do catholics ever pray to God without the intercession of a priest or mary?

Question

i personally like catholics, but i was wondering if they ever pray to God by themselves, like at grace or before they go to sleep?

Answer 1

Due to the fact that these
Christians use the Protestant Old Testament which is lacking 7 entire books 2 (Tobias, Judith, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus/Sirach, Baruch, I Maccabees, and II Maccabees), 3 chapters of Daniel and 6 chapters of Esther may be one of the reasons they ask catholics so many questions.

For the Sola Scriptura this is too bad .
In the 16th c., Luther removed those books from the canon that lent support to orthodox doctrine, relegating them to an appendix. Removed in this way were books that supported such things as:

prayers for the dead (Tobit 12:12; 2 Maccabees 12:39-45),

Purgatory (Wisdom 3:1-7),

intercession of dead saints (2 Maccabees 15:14),

and intercession of angels as intermediaries (Tobit 12:12-15).

The lesson, though, is this: relying on the "Bible alone" is a bad idea; we are not to rely solely on Sacred Scripture to understand Christ's message. While Scripture is "given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness" (2 Timothy 3:16-17), it is not sufficient for reproof, correction and instruction in righteousness. It is the Church that is the "pillar and ground of Truth" (1 Timothy 3:15)! Jesus did not come to write a book; He came to redeem us, and He founded a Sacramental Church through His apostles to show us the way. It is to them, to the Church Fathers, to the Sacred Deposit of Faith, to the living Church that is guided by the Holy Spirit, and to Scripture that we must prayerfully look.

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Answer 2

Yes, all the time. I can't tell you how many prayers start with something like "Good and gracious God." I personally pray to God directly on a daily basis.

Very few Catholics pray with the intercession of a priest... unless you are talking about times when they ask their family to pray for them.

Answer 3

I'm Catholic. I do.

I pray a set of prayers called the Liturgy of the Hours suring the day, and the entire prayer is directed to God.

I also just talk to God during the day when something comes to mind that I want to thank Him for or ask His help with.

The entire mass is directed to the Father, through the Son, in the Holy Spirit. The priest really only leads the mass and the congregation is supposed to be praying during mass too. He is not praying for them in the sense of replacing their need for personal prayer or passivity at mass. The recent reform of the Church at Vatican II tried very much so to reiterate this point.

Prayer to saints is useless if one does not have faith in God, who is wonderful in His saints. I do ask saints for their prayers, and this mostly because I have personally experienced their intercession for me to the Lord when I didn't ask them (when I was in New Age... and their prayers led me to become solidly Christian and Catholic, rooted in faith in Jesus). So, I trust that they are praying for me (because they are with the Lord and share in His desire to bring all people to Him), and I trust that they want me to have a better relationship with Jesus and that they can teach me by their example. Also, the fact that with God's help they overcame their human weaknesses and lived holy exemplary lives, gives me hope that He too can take me as I am and make me holy.

Peace.

Answer 4

All the time! Morning prayers, mealtime prayers (before and after), evening prayers, and just any time at all.

Thy myth that Catholics "never" talk to God without Mary or a priest was started by somebody who was either purposefully lying or seriously ignorant.

Answer 5

Yes, most of my prayers are to Jesus,Our One Priest and Mediator, and most of the rest are to the Father,Holy Spirit or to the whole Trinity.Most Catholic prayers are addressed to the Trinity and just about all liturgical prayer is(especiall to the Father through the Son in the Holy Spirit)
I do ask others to pray for me and I ask my Mother Mary and the saints who are closer to God than I ,a sinner,am to pray with and for me and my loved ones and our needs. I unite all my prayers with theirs and with those of the whole mystical Body of Christ as prayer-partners.
If I am a member of the Body of Christ ,I never pray alone in isolation. I join my praises with all those offered on Earth and those of thse who are gone on in Grace and those of the Angels in Heaven. May you and I pray for and with each other in the Community of theose adopted as Children of the One God.

Answer 6

Yes! Catholics pray to God. At times they invoke the Saints to pray for them as the Saints are in heaven by Jesus' side!

Answer 7

Most of the praying that I do is from me directly to God Himself. But, as the Bible states, prayers from righteous, holy people are worth alot, so why would anybody not want the added benifit of asking someone who is holy to pray on their behalf? We ask people on earth to pray for us, correct? So why would we not ask our brothers and sisters in heaven, who have acheived the ultimate reward for their righteousness, to do the EXACT same thing. Our souls are immortal, so those in heaven are still alive and can be asked to pray for us like anybody else, but with even more benefit to us because we know that they are righteous.

Answer 8

Yes.

Almost all of our prayers are directed to God.

Prayer is the elevation of the mind and heart to God:
+ In praise of his glory
+ In petition for some desired good
+ In thanksgiving for a good received
+ In intercession for others before God

Through prayer the Christian experiences a communion with God through Christ in the Church.

"For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy." (St. Thérèse of Lisieux)

"Prayer is the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God." (St. John Damascene)

But when we pray, do we speak from the height of our pride and will, or "out of the depths" of a humble and contrite heart? (Psalm 130:1)

He who humbles himself will be exalted; humility is the foundation of prayer. Only when we humbly acknowledge that "we do not know how to pray as we ought," are we ready to receive freely the gift of prayer. "Man is a beggar before God."

Only occasionally do we ask other people (living on Earth or in heaven) to pray for us.

With love in Christ.

Answer 9

Of course.

To love Mary takes nothing at all from Christ, but honors our Blessed Lord by Whose grace she is who she is: His greatest creation, the greatest of Saints, the Queen of Heaven, the Immaculate Conception, the spotless Virgin, the Ark of the Covenant, the New Eve, the mother of God, and the mother of Israel -- our mother who wants nothing more for us than to pray for us and show us her Son.

She is our spiritual Mother and she wants to pray for us.


The Hail Mary Prayer
Hail, Mary, Full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death.

Answer 10

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