Don't you think it can be argued that praying to Mary or any other deceased human being, whether a relative or a saint, is very wrong?
2007-02-03 00:25:23 · 9 answers · asked by mouthbreather77 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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.
2007-02-04 10:13:32 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Your brother is correct, although he shouldn't get angry with you, rather, he should explain.
The 1st commandment says "You shall have no other God's before me". Seeing as God is the only one capable of receiving our prayers, and forgiving us, we should pray to God and not Mary. The bible tells us the dead are dead and have no more dealings with humanity (Ecclesiastes 9: 5,6). When people claim to contact the dead, they are not contacting the dead, but rather they are either faking it, or having contact with demons.
Nowhere in the Bible will you find it advocates praying to Mary, and that is because Mary was human just like you or I and can't help you anymore than I could. When you pray, seek God in heaven who is alive, hears and answers your prayers, not always in the way you want, but in a way that is best.
Best wishes
2007-02-03 00:34:45 · answer #2 · answered by pennoes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did Congress make a regulation respecting a particular non secular order or sect? Or grow to be Congress silent appropriate to the statues in question? What about the 2d area of the religion clause? once you're going to stretch the that technique of the first 0.5 to boost previous Congress, then you absolutely ought to boost the that technique of the 2d 0.5 too. Forcing someone to not exercising their freedom to erect a statue is both unconstitutional via that questioning. i extremely imagine the founding fathers meant "Congress" and lawmaking. in the different case, why ought to they have reported "Congress shall make no regulation"? Armchair: there is not any "wall of separation" outfitted into the structure. That grow to be the translation of a few, not all. no man or woman is preventing you from erecting a statue to at least something you want on public grounds, see you later because the guy in charge of that resources enables it. you opt on a statue of Baal? flow for it. A menorah? superb! Get it finished and gives you up status on different peoples' necks. Does your authorities inform you what church to attend or does it help a particular faith with guidelines? Does your authorities save you from attending the church of your decision? If the answer to both one among those questions is "no," the first change is doing its interest.
2016-12-03 09:44:51 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will hurt when someone was brought up to think in a certain way! I'd get peed off when people said I prayed to Jesus, well, now I think for myself! Anyways, ask your brother why he can't just pray to God rather than to/thru Mary! He just need to think about why it's wrong!
2007-02-03 00:30:13 · answer #4 · answered by -♦One-♦-Love♦- 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is most likely more mad about having a brother that is an idiot than the fact that you are disrespecting his beliefs. I am no proponant of catholisism, but the prayer does not claim that Mary is a God. It is simply a blessing and remembrance of her having brought forth and raised Jesus.
2007-02-03 00:32:18 · answer #5 · answered by ivan_beals 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your brother is entitled to his opinion and so are you. Catholics do not pray to the Blessed Mother or saints. We ask them to pray for us. There is a Biblical warrant for this. (Revelation 5,8; Luke 16,9; 1 Corinthians 12,12.20f; Ephesians 6,18f; James 5,16).
2007-02-03 00:47:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your brother should realize you don't understand the doctrines behind the Catholic beliefs......so he should let you say what you think and continue doing what he's doing.
2007-02-03 00:28:44 · answer #7 · answered by daljack -a girl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you should pray to no other but God.God is the one that answers prayers.Just my opinion.
2007-02-03 00:38:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read up on it and maybe you'll see their perspective.
2007-02-03 00:28:46 · answer #9 · answered by steph k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋