My uncle told me that catholics worship mary???

Question

is that true?

Because i always thaought that they only venerated her, never worship.
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GrrrRRRrrr

Don't Make me Eat you!

Oops sorry.

I always thought that they Praised her for the simple fact that she gave birth to their God.
I mean C'mon she was blessed beyond any other.

Answer 1

You are correct and you uncle is confused.

+ Saints +

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 Blessed Virgin Mary +

"Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you" (Luke 1:28)

"Blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb" (Luke 1:42).

In Luke 1:48, Mary prophesied: "From henceforth all generations shall call me blessed."

A question for Christians who take the Bible literally: Do you call Mary "blessed"? If no, why?

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.

Answer 2

Yes it is true and any answer to the contrary is deliberately misleading.

Any mention of the Communion of Saints by Catholic apologists, pr agents and spin doctors is totally irrelevant to this question. So too is any argument that Mary is just considered one of the more important saints of the church.

Catholics worship, I mean as a Goddess- Mary as Queen of Heaven. That is precisely how she is viewed and many, thousands of churches have statues of Mary with a crown in recognition of this official catholic position.

Catholics since 1871 also worship the Pope as a Living Deity (God) on Earth being infallible and therefore above all human law and all other human beings.

Jesus was human and never considered himself infallible, so today Pope Benedict is technically a more powerful God under the pantheon of Gods and saints of the Catholic Church.

Of course, such concepts are strenuously denied. So too are 20 centuries of crimes against humanity
See: The Almanac of Evil.
http://one-faith-of-god.org/final_testament/end_of_darkness/evil/evil_0190.htm

I'll let you decide who is telling the truth.

Answer 3

Catholics don't worship Mary. This is a major misconception of the Catholic faith, caused by their practice of "praying" to the Saints. In this particular instance, they are basically asking Mary to pray for them (based on verses in Revelation of images of the Saints in Heaven offering up prayers to God). Even Protestants (like me) recognize that the prayer of faithful people goes a long way ... and Catholics feel that way about the Saints. After all, if our prayers are powerful, think about the power of the prayers of the mother of Jesus?

Its not something that I practice, but I understand it.

Answer 4

Your uncle is wrong. Catholics do not worship Mary. We love her and venerate her as our Mother which is what were supposed to do according to the Commandments.

Answer 5

Down Boy...
No Catholics do not worship Mary we honor her. She was the mother of Our Lord Jesus and deserves our love and respect. When we "pray" to her they are prayers of intercession. It would be like asking a friend or uncle to keep you in their prayers.
You were right and he was wrong.
Peace be with you.

Answer 6

They consider her to be the mother of God and pray to her. She is a very important figure in the religion.

Answer 7

when I was a catholic I prayed to Mary, now I know its wrong, before you catholics start saying its not true, think of the rosary

Answer 8

I have always heard that too. But I honestly don't know. Thanks for not eating me!!