do catholic's worship Mary?

Question

I'm trying to insult anyone I just want learn about the catholic faith

Answer 1

No.

Catholics worship God, and God alone.

We respect, revere, and honor Mary, but we do not worship her.

Answer 2

There are and there were several catholic Faith-Fundamentals.
Mariology is a term meaning Mary-worship. There are other words also for such a fundamental. The Catholics are known to be firm believer in the intercession of Mary. So, in the Rosary prayers, there are words which amount to Worship. In the Catholicism of old, in the areas of Middle East, where the Christianity may be found in its original form, Mary-worship was the fundamental. Of course, Lady Mary was one of the Three in their Trinity.

Answer 3

No insult taken. Most who aren't familiar with Catholicism often hear misconceptions about the Catholic faith, like Marian worship.

The answer is no, we do not worship Mary. Though most say that by praying to her we are worshipping her, that too, is incorrect. Our prayers to Mary, and any other saint, are requests for help and intercession. In no way is she or any other saint worshipped.

Here's a great link to further answer your question: http://catholic.com/library/Saint_Worship.asp

God bless.

Answer 4

Catholics don't worship Mary but they pray to her to have her pray on their behalf which is just as wrong because the ONLY way to the Father is through the son Jesus Christ.

Answer 5

Pastor Billys says: Catholics do not worship Mary as God.
please see my other best answers on the topic.

"All generations shall call me blessed" now which Protestant communities follow this bible verse??? Not any I know of.

Mary is the Mother of our God hence we honor her. Mary is unique as she has what Evangelicals call a "personal relationship" will all three persons of the Holy Trinity.

Answer 6

Catholics worship God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

Mary is our hope. Jesus "Ascended" to heaven meaning that being Lord gives him powers to freely move between earth and heaven. Mary was "Assumed" (spirit, mind, and body) meaning that Jesus CHOOSE her to go to heaven. As Christan's we all hope to be Assumed too (hope Jesus will choose us to go to heaven)!!!

Since we believe that Mary's in heaven (Assumed) then we goto her like we would goto a mother as ask for help. For example, you want to borrow Jesus' car for an evening. You goto Mom first and get her opinion on how to ask for this favor. Being a mommy, well, we get mommy love. Together, we (Mary & me) can ask to borrow the car ... but bottom line is that it is Jesus' car and he will give the keys. Mary is honored, and we turn to her for Jesus' favor's (interceed on our behalf to borrow the car).

{Note: Mary is NOT nor ever has been the Holy Spirit within the Trinity in the Catholic faith}

Answer 7

No, Catholics do not worship Mary or saints either. To worship someone is to acknowledge that the one who is worshiped is divine, is God. Sometimes we can confuse cultural gestures of reverence for gestures of worship. In doing so, we often judge not as God does, by what is in the heart, but rather by appearances (see Jn 8:15, Is 11:3).
Catholics hold saints in esteem because they are such wonderful images or mirrors of Christ. Paul several times exhorts his readers to be imitators of him: "Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ" (1 Cor 11:1, also Phil 3:17, 1 Cor 4:16).
Mary is the first saint, and holds high honor today, as she did in the early Church. Over the course of history, devotion to Mary has taken many forms, and even has been confused with worship. Church teaching has consistently placed Mary in the company of the saints, however.
Devotion to the saints comes back to the theology of image: Christ is God's image, the saints are Christ's image. We honor them because we desire to imitate them. We pray to them the same as we call upon earthly friends to do a favor for us. This too, is scriptural. In Acts we read of Peter and John going up to the Temple for prayer and encountering a beggar. Peter says to him, "I have neither silver nor gold, but what I do have I give you: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean, rise and walk" (Acts 3:6). Peter makes it clear that he has the power of Christ in his possession.
To be sure, it is Jesus who heals, but Peter holds the right to extend that power. The same can be said of Paul. In Acts 19:11-12 we read, "So extraordinary were the mighty deeds God accomplished at the hands of Paul that when face cloths or aprons that touched his skin were applied to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them." These texts are the basis of the Catholic practice of asking saints to help us, of honoring (not worshiping) the bodies and relics of saints.

God bless,
Stanbo

Answer 8

No we do not worship Mary. To put her equal to God is a sin. However, there are always people who take religion to extremes.

Answer 9

I used to be catholic, and I am not exactly sure. I know that they pray to her, they sing to her, which is something that I only do for God. So I dont know, it certainly sounds like it (from someone who was raised that way and is looking back). But then worship isn't so easily defined.

giggly...
I appreciate your point of view. Quick question...

Didn't Jesus say that we were to ask the Father and to ask in Jesus' name? Where in the bible does it say we should ask mary to go to Jesus and then come back to us and tell us how he wants to be asked? thats really confusing.

Answer 10

Catholics worship GOD with same inspiration as Mother Mary did.

Answer 11

No, I used to be Catholic. You pray to Mary to have her pray on your behalf. It's like you're milking someone with a connection. "Hey Mary, I know you're tight with God. Put in a good word for me."