickers that say "can not find Jesus, look at your mother," which is worship. When Mary is touted as the 'mother of God, "it is worship. When the unbiblical idea that Mary ascended into heaven as Jesus did - the cult
Any idea that Mary is equal to or greater than God, that Mary is Jesus above mediator between God and man, any idea that Mary did not need to preach and we hope that their savior was a sinner because it is idolatry.
Nowhere in the Bible is not to say that the soul of Mary or any other person who has died for that matter can pray for us, as a matter of fact that the instruction not to speak with the dead and I can say in the Bible the only person who has died and Jesus is still alive!
Mary died and rose along with the rest of us on the day of the trial, which will be fair and rewarded for their faith according to his faithful obedience. She can not and is not "the prayer of our souls." There is no script to support this idea and how to count too much to refute it.
A little research shows that the cult of Mary comes directly from the pagan worship of the deities, rather than renounce their false "god mother" when converting to Christianity, which has just been renamed.
Jesus is the only mediator between God and man! Mary has no authority in this area. And that's biblical!
Keep this in the Bible?
When some of his disciples said to Jesus that his family is out looking for him, replied, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" Then, looking at his followers, Jesus declares: "Behold my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother. "
God bless.
- There is the Virgin Mary? Why Catholics Say Virgin Mary? How do you know her Assumption into Heaven?
- Catholics ….. what is the way to salvation, and why Catholics pray to Mary, not Jesus, Explain?
- Why the Orthodox and Catholics pray to Mary?
- Why do Catholics pray to Mary instead of Jesus.
- Why do Catholics pray to Mother Mary …?
To bypass the offense of the cross.
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Because Catholicism is idolatrous worship. Catholicism is not true Christianity, but it is a forgery.
pray for intersession. no worship to the Blessed Virgin. How many times questions like this is going to ask?
Santos + +
We share the view of Catholics in the Communion of Saints with many other Christians, including Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Episcopal and Methodist Churches.
The Communion of Saints is the belief that all saints are intimately related in the Body of Christ, a family. When it dies and goes to heaven, do not let this family.
Everyone in heaven or on their way to heaven are saints, you, me, my deceased grandmother, Mary, the mother of Jesus, Mother Teresa and Pope John Paul II.
As part of this family, you can ask your family and friends living here on earth to pray for you. Or, you can also ask the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Andrew, or your deceased grandmother living in heaven to pray for you.
Prayer to the saints in heaven is simple communication, not worship.
Ask others to pray for you if your loved ones on Earth or your loved ones in heaven is always optional.
For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 946 et seq: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt1s …
+ + The Blessed Virgin Mary
"Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee" (Luke 1:28)
"Blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb "(Luke 1:42).
The Hail Mary prayer simply recites passages from the Bible (the Word of God) and asks Mary to pray for us:
Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with you. (These are the words that the angel Gabriel said to Mary, a Bible quote.)
Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. (This is Mary's cousin Elizabeth's greeting, another biblical quotation.)
Santa Maria, (The angel Gabriel said he was full of grace and Elizabeth says he was blessed.)
Mother of God (the Bible says that Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ, the Son of God)
Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. (A simple request to pray for us.)
Amen.
For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 2673 et seq: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt4s …
In Luke 1:48, Mary prophesied, "From now on all generations will call me blessed."
A question for Christians who take the Bible literally: Do you call Mary "blessed"? If not, why?
+ With love in Christ.
Do not ask her mother to pray for you? It was at the request of Mary that Christ performed his first miracle. A child is always attentive to the wishes of his mother.
Pax et Bonum,
Debra
We, as Catholics, praying to the Virgin Mary and the saints does not mean that they worship. In our faith, we can say that during the Mass, we say these words:
"We believe in one God, Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth and all things visible and invisible.
In that belief, we are told and believe strongly that there is only one God who is worthy of worship. The Church honors its saints, angels and the Virgin Mary because of their great faith and life to God. Not the cult of the Virgin Mary or the angels and saints, but pray for them for us sinners to be united with God.
We pray to our Blessed Mother for help because she can intercede for his son and God. She is in heavenly glory. Veneration of saints and worship is God.
CRs to see the Virgin Mary as Intercessor and Mediator –
We asked to pray for her because the Bible teaches us that the prayers of a righteous person is of great benefit. Why not ask a Christian to the blessed mother of God pray for them.
In Christ
Fr Joseph
Account,
You have an interesting view that is not theologically sound. It is neither supported by the Sacred Tradition and Scripture, but simply a false Musicians man. But thanks for your opinion anyway, even if they have no authority or veracity.
because
THERE ARE FIFTEEN PROMISES of the Blessed Virgin with the Christian faith to pray the Rosary
1 To all those who shall pray my Rosary devoutly, I promise my special protection and a big thanks.
2 Those who persevere in the recitation of my Rosary shall receive some special grace.
3 The Rosary will be a very powerful armor against hell, it will destroy vice, deliver from sin and dispel heresy.
4 The Rosary will make virtue and good works flourish, and get to the souls the most abundant divine mercies. It will draw the hearts of men from the love of the world and its vanities, and lift them to the will of eternal things. Ah, to sanctify the souls of here.
5 Those who trust in themselves through the Rosary not perish.
6 Whoever recites my Rosary devoutly reflecting on the mysteries, is never overwhelmed by misfortune. He did not experience the wrath of God or to perish by an unprovided death. The sinner becomes simply the grace to persevere in the virtue and eternal life.
7 Those truly devoted to my Rosary will not die without the sacraments of the Church.
8 Those who are faithful to recite my Rosary shall have during their life and death in the light of God and the fullness of His grace and in the merits of the blessed.
9 I will deliver promptly from purgatory souls devoted to my Rosary.
10 True children of my Rosary shall enjoy great glory in heaven.
11 What you ask through my Rosary you shall obtain.
12 For those who propagate my Rosary I promise aid in all your needs.
13 I have obtained from my Son that all members of the Confraternity of the Rosary will intercessors, in life and death, all the heavenly court.
14 Those who recite my Rosary faithfully are my beloved children, brothers and sisters in Christ.
15 Devotion to my Rosary is a sign of predestination
Every promise is true
Peace
Because she was a very powerful woman.
First, they are not "Roman" Catholics. There is no such thing as "Roman" Catholics (many Catholics do not even know this). 22ish of the rites of the Catholic Church, are called Romans. It is the Latin rite are referring to. And all the rites of the Catholic religion has the right to pray for the help of Mary. (although no one is forced to choose, and many do not)
Now the issue - I prefer the question "why not". The word "pray" in some circles, even today, just means "ask." And that is certainly what it meant in biblical times. Therefore, prayer is not worship (and I feel sorrow for those who equate the two). Since prayer is not worship, and from the worship should be designed to be really happening worship, prayer to Mary does not violate the first commandment.
While the Bible does not say explicitly that Mary is in heaven, I know of no Christian (apart from those few who believe in the soul, the dream) who believes that Mary is in heaven now. Because it is in heaven, may have died, but she is not dead. (note - that is the Catholic teaching that Mary never died, but rather directly assumed as the two types of the Old Testament that I can not remember the names). Since it is not dead, it is not speech or of the dead.
And, being that Jesus did not specify that we must pray for the dead, it was assumed that we are permitted to pray for those who are alive, which, as I explained, Mary is alive with Christ in heaven.
In addition, Revelation tells us that we can hear the angels on earth. Not far to believe that the saints can too. And if we can hear what could be the harm in asking a favor for them (who are in favor of praying to God on their behalf)?
Think of it this way. If I spend an hour of prayer to God, I have received an hour of prayer on my behalf. If I spend one minutes prayer to Mary to ask her to spend an hour (the sky is eternal. Temporary rules do not necessarily apply there.) Praying for me, and then spend another 59 minutes praying to God - I have only prayed for one hour, but I have almost double that in prayer in my name!
Jesus said that no man comes to the Father except through me
It's like a child asking their mother for help.
because she can.
Mother of God, pray for sinners in this forum ….
Because fools are wrong.
She is the Immaculate Conception, sorry did not mean to shout, but it was the gate-way for the Son of God, and after he was born, the door closed.
* Cheers *
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What a bunch of heathens!
The man Jesus as God, so is his mother. No wonder that God sent his final prophet, to clarify:
Say: God is One, He is eternal, He does not beget nor is begotten. There is nothing like it.
Because they are all astray by the Antichrist (Roman Catholic). Mary is just another of the sons of God, as those of us who hold to the truth.
The only help is to pray and ask God.
Catholicism is a pagan religion that has been Christianized. Rome was pagan before they embraced Christianity by Emperor Constantine. Worship the sun mixed with Christ and this is the origin of man-made traditions of the Catholic Church.
Those who deny this, deny the story. The facts are the facts, but some are in denial.
There are many things in the Scriptures (the Bible) that are prescribed, and yet choose not to follow them: for example, divorce, multiple marriages, unruley murder of children, food law, animal sacrifices, the burning incense, and SEDER meals, etc. .. We must never use the Bible to the test text nothing! There are many errors in the Bible, but it gives me no reason to doubt the sanctity of Scripture. We must not confuse the history of salvation in human history.
I Don `t know Jesus did not teach people to pray that way.
Catholics believe that Mary, Mother of God is entitled to a measure of great honor, since, as in the choice of the Mother of His Son, God exalted her more than any other human being. Catholics know that every bit of the glory which Mary joins the glor of her divine Son, just as Mary magnified God, not herself, when Elizabeth blessed her. (Luke 1:41-55).
When Catholics pray to Mary and other saints are not above Christ. On the contrary, they are going to Christ through the saints. Mary and ask the other Catholic saints to interecede for them before the throne of Christ in heaven, because, "The prayer of the righteous is powerful in its effects" (James 5:16). St. Paul asked his fellow Christians to intercede for him. "Brothers, pray for us" (2 Thess. 3:1). Scripture teaches that the saints in heaven intercede for us before the throne of Christ if petitioned in prayer (Rev. 8:3-4). According to St. John Chrysostom in the 4th century: "When you perceive that God is chastening you not to blow your enemies, but friends, the martyrs, saints, and those plesing to Him, and have a great power. If the saints have such power with God, how much more Bleser Your Mother.
Bill (for the long answer)
you have no right to talk about their beliefs of other people and let them believe what they want
She is someone to look up.
If you have a problem with anyones beliefs
**** Off.
Because she is the mother of mankind.
Do not believe in God. Worship only the Pope.
The correct understanding is AD JESUM per Mariam (To Jesus through Mary).
She does not spill his tea all over the city and occupied the bodies of the prayer warriors in Protestant churches.
Millions venerate Mary, the mother of Jesus, with titles such as "Mother of God" and "Queen of Heaven" without realizing that this is pre-Christian titles, condemned by Scripture. Why do so many of Mary with the treatment of the same reverence once given to the pagan mother goddess figures? Scripture reveals the surprising truth !….. click on this link to read the rest http://www.lcg.org/cgi-bin/tw/magazine/p … …. ….. EDIT I guess the thumbs down means that the truth hurts. So the people of the Corporation … There is! These are the cold facts! Get out of Babylon, while you still can !!…. http://www.lcg.org/cgi-bin/tw/booklets/p …
First, I will only look to Mary for the Catholic Encyclopedia. Since Jesus' death and resurrection:
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María perfect holiness
A few patristic writers expressed their doubts about the presence of minor moral defects in Our Blessed Lady. [77] St. Basil, for example, suggests that Mary yielded to doubt on hearing the words of holy Simeon and witnesses of the crucifixion. [78] St. John Chrysostom is of opinion that Mary would have felt fear and trouble, unless the angel had explained the mystery of the Incarnation to her, and showed some vainglory at the marriage feast of Cana and visit her son during her public life with the brothers of the Lord. [79] St. Cyril of Alexandria [80] speaks of Mary of doubt and discouragement at the foot of the cross. But these Greek writers can not be said to express an Apostolic tradition, when expressing his views private and singular. Scripture and tradition agree in attributing to Mary the greatest personal sanctity; She is conceived without the stain of original sin, which shows the greatest humility and patience in their daily lives (Luke 1:38, 48), which exhibits a heroic patience under the most trying circumstances (Luke 2:7, 35, 48, John 19:25-27). When there is question of sin, Mary must always be excepted. [81] Maria full exemption from actual sin is confirmed by the Council of Trent (Session VI, Canon 23): "If anyone says that man once justified can during his whole life avoid all sins, even venial, since Church holds that the Virgin was by special privilege of God, is anathema. "Theologians assert that Mary was impeccable, not by the perfection of its essential nature, but by a special Divine privilege. Moreover, the Fathers, at least from the V century, almost unanimously maintain that the Blessed Virgin never experienced the movement of concupiscence.
Let's start with this:
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When there is question of sin, Mary must always be excepted. [81] Maria full exemption from actual sin is confirmed by the Council of Trent (Session VI, Canon 23): "If anyone says that man once justified can during his whole life avoid all sins, even venial, since Church holds that the Virgin was by special privilege of God, is anathema. "Theologians assert that Mary was impeccable, not by the perfection of its essential nature, but by a special Divine privilege. Moreover, the Fathers, at least from the V century, almost unanimously maintain that the Blessed Virgin never experienced the movement of concupiscence.
Mary was impeccable?
I think not! Not according to what Scripture says:
Romans 3:9-11 (New International Version)
9What we to conclude then? Are we better off [a]? Not at all! We have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under sin. 10aS is written:
"There's just one, not even one;
11there is that nobody understands,
anyone who seeks God.
How can anyone say something like this:
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Moreover, the Fathers, at least from the V century, almost unanimously maintain that the Blessed Virgin never experienced the movement of concupiscence.
concupiscence Puh-kon-Kyoo-Suhner (t) s; kuhn-name:
Strong desire, especially sexual desire, lust
Mary never had sexual desires?
She would not be human if you do not!
But we can not read more into this than just sexual desises. No one can honestly say that this is not reffering to all sinful thoughts?
Mary would have to be perfect!
This is the worst kind of blasphemy!
There is, and only one person-PEREFCT JESUS CHRIST!
Well, let's continue:
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Revelation 12:1-6
In the Book of Revelation (12:1-16) occurs a passage singularly applicable to Our Blessed Mother:
And a great portent appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars, and be with children, travailing cried at birth, and to be in pain delivered. And there was seen another sign in heaven: and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on their heads, and his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and cast the earth and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, when it should be delivered, your child can eat. And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron, and his son was taken to God and to his throne. And the woman fled into the desert, where he had a place prepared by God, you should not feed her a thousand two hundred sixty days.
The applicability of this passage to Mary is based on the following considerations:
At least part of the verses refer to the mother whose son is the rule all nations with a rod of iron, according to Psalm 2:9, this is the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whose mother is Mary.
He was the son of Mary was carried up to God and to his throne "at the time of his ascension to heaven.
The dragon, or the devil of the earthly paradise (cf. Revelation 12:9, 20:2), is trying to devour the son of Mary from the earliest moments of his birth, by stirring up the jealousy of Herod, and more Subsequently, the enmities of the Jews.
Due to their unspeakable privileges, Maria can be described as "clothed with the sun and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars."
It is true that commentators generally understand the passage literally applies to the Church, and that some of the verses is better suited to the Church of Mary. But we must bear in mind that Mary is a figure of the Church and its most prominent member. What is said of the Church, is the way to the case of Mary. Therefore, the passage of Revelation (12:5-6) does not only refer to Mary by means of accommodation [108], but applies it in a literal sense, which really seems to be limited to his hand and partly extended to the whole Church. Mary of the relationship with the Church is well summed up by the expression "collum corporis mystici" applied to Our Lady by St. Bernardin of Siena. [109]
Cardinal Newman [110] considers two difficulties against the foregoing interpretation of the vision of children and women: first, it is said to be little support from parents, secondly, it is an anachronism to attribute such an image Our Lady of the apostolic age. Regarding the first exception, the eminent writer says:
Christians have never gone to Scripture for proof of their doctrines, until there was real need, since the pressure of the dispute, if at that time the Virgin of dignity is indisputable in all hands, as a matter of doctrine, Scripture, as far as its argumentative matter in question is likely to remain a sealed book to them.
After this response in the development of the length, the cardinal continues:
Regarding the second objection that I have made, so far as to enable, I believe that it is based on mere imagination, and the truth of the matter lies in the opposite direction. The Virgin and Child is not merely a modern idea, by contrast, is represented again and again, as every visitor to Rome is aware, in the paintings of the catacombs. Mary is there drawn with the Divine Infant in her arms, with hands extended in prayer, he with his hand in the attitude of blessing.
Represented in the paintings?
Is this the way a person thinks? With what they see in a painting?
I can not believe what this sounds absolutely ludricrous!
Also:
See what is happening here, where the characteristics attributed to Catholics, Mary is shown here? This is your place on an equal footing with Christ!
Try to tell me that this is not the worst kind of blasphemy!
Now, let's look at the doctrine of Mary of the "hypothesis"
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The Feast of the Assumption
The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on August 15, also called in old liturgical books Pausatio, Nativitas (by heaven), Mors, Depositi, S. Dormitio Mariae.
This festival has a dual purpose: (1) the happy departure of Mary from this life, (2) the assumption of her body in the sky. It is the principal feast of the Blessed Virgin.
THE FACT OF THE ASSUMPTION
As to the date, year, and how Our Lady's death, nothing certain is known. The first known literary reference to the Assumption is in the works of Greek S. Obitu Dominae. Catholic faith, however, has always derived the knowledge of the mystery of the Apostolic Tradition. Epiphanius (d. 403) acknowledged that he knew nothing definite about it (Haer., LXXIX, 11). The dates assigned to it vary between three and fifteen years after the Ascension of Christ. Two cities claim to be the place of her departure: Jerusalem and Ephesus. Common arrangement for Jerusalem, where his tomb was shown, but some argue in favor of Ephesus. The first six centuries did not know of the tomb of Mary in Jerusalem.
The belief in the bodily assumption of Mary is based on the treaty apocryphal Obitu S. De Dominae, named St. John, which belongs however to the fourth or fifth century. It is also found in the book De Transitu Virginis, falsely ascribed to St. Melito of Sardis, and a false letter attributed to St. Denis Areopagita. If you see genuine writings in the East, is mentioned in the sermons of St. Andrew of Crete, St. John Damascene, St. modestus of Jerusalem and others. In the West, St. Gregory of Tours (De gloria mart., I, iv) mentions it first. The sermons of St. Jerome and St. Augustine for this feast, however, are false. St. John of Damascus (PG, I, 96) thus formulates the tradition of the Church of Jerusalem:
St. Juvenal, Bishop of Jerusalem, at the Council of Chalcedon (451), released to the emperor and Marcia Pulcheria who desires to possess the body of the Mother of God, that Mary died in the presence of all the apostles, but his tomb , when opened, at the request of St. Thomas, was found empty, where the Apostles concluded that the body was taken to heaven.
First, let's look at this:
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THE FACT OF THE ASSUMPTION
As to the date, year, and how Our Lady's death, nothing certain is known. The first known literary reference to the Assumption is in the works of Greek S. Obitu Dominae. Catholic faith, however, has always derived the knowledge of the mystery of the Apostolic Tradition. Epiphanius (d. 403) acknowledged that he knew nothing definite about it (Haer., LXXIX, 11). The dates assigned to it vary between three and fifteen years after the Ascension of Christ. Two cities claim to be the place of her departure: Jerusalem and Ephesus. Common arrangement for Jerusalem, where his tomb was shown, but some argue in favor of Ephesus. The first six centuries did not know of the tomb of Mary in Jerusalem.
Even theologians do not know where he was buried!
Then we have the following:
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St. Juvenal, Bishop of Jerusalem, at the Council of Chalcedon (451), released to the emperor and Marcia Pulcheria who desires to possess the body of the Mother of God, that Mary died in the presence of all the apostles, but his tomb , when opened, at the request of St. Thomas, was found empty, where the Apostles concluded that the body was taken to heaven.
If you do not know where Mary was buried, and how do they know that this is the right tomb? Was there any evidence that the grave has not been stolen?
Have you noticed throughout these articles, the word "tradiion" is used a lot?
That is what the Catholic Church is by tradition, not Biblical fact, we have the word of God, the Bible!
Then we have the following:
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Scripture and tradition agree in attributing to Mary the greatest personal sanctity; She is conceived without the stain of original sin ……….
Excuse me ????????????????
Conceived with the stain of original sin?
Scripturally it is impossible.
Mary was born of parents! There is no way that she could not take the stain of original sin!
Even King David recognized this fact:
[I] Psalm 51:5 (New International Version)
Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
If she was conceived without sin, that would be perfect, and that is blasphemy!
There is only one person who was conceived without the stain of original sin, Jesus Christ!
Now, many will say that I am mocking Mary.
I NO!
I just go with a Bible and only the Bible says it is the only truth that we can trust!
Here are the BIBLICAL
Facts about Mary:
1. She was a virgin-Luke 1:27
2. She was the wife of Joseph-Matthew 1:24
3. She was right in front of God-Luke 1:30
4. She was the mother of Jesus, Luke 1:35
Yes, Mary must be respected.
But while she has a special place in biblical Christianity, which was a mortal woman that God used.
She is not to be worshiped, prayed to, in any form, be superior to any other person MURDER.
Why not meet the standards set forth in the Bible.
That do not adhere to the Bible in other subjects, why start with a prayer?
Why do you always say they pray for the intercession … which is in the Bible?