Many people said that catholics pray to Marry and saints, thus worshiping them. I, as a catholic, say we ask them to pray for us. Do not (those of you that believe in God) you ask people to pray for you in times of need?
How is that not the same thing?
2007-06-17 02:54:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Do not people go to the graves of their family members to cry and talk?
2007-06-17 02:54:47 · update #1
Yes. I ask those physically alive and those in the next world to pray that I am able to face whatever difficulty is facing me with humility and integrity, and that I can learn from it what I need to learn, that to the best of my understanding I can follow whatever is the will of god for me. I've had no regrets.
2007-06-17 03:10:32 · answer #1 · answered by jaicee 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i have asked my gf to pray for me . i do go to my parents grave pray and talk its now going a 3 years since my mom died and many many years since my dad died.
i know for a fact that having people pray for a person that is ill is known to aid in there healing. this has been proved .
right now i need i think many people to pray for me . i am feeling totally useless and stupid almost at the point of giving up . i suppose that is because i am stupid all most so stupid as to be totally unable to work at all .
at any rate this is my life
2007-06-17 10:02:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Prior to any discussion about Mary, one thing must first be understood. I'm taking this from Vatican II, which was re-emphasized in the Catechism of the Catholic Church:
"Mary's function as mother of men in no way obscures or diminishes this unique mediation of Christ, but rather shows its power. But the Blessed Virgin's salutary influence on men . . . flows forth from the superabundance of the merits of Christ, rests on his mediation, depends entirely upon it, and draws all its power from it" (Lumen Gentium 60). "The Blessed Virgin is invoked in the Church under the titles of Advocate, Helper, Benefactress, and Mediatrix. This, however, must be so understood that it niether takes anything away from, nor adds anything to, the dignity and afficacy of Christ, the one Mediator. No creature could ever be counted along with the Incarnate Word and Redeemer; but just as the priesthood of Christ is shared in various ways by his ministers and the faithful, and as the one goodness of God is radiated in different ways among his creatures, so also the unique mediation of the Redeemer does not exclude but rather gives rise to a manifold cooperation which is but a sharing in this one source" (Lumen Gentium 62)
For the rest of this apologetic go to;
www.canapologetics.net/html/
praying_to_mary.html
2007-06-17 10:02:18 · answer #3 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Miriam, so you think that you are more of a saint than Mary was? You've never, ever ever said 'no' to God? You carried the sinles Messiah in your womb?
2007-06-17 10:07:45 · answer #4 · answered by SpiritRoaming 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I ask people to pray who are alive but never the dead. I pray only to God in the name of Jesus. the pope decides who can be a siant but Jesus is the only one to see us sanctifide (saint)
2007-06-17 10:04:41 · answer #5 · answered by Mim 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
no, asking living people to pray for me is not the same as asking dead people to pray for me...i still have not had anyone explain how it is that they communicate with dead people unless they are praying...
2007-06-17 10:04:18 · answer #6 · answered by spike missing debra m 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
accept the reality , there is no god
2007-06-17 09:58:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋