Why do so few do that? (The Gospel of Luke from the Magnificat)
2007-06-07 09:10:18 · 10 answers · asked by Midge 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
they did until the 1500s when Luther came around(who also called Mary blessed),
but then Luther's sucessors became more liberal and shut Mary down completely, using the veneration of her as a hit to the catholic church("look, the catholics worship Mary, oooo that's bad")which they dont
2007-06-07 09:16:45 · answer #1 · answered by (insert creative name here) 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I'm sure we can't count the catholics that say the rosary everyday all over the world. In the Hail Mary prayer it specifically states, blessed art thou among women, in which is all in Luke also. People think that catholics worship Mary, we do not. We ask her to pray for us, and as far as the Hail Mary prayer, It is a prayer quoted from the bible. You are correct, it is all in Luke. I certainly think more people should say it. I wonder why ministers and members of other congregations have a problem with it. They don't mind if I ask them to pray for me. They always say sure. Do they think they can pray for me better than she can and she's Christ mother and is already in heaven with him?
2007-06-07 16:34:41 · answer #2 · answered by Brenda M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually Midge, I hate to disagree with you on thins one, but the majority of Christians do call her blessed.
We're talking 1.476 billion Christians who are either Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, or Oriental Orthodox, who have maintained the teaching that it is fit and proper to hold up the life of Mary and see it as an example of how God is wonderous in His saints, moving the faithful to trust more in God and to ask Mary for her prayers to God as one would ask any other Christian alive in Christ and still a part of His body (even if physically dead).
In contrast, Protestants among all the different branches only add up to 590 million, and even some of these, Lutherans for example (70 million world wide) have members who have Marian devotion.
2007-06-07 16:33:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mary was blessed in the sense that she was chosen as the vessel that God used to bring Jesus into the world. The Catholic church has wrongly venerated her to having any higher status that she actually deserves. She is not the mother of God. She is not Holy. Jesus does not answer to her. Praying to anyone, including mary, is wrong. Pray to God, Jesus or the Holy Spirit.
2007-06-07 16:17:41 · answer #4 · answered by blizgamer333 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Blessed means Happy. A Catholic told me that is in the Catholic bible(jerusalem)
2007-06-07 16:19:32 · answer #5 · answered by expertless 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Look at the 10 commandments. God said not to have other Gods befor him. In short, pray to God only and through Jesus.
Blessed, yes, not prayed to. You are blessed if you continue to breath.....etc.
2007-06-07 16:18:52 · answer #6 · answered by Wisdom 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
She is obviously "blessed" for carrying Jesus, but it never says to worship her above Christ.
2007-06-07 16:14:08 · answer #7 · answered by KayJay 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Great question - but I bet I can predict the answers...
:)
2007-06-07 16:12:53 · answer #8 · answered by SpiritRoaming 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I do call her blessed. And so does my church.
2007-06-07 16:16:38 · answer #9 · answered by solarius 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
it doesnt bother me....you dont have the reference here
we respect her but she isnt God...
2007-06-07 16:14:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋