Ive been watching ewtn lately... instead of tbn..I really enjoy it.. I love mother Angelica live..and alot of other shows..its weird i received a rosary in the mail a few days ago.. it seems cahtolics are basicly the same in their belieifs as all other chritain religons..
except for certain rituals like praying the rosary.. confeesing your sins to a preist..etc.. my question is why the Hail marys? the Bible says Iam the way the truth and the life .. no one gets to the father
but by me.. or word to that effect..
2006-11-18 04:54:20 · 6 answers · asked by vicki f 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Have you read the words of the "Hail Mary" prayer? The first half of the prayer is God's words to Mary, delivered through the angel. Completely scriptural. Surely you have no problem with that? The second half of the prayer is simply a request that Mary pray for us. How does this conflict with the idea that no-one gets to the Father except through Jesus? Don't you ask other Christians to pray for you? Don't you pray for other people? Does such prayer deny that salvation is through Christ alone? Prayer of intercession, whether through you or through me or through Mary, has absolutely nothing to do with the truth that Jesus is our only Mediator and the means of our salvation - which, by the way, you would never have heard of, if it were not for the teaching of the Catholic Church.
2006-11-18 05:32:49 · answer #1 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jesus is the one and only mediatior between us and the Father. But that does not mean there cannot be intercessors. Mary and the Saints are intercessors. the phrase, "Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with Thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus" is in the Bible. The second half of the Hail Mary is a petition.
You might be interested in a blog entry I posted this week. It concerns the Rosary and demonstrates that, given you have a proper understanding of what the Rosary is, the Rosary is not strictly Catholic.
2006-11-21 07:21:01 · answer #2 · answered by Daver 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am an ex catholic, and I can say that they are nothing like Biblical Christians. For exactly the reasons you mentioned, and many more. Please study the Bible to understand what true Christianity is really all about, and do not get entangled in any type of church that practices things that are forbidden in the Bible, or that are added to what is prescribed in the Bible. God bless you.
2006-11-18 05:00:02 · answer #3 · answered by lookn2cjc 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In Luke's Gospel, Our Lady also says, "Henceforth all ages will call me blessed." That's all we're doing, the fulfilment of that scriptural prophecy.
BTW check out EWTN's explanations of things like the Rosary; better answers than I could ever give.
2006-11-18 04:57:58 · answer #4 · answered by palaver 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Catholics share the belief in the Communion of Saints with many other Christians, including the Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Episcopal, and Methodist Churches.
The Communion of Saints is the belief where all saints are intimately related in the Body of Christ, a family. When you die and go to heaven, you do not leave this family.
Everyone in heaven or on their way to heaven are saints. You, me, my deceased grandmother, Mary the mother of Jesus, and Mother Teresa.
As part of this family, you may ask your family and friends here on earth to pray for you. Or you may also ask the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Andrew, or your deceased grandmother in heaven to pray for you.
Prayer to saints is communication, not worship.
The Hail Mary prayer simply recites Bible passages (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 the angel Gabriel said to Mary, a Bible quote.)
Blessed are thou among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. (This is Mary's cousin Elizabeth's greeting, another bible quote.)
Holy Mary, (The angel Gabriel said she was full of grace and Elizabeth said she was blessed.)
Mother of God, (the Bible says Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ, God the Son)
Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. (A simple request to pray for us.)
Amen.
With love in Christ.
2006-11-18 16:11:37 · answer #5 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Mary is the mother of Jesus with out whom there would be no Christian Church Catholic or otherwise. The Catholic Church reveres Mary as the Mother of God which is one of the main difference between Catholic and heathen oops I mean Protestant churches.
2006-11-18 04:58:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋