could i ask catholics a question?

Question

at the risk of being insulted i dont understand why they say if you say Hail Marys it forgives your sin forgive me it is not meant to be rude i know little about your religion

i do think she deserves credit by i dont find a go between necessary go straight to Him

sorry i meant but go straight to God

Answer 1

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.

+++Mary Mother, of "God"+++

Catholics firstly worship Mary above all others as "Mother of God".

In fact, it is the key line in "Hail Mary, full of grace, the lord is with thee, blessed art you amongst all women...Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now.."

Recently, some Catholic spin doctors around the world use different wording, but the Hail Mary prayer was standard for almost 1700 years!


(431 CE) The Christian church through the Ecumenical Council of Ephesus presided by St. Cyril of Alexandria and Emperor Theodosius II did claim as church doctrine that Mary, may be officially worshiped as Mother of God.

+++Mary as a Goddess+++

Catholics worship, Mary as Queen of Heaven and a Goddess in her own right. 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.

The symbolism is significant as Mary has become the Astarthe and Inaana previously worshipped by the founder of Christianity, Paul of Tarsus.

+++Lesser Gods of the Catholics+++

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 2

Pastor Billy says: judy please point me to the offical source which claims saying the hail mary prayer forgives sin.
I think you really should think about this a bit more before jumping to conclusions. If a Catholic has said this to you well they are not teaching Catholic doctrine but heresy.

I suggest you go to the Vatican website and take a look at how the Catholic Catechism explains forgiveness of sin

Answer 3

It does not forgive sin. We just ask Mary to pray to her son for us. Jesus forgives sin. She is our Mother and just like all little children we ask her for things. We like to be her little children. You should read St. Therese' "The Little Flower" her books "The Story of a Soul" and "The Little Way" explain really great the type of spirituality I am talking about. If we become little then our Father has no choice but to lift us up to Heaven where he is. Not everyone is given the ability to become the great and powerful Saint that we hear about but, the little ones are loved and precious too.

If you think one must go straight to God you never ask anyone here on Earth to pray for you do you?

Answer 4

They Pray to Mary because it is said that she will be your go between with God. Tell her your sins and she will tell him to forgive you.

She was the mother of Jesus. I think she deserves a little credit don't you?

Answer 5

To be honest prayer is much closer to meditation than just reciting words, those words just just represent what it is that you are praying for and who you are praying to. When using prayer for forgiveness of sins you are actually involving yourself in a form of penance.

Answer 6

Confession is where sins are forgiven. We do not believe the Hail Mary is a substitute.

Answer 7

Only God can forgive sins. Saying Hail Marys do not.

+ 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.

http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt4sect1chpt2art2.htm

+ Penance +

Forgiveness does not depend on penance.

When you ask God for forgiveness, with or without a priest, your sins are forgiven.

However, raised up from sin, the sinner must still recover his (or her) own full spiritual health. One way to help restore your spiritual health is to do penance.

Penance can consist of prayer, an offering, works of mercy, service of neighbor, voluntary self-denial, sacrifices, and above all the patient acceptance of the cross we must bear.

Such penances help us be more like Christ, who alone makes amends our sins once for all.

http://www.nccbuscc.org/catechism/text/pt2sect2chpt2.htm#1450

+ With love in Christ.

Answer 8

actually only God can forgive sin, not man.