re: Quick questions for Catholics

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Hail Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death Amen.

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Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death Amen.

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We do not worship Mary, but we respect her place in our religious history. She is revered, not worshiped.

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Again, I understand the respect for Mary. But why ask for her to pray for us sinners? We are all sinners, therefore the one we should be asking forgiveness from is Jesus. But through Jesus is our only way to God. Not Mary.

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. I've been told a few things and am curious about what I was told.

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Catholics do not worship Mary. We honor Mary, but we do not adore her. Worship and adoration are reserved for God alone.

However, Mary, without a doubt, holds a critical place in the life of a Catholic.

Mary, through her fiat, became a collaborator in God’s plan for salvation. She was chosen to conceive Jesus Christ and agreed despite her fears and confusion. She gave birth to and nurtured, taught and loved God’s only son. Her child is both fully human and fully divine, making her the Mother of God.

Protestants and non-Christians often confuse Catholic devotion to Mary. They say the Bible does not instruct Christians to honor Mary in such a way, and they take issue with our description of Mary as Mother of God.

Let’s go back to the scene of the Visitation in the first chapter of Luke’s Gospel, where we can address both arguments: “When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said: ‘Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?” (Lk 1:41-43 )

And Mary responds: “Behold, from now on will all ages call me blessed” (Lk 1:48 ).

So there we have Mary addressed as the Mother of God and Mary held up as someone who should be considered blessed by all future generations.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains that Mary has a continued role in the life of the Church that is “inseparable from her union with Christ and flows directly from it” (No. 964 ).

Catholics see Mary as their spiritual mother and go to her for comfort and assistance. When we pray for Mary to intercede for us, we are not asking Mary to grant our request. We are praying that the Blessed Mother will take our prayer needs to her Son on our behalf.

And who better to trust with those intentions? After all, it was at his mother’s request that Jesus performed his first miracle at the wedding at Cana.

The statues, the medals, the stained-glass windows and the prayer cards depicting Mary are not a sign of worship but a sign that Catholics recognize Mary’s role in helping them move closer to her Son, which is supposed to be the ultimate goal for every Christian.

“To Jesus through Mary,” the old devotion says, explaining in a few simple words what this somewhat complicated relationship with Mary is all about.

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No I am not.

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I never said I believed what I was told that is why I asked the question

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And for you to insinuate that I have not read the Bible or read anything about Martin Luther, you are wrong

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blatantly misinterpreting

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