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Can Roman Catholics point to scripture where it states that I must pray to Mary?
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 77879038:MV80MTk5NTE5Xzc2Mzc0NTY4X0Q3RTAzNUQ0] [quote:Anonymous Coward 78207453:MV80MTk5NTE5Xzc2Mzc0NTMzXzNENDUxODE5] [quote:Anonymous Coward 77879038:MV80MTk5NTE5Xzc2Mzc0NDkxXzI4NjZGQjg4] [quote:Anonymous Coward 78207453:MV80MTk5NTE5Xzc2Mzc0MzU1Xzg2RjE2NjE4] [quote:Anonymous Coward 77879038:MV80MTk5NTE5Xzc2Mzc0MTkzX0MwQTM1ODRG] There’s nothing that says you must... but also, Catholics don’t pray to Mary, they are asking Mary to pray for us. The most common prayers are the Hail Mary and the Magnificat: These prayers can be found in the bible: The greeting of Elizabeth to Mary and The greeting of the Angel Gabriel to Mary Hail Mary: Hail Mary, full of grace The Lord is with thee Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb Jesus Holy Mary mother of God Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death, Amen Note the last line is asking Mary to pray for us... These lines are comprised of the greetings to Mary in the bible here: Luke 1:26-29 Greeting of Angel Gabriel Luke 1:39-46 Greeting of Elizabeth The Magnificat follows the Greeting of Elizabeth in the bible: Luke I:46-56 My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked with favor on his humble servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed, the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name. He has mercy on those who fear Him in every generation. He has shown the strength of his arm, he has scattered the proud in their conceit. He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up the humble. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. He has come to the help of his servant Israel for he has remembered his promise of mercy, the promise he made to our fathers, to Abraham and his children for ever. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen, Alleluia. In this canticle that Mary sings, the lines state that “all generations shall call me blessed” which is what people do when they recite the “Hail Mary”. It says that Mary is glorified through God. She reminds us that God is merciful. The Rosary is comprised of the Apostles Creed, the Hail Mary, and the Our Father The Our Father is found in scripture: Mathew 6:9 where the disciples ask Jesus how we should pray, it is the prayer that Jesus recommends So the most common prayers about Mary are all biblical scriptures. The scripture that shows that it is appropriate to address Mary are at the Wedding at Cana, (John 2:1-11) Jesus respects his mother’s wish to perform a miracle giving the bride and groom more wine by changing water into wine even though it is “not yet his time” to reveal himself. This shows that Jesus listens to his mothers wishes as a powerful intercessor for human’s basic needs. So Catholics are asking Mary to intercede for us to Jesus, not answer the prayers herself. [/quote] Leviticus 26:1 "Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God." why catholics are worshiping idols? mary is dead, you should not pray to dead people, unless you are a witch [/quote] It’s not worship, and Mary is not “dead” she is more alive than we are. God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is “not God not of the dead, but of the living” (Matt. 22:32; see also 22:23-33). “Sometimes Fundamentalists object to asking our fellow Christians in heaven to pray for us by declaring that God has forbidden contact with the dead in passages such as Deuteronomy 18:10–11. In fact, he has not, because he at times has given it—for example, when he had Moses and Elijah appear with Christ to the disciples on the Mount of Transfiguration (Matt. 17:3). What God has forbidden is the necromantic practice of conjuring up spirits. “There shall not be found among you any one who . . . practices divination, a soothsayer, or an augur, or a sorcerer, or a charmer, or a medium, or a wizard, or a necromancer. . . . For these nations, which you are about to dispossess, give heed to soothsayers and to diviners; but as for you, the Lord your God has not allowed you so to do. The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brethren—him you shall heed” (Deut. 18:10–15). God thus indicates that one is not to conjure the dead for purposes of gaining information; one is to look to God’s prophets instead. Thus, one is not to hold a seance. But anyone with an ounce of common sense can discern the vast qualitative difference between holding a seance to have the dead speak through you and a son humbly saying at his mother’s grave, “Mom, please pray to Jesus for me; I’m having a real problem right now.”” What else you got for me that you could just look up yourself instead of perpetuating ignorant nonsense misconceptions? [/quote] "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." mary is dead, and she is not a God. Jesus is the only way, not mary, not catholics, not religion, not idol worshiping. why catholics have an image and statues of "mary"? they are worshiping that image. She is just a human like everyone else. [/quote] She is not dead, she is in heaven, the saints in heaven are alive. The wedding at Cana proves that Jesus listens to his mother. It’s not worship if you don’t consider it worship in your heart. Yes, she is just a human, but no, not like everyone else, she gave birth to Jesus. She said “yes” to God and opened her heart, much like you should. You are closed minded and you have a closed heart. But if you chose to continue to misinterpret scripture, that is your perogative. [/quote]
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